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transfert thermique :
Heat transfer is a discipline of thermal engineering that concerns the generation, use,
conversion, and exchange of thermal energy (heat) between physical systems.

Système thermodynamique :
A thermodynamic system is a body of matter and/or radiation, confined in space by walls,
with defined permeabilities, which separate it from its surroundings.

Énergie thermique:
Thermal energy is used loosely in various contexts in physics and engineering, it can refer to
several different well-defined physical concepts. These include the internal energy or enthalpy
of a body of matter and radiation.

Fluide (matière):
In physics, a Fluid is a liquid, gas, or other material that continuously deforms (flows) under an
applied shear stress, or external force. They have zero shear modulus, or, in simpler terms, are
substances which cannot resist any shear force applied to them.

Surface d'échange:
An Exchange surface qualifies a surface which is the seat of a random transfer of matter
within a common physiological group to a force of thermal rotation or of neutral energy which
exchanges magnetic waves. It may be:
a permeable wall which allows material transfer.
an impermeable wall which allows heat transfer.

État de la matière:
In physics, a State of matter is one of the distinct forms in which matter can exist. Four states
of matter are observable in everyday life: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma.

Puissance:
Power is the amount of energy transferred or converted per unit time. In the International
System of Units, the unit of power is the watt, equal to one joule per second.
Conduction thermique:
Conduction is the process by which heat is transferred from the hotter end to the colder end
of an object. The ability of the object to conduct heat is known as its thermal conductivity, and is
denoted k.

Convection thermique:
Convection (or convective heat transfer) is the transfer of heat from one place to another
due to the movement of fluid.

Nombre de Nusselt (Nu):

the Nusselt number (Nu, after Wilhelm Nusselt ) is the ratio of convective to conductive heat
transfer at a boundary in a fluid.

Perte de charge:
Pressure drop is defined as the difference in total pressure between two points of a fluid
carrying network. A pressure drop occurs when frictional forces, caused by the resistance to
flow, act on a fluid as it flows through the tube. The main determinants of resistance to fluid flow
are fluid velocity through the pipe and fluid viscosity.

Flux thermique:
The rate of heat flow is the amount of heat that is transferred per unit of time in some
material, usually measured in watt (joules per second). Heat is the flow of thermal energy driven
by thermal non-equilibrium, so that 'heat flow' is a redundancy (i.e., a pleonasm, and the same
for ‘work flow’). Heat must not be confused with stored thermal energy, and moving a hot object
from one place to another must not be called heat transfer. But, in spite of all these remarks, it is
common in normal parlance to say ‘heat flow’, to talk of ‘heat content’, etc.

Refroidissement:
Cooling is removal of heat, usually resulting in a lower temperature and/or phase change.
Temperature lowering achieved by any other means may also be called cooling. The transfer of
thermal energy may occur via thermal radiation, heat conduction or convection. Examples can
be as simple as reducing temperature of a coffee.