- Docente: Cesare Biserni
- Credits: 6
- SSD: ING-IND/10
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Cesena
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Corso:
First cycle degree programme (L) in
Food Technology (cod. 8528)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in Viticulture and Enology (cod. 8527)
Course contents
The nature of thermodynamics: temperature and heat - Applications of thermodynamics to the closed system - The first law of the thermodynamics: work, internal energy and energy balances - The second law of thermodynamics - The open system: conservation of mass and balance of mechanic energy - Fluid dynamics: viscosity, the loss term and Moody Diagram - Air and water vapour mixtures: psychrometrics and applications.
Main heat transfer modalities: thermal conduction and convection mechanisms. Steady state conduction in cartesian and cylindrical coordinates -Thermal resistances networks and electrical analogy - Heat Exchangers with reference to the "shell and tube" elemental configuration - Overall heat transfer coefficient - The log mean temperature difference method and the ε - NTU method: numerical applications - Refrigeration cycles and coefficient of performance.
Readings/Bibliography
The handwritten notes taken during the lessons and the material given by the teacher are enough to prepare for the exam. In order to achieve a deeper knowledge of some topics or for self-study, the following book is suggested:
- Y.A. Çengel, Termodinamica e trasmissione del calore – Quarta Edizione, McGraw-Hill
Teaching methods
Classroom lessons and guided solution of exercises
Assessment methods
The final exam consists of a written test and a possible oral part, dealing with the notions presented during the course.
Teaching tools
Blackboard, transparencies and projector.
Links to further information
http://www.unibo.it/SitoWebDocente/default.htm?UPN=cesare.biserni%40unibo.it
Office hours
See the website of Cesare Biserni