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General information

Subject type: Mandatory

Coordinator: Joan Triadó Aymerich

Trimester: First term

Credits: 6

Teaching staff: 

Klara Vékony

Teaching languages

  • Catalan
  • Spanish
  • English

The language of the course is Spanish. Els apunts del curs estan escrits i les classes magistrals s'impartiran en castellà, però tots els treballs, informes, exàmens, etc es poden presentar en qualsevol dels tres idiomes (català, castellà o anglès).

Skills

Specific skills

  • Apply thermal engineering

Transversal competences

  • T1_That students know a third language, which will preferably be English, with an appropriate level orally and in writing and in accordance with the needs of graduates in each degree

     

Description

The subject is one of the two subjects of the subject of Thermal Engineering and Fluids of third course. This area aims to present advanced applied knowledge and advanced design methods to solve various real problems of these two subjects. The subject of Thermal Engineering uses in an important way the most theoretical and basic knowledge of the subject of Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics, but also presents more advanced knowledge, applicable to real situations when thermal energy or temperature variation they play an important role. In addition to advanced knowledge, the subject presents design methods, sizing, selection process and methods for locating problems in real situations.

 

 

Contents

1. Thermodynamics and heat transmission

  • Summary of thermodynamics
  • Introduction to thermal engineering
  • Heat transfer by conduction, convection and radiation,

2. Heat exchangers

  • Typology and operation of heat exchangers
  • Heat exchanger design methods

3. Numerical simulation of heat transfer and heat exchangers

4. Thermal machines

  • Classification and definition of thermal machines
  • Thermodynamic cycles applied to thermal machines
  • Gas turbine
  • Steam turbine
  • Internal combustion engines, Stirling engine

5. Application of thermal energy

  • Thermal power plants
  • Nuclear power plant
  • Other types of application of thermal energy

Evaluation system

The evaluative weight of the different concepts that take part in the qualification of the asignatura are:

- E1: Examination of the first part (30%)

- E2: Examination of the second part (30%)

- P2, P3, P5, and P7: Practice reports (4 x 6,25% = 25%)

- P4, P5, P8, P9 and P10: Practice tests (5 x 3% = 15%)

Practice note (PR) = 0,625 x (P2 + P3 + P5 + P7) / 4 + 0,375 x (P4 + P6 + P8 + P9 + P10) / 5

Each student must obtain a minimum of 40% of the maximum mark of the exam and a minimum of 40% of all reports and practice tests:

  • If E1 <4 and / or E2 <4: Final note = Minimum (E1, E2, PR)
  • If PR <4: Final note = 0,3 x E1 + 0,3 x E2
  • If E1> 4, E2> 4 and PR> 4: Final note = 0,3 x E1 + 0,3 x E2 + 0,4 x PR

Recovery

Internships are not recoverable.

At the end of the semester, a resit exam is offered as long as the School Studies Department indicates so. The recovery will take place on the date and place set by the School Studies Department. During the resit exam the maximum grade that can be obtained is a 5 and it is calculated with the following formula where ER is the grade of the resit exam. The maximum grade will in any case be a 5:

  • If PR <4: Final note = Minimum (ER, [0,6 x ER + 0,4 x PR])
  • If ER> 4 and PR> 4: Final note = Maximum (ER, [0,6 x ER + 0,4 x PR])

REFERENCES

Basic

YA Çengel. Heat transfer. McGraw Hill, 2004.

Caludio Mataix, Thermal Turbomachines, Third Edition

Marta Munoz, Thermal machines

http://cfd.direct/openfoam/user-guide/

Complementary

https://www.paraview.org/paraview-downloads/download.php?submit=Download&version=v5.3&type=data&os=all&downloadFile=ParaViewGuide-5.3.0.pdf

T. Sánchez Lencero, A. Muñoz Blanco - Thermal Turbomachines

Ferziger, Computational methods for fluid dynamics, 3rd edition

Kuppan Thulukkanam, Heat exchanger design handbook

Stirling egnine design manual, NASA

http://www.salome-platform.org/user-section/documentation/current-release