Heat transfer is of concern across several engineering disciplines.  This course provides a review of basic heat transfer principles, including a summary of commonly used heat transfer terms. There is also a summary of the principles of, and calculations used for conduction heat transfer, convection heat transfer and radiation heat transfer along with examples of a variety of heat transfer calculations. This course is intended primarily for mechanical, chemical, nuclear and industrial engineers, but would be of interest to any engineer wanting a review of heat transfer principles.  Someone completing this course will gain knowledge about heat transfer terminology, about the general principles and equations used for conduction, convection and radiation heat transfer, and the ability to make a variety of heat transfer calculations. In this course, you need to review the material in the course content file, "Basics of Heat Transfer," which is Module 2 of the DOE Fundamentals Handbook - Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow (DOE-HDBK-1012/2-92).

Learning Objectives

• Understand common terminology used in the heat transfer field and the differences among heat, work, and temperature.
• Identify whether a given example of heat transfer is conduction, convection, or radiation heat transfer.
• Calculate the thermal resistance if given adequate information about the system configuration and necessary thermal conductivities.
• Use Fourier's law of heat conduction to make calculations for conduction heat transfer in rectangular coordinates.
• Calculate the log mean temperature difference for a heat exchanger if given the temperature changes across the heat exchanger.
• Make convection as well as radiation heat transfer calculations.