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CODE 66368
ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR ING-IND/10
LANGUAGE Italiano
TEACHING LOCATION
SEMESTER 1° Semester
MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di:

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to provide knowledge of heat transfer equipment, such as the classic tube heat exchangers, plate exchangers, Compact Heat Exchangers; than students study the direct contact heat exchangers, such as evaporative cooling and condensers; finally the course analyzes the thermal design of recuperators and their proper use in plants.

TEACHING METHODS

The course consists of lectures and practical applications.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Heat exchangers: Classification. Logarithmic mean temperature difference. Efficiency. NTU. Check operating conditions of a heat exchanger. Influence of fouling on heat exchange performance. Cross flow heat exchangers. Compact heat exchangers. Plate heat exchangers. Direct contact heat exchangers: evaporative cooling and condensers. Thermal design of recuperators.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • Termodinamica e trasmissione del calore. Y. A. Cengel; McGraw-Hill; ISBN 8838662037.
  • Heat Exchangers: Selection, Rating, and Thermal Design, Third Edition. Sadik Kakaç and Hongtan Liu; CRC Press; 3.ed 2012; ISBN 9781439849903.
  • Fundamentals of Heat Exchanger Design. Sekulic, Dusan P.; Shah, Ramesh K.; ISBN 9780471321712.
  • Heat exchangers. S. Kacaç, A.E. Bergles, F. Mayinger, Hemisphere Publishing Corporation.
  • Process heat transfer. D.Q. Kern, McGraw Hill.
  • Compact Heat Exchangers. W. M. Kays, A.L. London, Krieger Publishing Company, 1984, 3rd edition.
  • Heat transfer. A. Bejan,John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

PAOLO CAVALLETTI (President)

ANNALISA MARCHITTO (President)

DAVIDE BORELLI

FRANCESCO DEVIA

MARIO MISALE

ANTONELLA PRIARONE

GIOVANNI TANDA

LESSONS

Class schedule

HEAT EXCHANGERS

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral examinations are planned after preparing a written report on the exercises undertaken.

Exam schedule

Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note
05/04/2017 14:00 GENOVA Orale
08/05/2017 14:00 GENOVA Orale
07/06/2017 09:00 GENOVA Orale
27/06/2017 09:00 GENOVA Orale
06/07/2017 09:00 GENOVA Orale
24/07/2017 09:00 GENOVA Orale
11/09/2017 09:00 GENOVA Orale
09/10/2017 14:00 GENOVA Orale
06/11/2017 14:00 GENOVA Orale
04/12/2017 14:00 GENOVA Orale

FURTHER INFORMATION

Pre-requisites :

Students can take the Heat Exchanger examination if they have acquired of at least 10 credits on fundamental aspects  However, they should have a positive figure for  the exams of Mathematical Analysis, Geometry and Physics