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HEAT TRANSFER
A.N.M. Mominul Islam Mukut
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology (DUET), Gazipur-1707
Heat Transfer Basic
Heat as the form of energy that can be transferred from one system to another as a result of
temperature difference. A thermodynamic analysis is concerned with the amount of heat
transfer as a system undergoes a process from one equilibrium state to another. The science
that deals with the determination of the rates of such energy transfers is the heat transfer.
The transfer of energy as heat is always from the higher-temperature medium to the lower-
temperature one, and heat transfer stops when the two mediums reach the same
temperature.
Convection heat transfer coefficient, h: The rate of heat transfer between a solid
surface and a fluid per unit surface area per unit temperature difference.
A. N. M. Mominul Islam Mukut
Mechanical Engineering Fundamentals (ME 421) Associate 47
Professor, Dept. of ME, DUET
Convection Heat Transfer
Nusselt Number
In convection studies, it is common practice to nondimensionalize the governing equations and combine the
variables, which group together into dimensionless numbers in order to reduce the number of total variables.
Nusselt number: Dimensionless convection heat transfer coefficient
Lc characteristic length
Fluid movement
Cooler, more d____,
ense fluids
sink through w_____,
armer less
dense fluids.