Objectives and competences

• Knowledge and understanding of the heat and mass transfer mechanisms.
• Use of different analytical and graphical solutions of differential equations describing heat and mass transfer (unidirectional) under unsteady state conditions.
• Use of Newman’s rule, for heat and mass transfer in two or three directions.
• Analysis and simulation of heat and mass transfer processes under transient state conditions.
• Laboratory practice of heat and mass transfer processes under unsteady state conditions.

Teaching Methodologies

In the theoretical classes, the fundamental concepts are presented, and some examples of application are presented. The concepts introduced in the theoretical classes are applied in the resolution of exercises, in theoretical-practical classes, and in the realization of the project, with a simulation component in Matlab or Python and an experimental validation component.

Syllabus

Transient heat transfer:
- Newtonian heating / cooling
- Differential equations for transient state unidirectional conduction
- Application of differential equations solutions for solving problems with or without resistance to heat transfer by convection
- Application of the Newman´s rule for solving problems involving transfer in two or three directions

Mass transfer in transient state:
- Differential equations for unidirectional diffusion in transient state
- Application of differential equations solution for solving problems with and without resistance to mass transfer by convection
- Application of the Newman’s rule for solving problems involving transfer in two or three directions

Simulation of dynamic processes involving non-stationary state transport phenomena.