OVERVIEW

The course deals with the topic of heat exchange and the equipment where it is carried out.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The Course is structured in order to provide students a solid knowledge about heat transfer equipment and their design.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Strengthen  capacity developments of student with reference a full understanding of the technical implications about heat transfer equipments. 

TEACHING METHODS

The module includes classroom lectures. the teaching activity is integrated with numerical exercises applied to the concepts developed in class that the student must perform independently under the guidance of the teacher.

During the lectures, the students are stimulated and involved in individual or collective discussions on the various topics addressed in the teaching to foster communication skills and interact more profitably with the teacher and assess the learning status. 

Therefore, already during the course the students are involved both individually and in groups for the examination of the problems in order to verify the acquisition of the various topics addressed, through a direct comparison with colleagues and the teacher .

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Heat tansfert: Fundamentals, Type of  heat exchanger, design criteria, The e-NTU, and MTD Methods,  Condensation, Boiling, Furnaces

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Slide of lectures classroom

Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook, Perry - Green, 

Process Heat Transfer, Kern, McGraw-Hill

Heat Transfer,Holman, McGraw-Hill

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

ROBERTA CAMPARDELLI (President)

CHIARA BUFALINI

EMANUELA DRAGO

CARLO SOLISIO (President Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

https://corsi.unige.it/en/corsi/10375/studenti-orario

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The final assessment for the course consists of a single written examination covering all topics addressed in both modules, followed by a single oral examination encompassing all subject areas included in the two modules.

Achievement of the course learning outcomes is assessed through a written examination lasting 240 minutes, consisting of the solution of two exercises related to two different unit operations, each accompanied by three questions worth five points each. Full marks are awarded for each question when the answer is correct, including the numerical result. Eighty percent of the available marks are awarded in the case of calculation errors.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Details on how to prepare for the exam and the degree of depth of each topic will be given during the lessons. The written test focuses on 2 exercises with three questions each, concerning the topics presented during the course. The oral exam includes questions concerning the basic theory and the criteria for sizing unit operations. The quality of the exposure, the correct use of technical terminology and the critical reasoning ability will also be assessed.

The evaluation of the achievement of the objectives is verified through a written and oral examination. The evaluation in the final exam will take into account the following criteria:

a) knowledge and ability to solve the main problems that require the application of concepts expressed;

b) knowledge of the basic hypotheses;

c) ability to extend the application of the basic concepts to solve problems to new applications,

d) language properties with particular reference to the specific terminology of the discipline.

The exam will be considered sufficient when the student is able to set up the design of the unit operation, using the physical and chemical-physical variables involved properly even if not readily, and when he demonstrates sufficient knowledge of the lexicon of the subject. The student who projects correctly, who has full and prompt perception of the effects of the variables on the project and who shows mastery of the vocabulary of the subject is evaluated as excellent.