CODE 66368 ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 2 INGEGNERIA MECCANICA - ENERGIA E AERONAUTICA 9270 (LM-33) - GENOVA 6 cfu anno 2 INGEGNERIA MECCANICA - ENERGIA E AERONAUTICA 9270 (LM-33) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR ING-IND/10 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 1° Semester MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: THERMAL COMPONENTS FOR ENERGY SYSTEMS TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB 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. AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES At the end of the module the students will have acquired the skills for selecting, sizing and evaluate the performance of many heat exchanger categories present in industrial and civil installations. In addition to theoretical knowledge of analysis and modelling, the students will have acquired a technical qualification enabling them in designing heat exchanger systems and in the optimization of the performance. 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 ANNALISA MARCHITTO Exam Board ANNALISA MARCHITTO (President) DAVIDE BORELLI FRANCESCO DEVIA MARCO FOSSA MARIO MISALE (President Substitute) LESSONS LESSONS START Sept 2018 Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Oral examinations are planned after preparing a written report on the exercises undertaken. ASSESSMENT METHODS The exam consists in an oral test in which, for every matter of the course, are formulated questions or simple exercises Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 05/01/2021 09:00 GENOVA Orale 15/02/2021 09:00 GENOVA Orale 22/06/2021 09:00 GENOVA Orale 19/07/2021 09:00 GENOVA Orale 01/09/2021 09:00 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
