Design of Thermal Systems MEE 471 / 571

University of Dayton, Winter 2009

Instructor: Dr. Kelly Kissock; KL 345G; 229-2852;

Class web site:

Meeting time and place:M,W 3:00-4:15 in KL 382

Office hours:Drop-ins and appointments welcome

Refernce Texts: Introductory thermodynamics and heat transfer texts

Availability Analysis: A Guide to Efficient Energy Use, M.J. Moran

Thermal Design and Optimization: A. Bejan, G. Tsatsaronis, M. Moran

Design of Thermal Systems: W.F. Stoecker

Final Exam:Wed, Apr 29, 2009, 12:20-2:10 pm

Overview

The course is intended to be a capstone experience integrating thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, engineering economics, optimization techniques, and computer programming in a design framework.

Outline

System design methodology

Economic modeling

Thermodynamic modeling:

Steady-state and transient heat transfer

Fluid flow

Combustion

Heat exchangers

Exergy Analysis

Definition and derivation

Applications

System simulationand optimization

Heat exchanger networks

Sequential substitution

Search methods

Geometric and linear programming

Goals

1) Improve understanding of the context in which thermal systems operate in order to improve problem formulation skills.

2) Improve understanding of engineering and operating principles in order to enhance intuition to improve conceptual design skills.

3) Improve understanding of economics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics to improve thermal system modeling skills.

4) Improve ability to simulate and optimize systems to improve optimization skills.

5) Improve ability to communicate technical information.

Grading

Assignments40 % (No late homework accepted)

Three design projects or in-class exams or60 %

Total100%

Graduate students will have additional assignments and be graded seperately.

* Please identify yourself if you require special accommodations to facilitate learning.

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Design of Thermal Systems, MEE 471 / 571

University of Dayton, Winter 2009

Lecture / Topic / Reading
1 / Course mechanics and introduction
2 / Why E/3? / Why E/3?
3 / Principles of design / Principles of Design
4 / Conduction, convection, radiation / Heat transfer text
5 / First law with multi-mode heat transfer / Thermodynamics text
6 / Energy storage and finite difference / Heat transfer text
7 / Heat exchanger modeling I / Heat transfer text
8 / Heat exchanger modeling II / Heat transfer text
9 / Fluid flow / Fluid mechanics text
10 / Combustion / Thermodynamics text
11 / Energy Economics / Enginnering economics text
12 / Design Exercise 1 First Law
13 / Entropy & second law / Class notes
14 / Entropy of ideal gasses and liquids / Class notes
15 / Availability analysis / Class notes
16 / Availability analysis / Class notes
17 / Second law efficiency / Class notes
18 / Second law efficiency / Class notes
19 / Choosing temp of heat / boundary interp / Class notes
20 / Entropy generation minimization / Class notes
21 / Design Exercise 2 Second Law
22 / System simulation / Stoecker
23 / Optimization: search methods / Stoecker
24 / Optimization: LaGrange multipliers / Stoecker
25 / Optimization: linear programming / Stoecker
26 / Optimization: heat exchanger networks / Class notes
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28 / Summary
Fin Ex / Final Design Presentation