20PEB224 HEAT

AND MASS
TRANSFER
Course Coordinator
Dr. R. Balasubramanian 1
 WHAT IS HEAT TRANSFER?
 Heat is a form of energy that can be transferred from one system
to another as a result of temperature difference.

 The science that deals with the determination of the rates of such
energy transfer is heat transfer.

 In practice we are more concerned about the rate of heat transfer

(heat transfer per unit time) than the amount of heat transfer, e.g.
Heat treatment of metals:
 (a) quenching and (b) annealing.

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 MECHANISMS OF HEAT TRANSFER

 Heat can be transferred in three different ways: conduction,

convection, and radiation.
 All modes of heat transfer require the existence of a temperature
difference, and all modes of heat transfer are from the high-
temperature medium to a lower temperature one.

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 DIFFERENCE B/W TD AND HT

 Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer both are part of thermal

engineering and each has its own meaning and importance.
 Both deals with heat and energy.

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 WHAT IS MASS TRANSFER?
 Mass transfer is defined as the transfer of matter by virtue of
species concentration differences in a system.
 The difference in concentration provides in a driving force for
the transfer of mass.
 Mass transfer always occurs in the direction of reducing
concentration gradient.
 Mass transfer occurs by two Mechanisms:
 I. Diffusion mass transfer
 II. Convective mass transfer

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 APPLICATION OF HMT
 HT
 Boilers
 Condensing Boilers
 Piping Insulation
 Heat Exchanger
 Refrigeration
 Microwave oven

 MT
 Refinery Operations
 Distillation
 Extraction

 Adsorption & Absorption

 Drying

 Leaching

 Produced Water Treatment

 Reverse Osmosis
 Filtration
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Thank you…