## MEC E 463 Thermo-Fluids Systems Design **Subject & Number:** MEC E 463 **Title:** Thermo-Fluids Systems Design **Course Career** **Units**: 3 **Approved Hours:** 3-0-2 **Fee index: 8** **Faculty:** [Faculty of Engineering]{.mark} **Department:** Mechanical Engineering **Typically Offered:** either term or Spring/Summer ### Calendar Description Design and optimization of thermo-fluid systems, heating and ventilating equipment and load calculations, system design, piping networks, heat exchanger analysis and design, computer-aided design projects. Prerequisites: MEC E 330 or 331, 340, and 370 or 371. ### Course Objectives & General Content This course will expose undergraduates to practical knowledge of component and system designs in thermo-fluids sciences. Course content is designed to help students obtain advanced knowledge on thermos-fluid systems and identify practical solutions to design of thermos-fluid systems. Emphasis will be placed on the design of internal fluid flow systems and coiled heat exchangers, as well as selection of fans and pumps, which are key academic requirements for students in thermo-fluids engineering. In this course, students will also be taught how to apply knowledge of conduction and convention heat transfer in various practical problems. Topics include air distribution design, piping system design, fan and pump selection, heat exchanger design, heating and cooling load calculations, and applications of heat exchangers. Upon completion, students should be able to effectively formulate their own design procedures for thermo-fluids systems. ### Learning outcomes 1. Apply basic methodologies to design a thermo-fluid system 2. Design air/gas distribution systems 3. Design a piping system for liquid transport 4. Conduct heat exchanger performance analysis 5. Design heat exchangers 6. Calculate loads and select equipment such as fans, pumps, boilers, air-handling units 7. Identify components necessary for selected thermo-fluid systems ### Textbooks and References A. McDonald and H. Magande, Introduction to Thermo-Fluids Systems Design, John Wiley and Sons, 2012 [Recommended:]{.underline} a\) Frank White, Fluid Mechanics, 7th Edition, McGraw-Hill, Co., 2011 b\) Yunus Çengel and John Cimbala, Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications, McGraw-Hill, Co., 2006 c\) Yunus Çengel, Heat and Mass Transfer: A Practical Approach, 3rd Edition, McGraw-Hill, Co., 2007 d\) Frank Incropera, David Dewitt, Theodore Bergman, Adrienne Lavine, Introduction to Heat Transfer, 5th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2007 ### Assessment Details -------------------------------------------------------------------------- **Activity** **(A)Synchronous** **Due/Scheduled** **Weight** -------------------- -------------------- ------------------- ------------ Design Assignments Tuesdays at 4 pm 60% Final Design Exam TBA 40% -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ### ### Course Accreditation Units The current total and individual Accreditation Unit (AU) counts for this course are: ----------------------------------------------------------------- **Total** **Math** **NS** **ES** **ED** **CS** ------------- ------------- -------- -------- ---------- -------- 50.4 50.4 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ### Course Graduate Attributes The Graduate Attributes (GAs) developed in this course are: --------------------------------------------------------------- **\#** **Graduate Attribute** **Level (I, D, A)** -------- ------------------------------------------ ----------- 1 A knowledge base for engineering (KB): A 2 Problem analysis (PA): A 3 Investigation (IN): 4 Design (DE): A 5 Use of engineering tools (ET): D 6 Individual and team work (TW): D 7 Communication skills (CS): D 8 Professionalism (PR): 9 Impact of engineering on society and the environment (IS): 10 Ethics and equity (EE): 11 Economics and project management (EP): I 12 Life-long learning (LL): I --------------------------------------------------------------- ### Course Schedule +------+---------+-------------------------------------+----------+--------------+ | Week | Lecture | Topics | Textbook | Task | | | Dates | | Sections | | +------+---------+-------------------------------------+----------+--------------+ | 1 | Sept 6, | Chapter 1 Introduction and Chapter | 2.1 -- | \-\-- | | | | 2 | 2.4 | | | | 8 | | | | | | | · Course introduction | Appendix | | | | | | A | | | | | · Fluid Mechanics Review | | | +------+---------+-------------------------------------+----------+--------------+ | 2 | Sept | Chapter 2 Air Duct Systems | 2.4, | \-\-- | | | 11, | | | | | | | · Unit conversion | Appendix | | | | 13, 15 | | A | | | | | · Major/minor losses | | | | | | | | | | | | · Duct system components | | | +------+---------+-------------------------------------+----------+--------------+ | 3 | Sept | Chapter 2 Air Duct Systems | 2.5, | \-\-- | | | 18, | | 2.6, | | | | | · Duct material/design criteria | | | | | 20, 22 | | Appendix | | | | | · Example Design Problem | A | | +------+---------+-------------------------------------+----------+--------------+ | 4 | Sept | Chapter 2 Air Duct Systems | 3.1 -- | \-\-- | | | 25, | | 3.4 | | | | | · Fans/Fan Selection | | | | | 27, 29 | | | | | | | · Example Fan Selection Problem | | | | | | | | | | | | · Small Duct High-Velocity | | | +------+---------+-------------------------------------+----------+--------------+ | 5 | Oct 2, | Chapter 3 Liquid Piping Systems | 3.4, | Seminar#1 | | | | | 3.5, | | | | 4, 6 | · Liquid Piping Systems | | | | | | | Appendix | | | | | · Pipe Sizing and Installation | A | | | | | | | | | | | · Pumps | | | +------+---------+-------------------------------------+----------+--------------+ | 6 | Oct 11, | Chapter 3 Liquid Piping Systems | 3.5, | Oct 10, | | | | | | | | | 13 | · Pump Sizing and Selection | Appendix | Assignment#1 | | | | | A | | | | | · Net Positive Suction Head | | | +------+---------+-------------------------------------+----------+--------------+ | 7 | Oct 16, | Chapter 3 Liquid Piping Systems | 3.5, | \-\-- | | | | | | | | | 18, 20 | · Design of Piping Systems | Appendix | | | | | | A | | | | | · Example Design Problem | | | | | | | | | | | | · Codes, Standards, Guidelines | | | +------+---------+-------------------------------------+----------+--------------+ | 8 | Oct 23, | Chapter 3 Liquid Piping Systems | 3.5, | Seminar#2 | | | | | | | | | 25, 27 | · Example Design Problem | Appendix | | | | | | A | | | | | · Codes, Standards, and Industry | | | | | | | | | | | | · Guidelines | | | +------+---------+-------------------------------------+----------+--------------+ | 9 | Oct 30, | Chapter 4 Heat Exchanger Design | 4.1 -- | Seminar#3 | | | | | 4.6, | | | | Nov 1, | · Types of Heat Exchangers | | | | | | | Appendix | | | | 3 | · Overall Heat Transfer | C | | | | | | | | | | | · Nusselt Numbers | | | | | | | | | | | | · Heat Exchanger Analysis | | | +------+---------+-------------------------------------+----------+--------------+ | 10 | Nov 6, | Chapter 4 Heat Exchanger Design | 4.6 -- | Nov 7, | | | | | 4.7, | | | | 8, 10 | · Heat Exchanger Design | | Assignment#2 | | | | | Appendix | | | | | · Heat Exchanger Performance | C | | +------+---------+-------------------------------------+----------+--------------+ | 11 | Nov 13, | Reading week | \-\-- | \-\-- | | | | | | | | | 15, 17 | | | | +======+=========+=====================================+==========+==============+ +----+-----+-------------------------------------+------------+--------------+ | 12 | Nov | Chapter 4 Heat Exchanger Design | 4.6 -- | Seminar#4 | | | 20, | | 4.8, | | | | | · Bare Tube and Finned-tube Heat | | | | | 22, | Exchanger | Appendix C | | | | 24 | | | | | | | · Exchanger Design | | | | | | | | | | | | · Example Design Problem | | | +----+-----+-------------------------------------+------------+--------------+ | 13 | Nov | Chapter 5 Applications of Heat | 5.2 -- 5.3 | Nov 28, | | | 27, | Exchangers | | | | | | | | Assignment#3 | | | 29, | · Types of Boilers; Components | | | | | Dec | | | | | | | · Boiler/Hot Water Tank Sizing | | | | | 1 | | | | +----+-----+-------------------------------------+------------+--------------+ | 14 | Dec | Chapter 5 Applications of Heat | 5.3 -- 5.5 | \-\-- | | | 4, | Exchangers | | | | | | | | | | | 6, | · Example Problem | | | | | 8 | | | | | | | Review course, Q&A | | | +----+-----+-------------------------------------+------------+--------------+ | | Dec | Final Exam (2 pm - 5 pm) | Cumulative | Final exam | | | 12 | | | | +====+=====+=====================================+============+==============+ Seminar Schedule +---------+--------------------+--------------------------------------+ | Seminar | Dates, 2:00PM - | Seminar Topic | | | 3:50PM | | | | | | | | (Tuesday/Thursday) | | +---------+--------------------+--------------------------------------+ | 1 | Oct 3, 5 | Air Duct Systems Workshop: Review | | | | Session | +---------+--------------------+--------------------------------------+ | 2 | Oct 24, 26 | Liquid Piping Systems Workshop-1: | | | | Review Session | +---------+--------------------+--------------------------------------+ | 3 | Oct 31, Nov 2 | Liquid Piping Systems Workshop-2: | | | | Review Session | +---------+--------------------+--------------------------------------+ | 4 | Nov 21, 23 | Heat Exchanger Design Workshop: | | | | Review Session | +=========+====================+======================================+ Design Assignments (eClass submission, a single PDF file, 60-points) +---------------------+---------------------+------------------------+-------+ | Sets | Due Dates (Tuesdays | Problems | Point | | | at 16:00) | | | +---------------------+---------------------+------------------------+-------+ | Problem Set 1 | Oct 10 | 2.3, 2.9 (eClass | 24 | | | | version) | | +---------------------+---------------------+------------------------+-------+ | Problem Set 2 | Nov 7 | 3.2, 3.8 (eClass | 24 | | | | version) | | +---------------------+---------------------+------------------------+-------+ | Problem Set 3 | Nov 28 | 4.3 (eClass version) | 12 | +---------------------+---------------------+------------------------+-------+ | For Set 4, no submission is required. Solutions will be posted on | | | Dec 4. | | +---------------------+---------------------+------------------------+-------+ | Problem Set 4 | No due date | 5.1, 5.3 | \-\-- | +=====================+=====================+========================+=======+ ### # Winter Term 8