ECTS credits ECTS credits: 6
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 99 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 24 Interactive Classroom: 24 Total: 150
Use languages Spanish, Galician, English
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Chemistry Engineering
Areas: Chemical Engineering
Center Higher Technical Engineering School
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable
The main objective of the course is to provide the student with the knowledge of the mechanisms and laws of heat transfer, to be able to analyse the different situations in which an exchange of thermal energy takes place, as well as to calculate and design the heat exchange equipment used in the Chemical Industry.
1. General aspects. Heat transfer mechanisms and rate equations. Equipments for heat transfer.
2. Introduction to radiation: processes and properties. Fundamental concepts.
3. Introduction to conduction. One-dimensional, steady-state conduction. Two-dimensional, steady-state conduction. Transient conduction. Numerical methods.
4. Introduction to convection. Convection coefficients. External and internal flow. Free convection.
5. Heat exchangers. Overall heat transfer coefficient. Analysis and design of heat exchangers. Insulators. Evaporators. Aspects related to safety.
Textbook of reference:
- INCROPERA, F. P., DEWITT, D. P., BERGMAN, T. L., LAVINE, A.S. 2007. Introduction to Heat Transfer. 5ª ed. NJ: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 978-0-471-45727/0-471-45727-2 (english).
CATALOGUE NUMBER: A114 9, A114 9 A, A114 9 B, 114 51
- INCROPERA, F.P., DEWITT, D.P. 1999. Fundamentos de Transferencia de Calor. 4ª Ed. Mexico: Prentice Hall Hispanoamericana. ISBN: 970-17-0170-4 (spanish).
CATALOGUE NUMBER: 80 40, A114 17, A114 17A, FIS 495, FIS 285
Supplementary textbooks:
- SINNOT, R., TOWLER. G. 2009. Chemical Engineering Design. Coulson & Richardson’s Chemical Engineering Volume 6. 5ª Ed. Boston: Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN: 978-0-7506-8551-1 (for heat exchanger design).
CATALOGUE NUMBER: 140 16, 140 16A, A140 11, A140 11B
- ÇENGEL, Y.A. 2007. Transferencia de calor y masa: un enfoque práctico. 3ª ed. Madrid: McGraw-Hill. ISBN: 9789701061732.
CATALOGUE NUMBER: A114 12 1 & 2, A114 12A 1 & 2, A114 12B 1 & 2, A114 12C 1 & 2, 3 A05 135 1 & 2
- HOLMAN, J.P. 1998. Transferencia de calor. 1ª Ed. (español). Madrid: McGraw-Hill/Interamericana de España. ISBN: 84-481-2040-X.
CATALOGUE NUMBER: A114 5, A114 5A, A114 5B, A114 5C, FIS 477 1
- MILLS, A. F. 1999. Heat transfer. 2nd ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall. ISBN: 0-13-947624-5.
CATALOGUE NUMBER: 114 46, A114 1 A, A114 1 B
Specific skills:
• (CI.1.2) Knowledge of heat transfer. Basic principles and its application to the resolution of problems in engineering.
General skills:
• (CG.3) Knowledge in basic and technological subjects, that will capacitate the students for the learning of new methods and theories, and will provide them with versatility to adapt to new environments.
• (CG.6) Capacity for the utilisation of compulsory specifications, regulations and norms.
Transferable skills:
• (CT.1) Capacity of analysis and synthesis.
• (CT.4) Ability to use and develop computer software applications.
• (CT.6) Resolution of problems.
• (CT.13) Capacity to apply knowledge in practice.
In connection with competences CG.3 e CG.6, aspects on safety and risk assessment will be studied, from the perspective of the course.
The basic methodology will consist of lectures on the theory, with audiovisual support for the explanations, together with the resolution of related problems. The latter will be solved either individually or in teams. A selection of these problems will be assigned to the students as tasks to be evaluated, with the resolved problems to be submitted by agreed deadlines. Also, it is planned that the students carry out, either individually or in group, a work related to a practical case of heat transfer. In the group tutorials, the students will present and discuss the results obtained in the practical case.
Where needed, the spreadsheet used for the resolution of problems will be Excel. Besides, the chemical simulator program Aspen Hysys will be used in one of the seminars, and assistance will be mandatory.
A technical visit to a company related with the theoretical contents of the discipline will be carried out. The objective of this visit is to connect the theory with the industrial reality.
- Competences associated to the activities carried out:
Expositive lectures: CI.1.2; CG.3; CG.6; CT.6.
Seminars: CI.1.2; CT.1; CT.4; CT.6; CT.13
AspenHYSYS simulation Seminar: CT.4; CT.13
Technical visit: CT.1; CT.13
Group tutorial: CI.1.2; CG.3; CG.6; CT.1; CT.4; CT.6; CT.13
- Session scheduling (1h sessions):
Week 1: 3 sessions for theory and 1 seminar session.
- Presentation of the discipline, including a detailed description of this program and the work philosophy for the discipline.
- Introduction to modes of heat transfer
Week 2 and 3: 6 sessions for theory and 1 seminar session.
- Introduction to heat conduction
Week 4 and 5: 5 sessions for theory and 2 seminar session.
- Heat conduction in steady state
Week 6: 3 sessions for theory and 1 seminar session.
