Course: Thermal Calculations

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Course title Thermal Calculations
Course code USE/PX319
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Skočilasová Blanka, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Basic concepts; thermophysical properties of substances; laws of thermomechanics. 2. Thermal cycles, internal combustion engines, piston compressors 3. Heat sharing laws 4. Heat transfer at boiling and condensation 5. Heat exchangers 6. Recuperative heat exchangers 7. Regenerative, mixing heat exchangers 8. Heat transfer in solids, heating, cooling 9. Heat and mass transfer 10. Special issues of heat transfer (conditions of calculations, procedures, efficiency, etc.) 11. Basics of heat modeling.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
Students are acquainted with basic principles of thermal calculations, deepen knowledge of thermal processes.
Students will be able to explain the basic principles of heat transfer, apply them to common practice cases. At the end of the course students will be able to make basic calculations in thermal processes
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • Kavička, F. Termokinetika tuhnutí, ochlazování a ohřevu, VUT Brno, 1993.
  • Sazima, M. a kol. Sdílení tepla. SNTL Praha, 1993.
  • Stehlík, P. Tepelné pochody. Výpočet výměníku tepla, VUT Brno, 1991.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Study plan (Version): Materials (17) Category: Special and interdisciplinary fields 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer