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Introduction to Heat and Mass Transfer

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J Aatish RaoMechanical Engineering Professional

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This Heat and Mass Transfer course helps you understand the basic principles of thermodynamics in a simple way. It covers important topics like conduction, convection, radiation, and mass transfer. The course is designed for engineering students and professionals who want to strengthen their fundamentals. Join the course to improve your knowledge and take a step forward in mastering heat and mass transfer.

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J Aatish Rao

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Mechanical Engineering Professional

11+ yrs experience·India

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You work in Aerospace or Automotive
You're a Chemical & Process / Mechanical Engineering professional
You prefer self-paced learning you can revisit

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Course details

This course teaches Heat and Mass Transfer (HMT) in a clear and easy way, covering the three main modes of heat transfer: conduction, convection, and radiation, along with heat exchangers. It explains important concepts like thermal conductivity, Fourier’s law, heat conduction in gases, fins, and transient conduction in conduction. In the convection part, you will learn about forced and natural convection, along with important dimensionless numbers like Reynolds, Prandtl, and Nusselt numbers, and heat transfer over flat surfaces and through pipes. The course also explains different types and classifications of heat exchangers, including concepts like LMTD, NTU, and fouling factor. In the radiation section, topics such as absorptivity, reflectivity, transmissivity, radiation laws, and shape factors are covered. The course includes formula derivations, numerical problems, examples, and advanced applications to help students understand the subject deeply. It is designed according to academic requirements of HMT for students. The first two lectures are free previews, where the syllabus and basic ideas of heat transfer modes are introduced. Students are recommended to watch these lectures before joining the course.

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Key topics covered

Modes of heat transfer and Governing laws of heat transfer.
Thermal conductivity, Heat conduction in gases.
Interpretation Of Fourier's law, Electrical analogy of heat transfer, critical radius of insulation.
Heat generation in a slab and cylinder, fins, unsteady/transient conduction.
Forced convection heat transfer, Reynold’s Number, Prandtl Number, Nusselt Number.
Incompressible flow over flat surface, HBL, TBL, Forced convection in flow through pipes and ducts, Free/Natural convection.
Types of heat exchangers, First law of thermodynamics, Classification of heat exchangers.
LMTD for parallel and counterflow HE, NTU, Fouling factor.
Absorbtivity, Reflectivity, Transmitivity, Laws of thermal radiation, Shape factor, Radiation heat exchange.

Course content

The course is readily available, allowing learners to start and complete it at their own pace.

45 lectures4 hr 20 min

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Questions and Answers

Q: You're reviewing a GA with an insulation callout and you google "how to read heat exchanger insulation thickness on GA drawing". The shell-side insulation is noted as "50 mm, k = 0.035 W/m·K @ 50°C". What heat transfer assumption is embedded in that note?

A: Governing principle: Insulation datasheets quote thermal conductivity for pure conduction. Applied here: The GA note gives k and thickness only, which supports a 1‑D conduction model through the layer; convection and radiation sit outside that boundary condition. Distractor trap: Option B sounds confident if you've mixed up overall U calculations with material properties, but k never bundles convection.

Q: Your lead asks you to sanity‑check a worked example and you search "steady state heat conduction through plane wall example W/m". A steel plate is 10 mm thick, k = 45 W/m·K, area = 1 m². One side is at 120°C, the other at 80°C. What is the steady heat transfer rate?

Q: Process needs 5 kW of heat removal from air at 40°C using cooling water at 25°C. You search "air to water heat exchanger selection low duty". Space is tight and fouling is expected on the air side. Which configuration fits best?

Q: During a HAZID you google "loss of cooling heat exchanger consequence analysis". Cooling water to a jacketed vessel fails while heat input continues. Which physical outcome happens first?