- 2 Dimensional heat conduction in steady state
Week 7 : 3 sessions for theory and 1 seminar session.
- Heat conduction in transient state
Week 8 and 9: 5 sessions for theory and 2 seminar session.
- Introduction to convection
Week 10 and 11: 3 sessions for theory and 2 seminar session, 1 session for group tutorial.
- Free and forced convection.
Week 12 and 13: 9 sessions for theory and 2 seminar session, 1 session for group tutorial.
-Heat exchangers
-Seminar with Aspen Hysys in computers’ room
If the academic year is run in an “adapted normality” scenario (scenario 1), all activities will be carried out in a presential way. In case of a distancing scenario, with restrictions to physical presence (scenario 2) the expositive classes will be carried out online synchronously using the MS Teams tool. In case of closure of the University facilities (scenario 3) all activities (expositive and interactive classes) will be carried out online: using MS Teams for synchronous activities and Moodle-Campus Virtual for asynchronous activities. For scenarios 1 and 2, the technical visit will depend on the acceptance of the industrial partner. In case of scenario 3, there will not be any technical visit.
A continuous monitoring of learning will be carried out, by means of the development of different activities, projects and/or resolution of problems (activities 1 and 2). This continuous monitoring will be complemented with the work carried out during the tutorial sessions, also evaluated, and with a final exam, comprising theoretical questions and resolution of problems, which represents 65% of final grade. A 35% grade will be necessary to pass the discipline. The contribution of each activity to the final grade is explained in Table annexed.
Participation in the group tutorial sessions, the Aspen HYSYS seminar, the exam and the technical visit is mandatory to pass the discipline (and due to the typology, they cannot be recovered for the second opportunity).
The qualifications of the projects, activities, questionnaire of the technical visit and tutorials will be communicated to the student before the exam.
Lack of assistance/participation in any of the mandatory activities (group tutorial sessions, the Aspen HYSYS seminar, the exam and the technical visit) will automatically produce a grade of “Not Presented” in the evaluation of the discipline. The evaluation system will be the same for the two opportunities (May and July). Marks will not be kept for other academic years.
- Evaluation of competences by activity:
Activity 1:
Delivered problem; CI.1.2; CG.3; CG.6; CT.1; CT.4; CT.6
Visit to industrial facilities; CT.1; CT.13
Simulation with Aspen HYSYS; CI.1.2; CG.3; CG.6; CT.4; CT.6
Activity 2: Mini-tests; CI.1.2; CG.3; CT.1
Activity 3: Group tutorial; CI.1.2; CG.3; CG.6; CT.1; CT.4; CT.6; CT.13
Exam: CI.1.2; CG.6; CT.1; CT.6; CT.13
- Evaluation system:
Activity; % grade; Minimum grade (if applicable, minimum % on the activity evaluated); Requisite)
Activity 1: Delivered exercises; Visit to industrial facilities (Compulsory); Simulation with Aspen HYSYS (Compulsory); %calif: 10%.
Activity 2: Mini-tests; %calif: 10%
Activity 3: Group tutorials; %calif: 15%; Compulsory
Exam: %calif: 65% (min. 35% each part)
In general, the evaluation system will be the same independently of the scenario fo the academic year (presential or virtual teaching). The only difference will be on the evaluation activities, that will be carried out, according to the competent authorities, either presentially in the USC facilities or using the telematic tools available in the USC. The technical visit will take place in scenario 1 and 2 if the industrial partner allows it, and it will not be done in scenario 3. In such case it will not be mandatory to pass the discipline.
In case of fraudulent procedures during the evaluation activities, the University rules for evaluation of academic performance of students will be applied.
A total of 150 hours (6 ECTS credits) of work by the student, including class time, are estimated. Out of this total, 51 hours will be in the classroom in the form of expositive, interactive and tutorial lectures.
It is advisable to have previously taken courses of Mathematics and of Applied Thermodynamics, as well as to have a good basis of mass and energy balances.
The Virtual Classroom (in the web platform of the USC) will be used as repository of documentation for the discipline.
In case of telematic teaching, it will be necessary to have a computer with microphone and webcam for the activities programmed during the academic year. It is recommended to use an equipment with the MS Windows operative system since other platforms may have problems with the HYSYS simulation software.
Contingency Plan:
Methodology:
Contingency Plan for telematic teaching activities (scenario 2-distancement and 3-closure):
Expositive classes in scenario 2 and both expositive and interactive classes in scenario 3 will be carried out synchronous following the official schedule of the school of engineering, using the telematic tools of the USC. Individual tutorship will be carried out using the Campus Virtual forums, videocalls in MS TEAMS or by e-mail in scenarios 2 and 3.
Assessment system:
The evaluation system will be the same independently of the scenario. The only difference will be that the activities will be carried out, according to the competent authorities, in a presential way in the school or online using the telematic tools available in the USC.
Maria Sonia Freire Leira
Coordinador/a- Department
- Chemistry Engineering
- Area
- Chemical Engineering
- Phone
- 881816758
- mariasonia.freire [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Temporary PhD professor
Óscar Rodríguez Figueiras
- Department
- Chemistry Engineering
- Area
- Chemical Engineering
- Phone
- 881816704
- oscar.rodriguez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Temporary PhD professor
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| 15:00-16:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish | Classroom A3 |
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