Heat Transfer

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Syllabi, schedules, course notes

• Western Michigan University: Detailed syllabus and schedule
• Mississippi State University: Syllabus
• University of Notre Dame: Notes, videos, demonstrations, assignments

Textbooks

Screencasts

• LearnChemE (University of Colorado Boulder): More than 100 short screencast videos for heat transfer.
    

Interactive Simulations

• University of Colorado Boulder: 24 interactive simulations, some play directly in browsers, some require a free CDF player plug-in, and a few are MATLAB based.​

   

• Digital experiments (University of Colorado Boulder): browser-based simulations (heat exchangers, evaporative cooling)

Interactive Self-Study Modules

• Self-Study Modules (University of Colorado Boulder): 5 self-study modules that include screencasts (with questions), ConcepTests, introductory screencasts, interactive simulations, list of equations and important points, example problem screencasts, and a summary.

Heat Transfer ConcepTests

Multiple-choice conceptual questions for use in class with student response systems (clickers)

• LearnChemE (University of Colorado Boulder): More than 75 heat transfer ConcepTests. Contact LearnChemE@gmail.com to obtain access.
• AIChE Concept Warehouse (Tufts University)

Experiments

• Low-Cost Desktop Learning Modules (Washington State University)
• Digital Experiments (University of Colorado Boulder)

Software

• Comsol Modules (Mississippi State University):
  • Heat Transfer in a Composite Slab
  • Finite Element Modules: ASEE Proceedings article
  • Fuel Cell Modeling Background
• PyChemEngg: More than 20 Python solutions to heat transfer example problems
• CHECALC: Calculation for heat rxchanger, Imtd correction facto, and insulation losses
• CHE Guide

Useful links

• National Committee for Fluid Mechanics Films: More than 25 fluid mechanics videos
• University of Wisconsin Heat Transfer Exploration of Three Modes of Heat Transfer
• Portland State University Heat Conduction in a Sphere with Convection Boundary Conditions
• Thermopedia Numerical Heat Transfer Theory
• Syvum Online Heat Transfer Worked Problems
• Online Ethics Center of the National Academy of Engineering: Heat Transfer
  • Numerical Heat Transfer
  • HVAC Design Problem
• Free Study Tutorials
  • Heat Conduction
  • Convection and Radiation
  • Advanced Studies (Heat Exchangers)
• Modules applying heat transfer to fuel cells
  • Conduction and Convection Heat Transfer in Fuel Cells
  • Microscopic Balances Applied to Fuel Cells
  • Diffusion Coefficients for Fuel Cell Gases
  • Conduction, Convection, and Radiation Heat Transfer in a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
• Visual Encyclopedia of Chemical Engineering (University of Michigan)