EMN Ecole des Mines de Nantes

Contexte

This session is to ensure equal level of knowledge for all students for them to understand more efficiently the following lecturers of the MSc

Objectifs operationnels

The students will get to know the equations of thermodynamics and their application, fluid mechanisms fundamentals, the fundamentals of heat and mass transfer mechanisms, basic knowledge in chemical reactor design and scaling up.

Contenu et organisation pedagogique

Contenu de l'UV

* Industrial thermodynamics (15h):
Introduction to Thermodynamics, The first law of Thermodynamics, Pure substances, The P-V-T relations, Energy analysis of open systems, conservation of mass, conservation of energy, The second law of thermodynamics, Entropy, Power and Refrigeration cycles.
* Fluid mechanics (20h):
Reynolds number, pipe flows, head losses, control volumes, Euler's theorem, forces on obstacles, rate of strain tensor, stress tensor, Eulerian and Lagrangian frames, material derivative, Navier-Stokes equations (introduction to), turbulence (a few words about).
* Heat transfer (15):
Fundamentals of Heat Transfer. Physical origins of conduction, convection and radiation heat transfer modes. Usual concepts and relationships (Correlations).
* Heat exchange (15h):
Classification of heat exchangers and applications
Thermal design of heat exchangers (LMTD and NTU methods)
Hydraulic calculations of heat exchangers (fouling and pressure drops)
Numerical modelization for heat exchangers design
Heat exchanger, design, LMTD and NTU methods, Pressure drop, Numerical modeling.

Activités pédagogiques

- Lectures (45%),
- Tutorials (35%),
- Practical Work (20%):
*Heat Exchangers: project of numerical modeling (simulink)
*Industrial Thermodynamics : team project
- Assessment: 2 written exams, 3 team-project:
*Industrial Thermodynamics : team project + written exam
*Fluid mechanics : team project
*Heat transfer: written exam
*Heat exchange : team project

Supports pédagogiques

Power point slides, available on campus space.
B§ibliography:
- J.P Holman, Heat transfer, 8 th edition, Mac Graw Hill,
Rosenow and Hartnet, Handbook of heat transfer,
- N. Ozicik, Heat transfer a basic approach, Mac Graw Hill edition, 1985,
Kakac S. Liu H.Heat exchanger, selection rating and thermal design, 2nd edition, CRC press
- F.P. Incropera and D.P. DeWitt, Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, John Willy & Sons, Inc.
- A bound xerox copy of the book Viscous Fluid Flow (T. C. Papanastasiou, G. C. Georgiou, A. N. Alexandrou, CRC Press, New York).
- The book Fluid Mechanics (J.H. Spurk, Springer Ed.).
- Michael J Moran and Howard N Shapiro , Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics, Willey International Edition ISBN 0471452416.
- Gordon J. Van Wylen, Richard E. Sonntag, Claus Borgnakke, and C. Borgnakke, Fundamentals of Classical Thermodynamics. John Wiley & Sons Inc. ISBN 0471593958.
- John B Heywood, Internal combustion engines fundamentals. Mc Graw Hill International Editions, ISBN 0071004998.

Critere et mode d'evaluation

Critères d"évaluation

The ability to apply basic concepts to the design of practical case.
Ability to understand technical documents that go beyond the scope of the courses, ability to expose and discuss fluid mechanics related matters "accurately" with an expert.
-Written Examination to test the knowledge and understanding of the students.
- Group projects to test the ability of the students to work in team to solve the problem
- Individual students presentation for testing the presentation skills of the students

Nombre d'évaluations

5