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Summer 2025 - SEE 324 D100

Heat and Mass Transfer for Energy Engineering (3)

Class Number: 3877

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Mon, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
    Surrey

    May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Wed, 12:30–1:20 p.m.
    Surrey

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Aug 16, 2025
    Sat, 3:30–6:30 p.m.
    Surrey

  • Prerequisites:

    PHYS 141, SEE 224, SEE 225.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Provides the basic principles of heat and mass transfer with analysis and application to real-world sustainable energy systems. Governing relationships for conduction, free and forced convection, and radiation will be explained and then applied to solve practical problems. Practical application of theory (e.g. heat exchanger design) will be introduced.

COURSE DETAILS:

Lectures Subjects and Topics

Section 1: Introduction to Heat Transfer

Section 2: Introduction to Conduction

Section 3: Steady-state Conduction

Section 4: Convection

Section 5: Radiation

Section 6: Coupled Conduction-Convection

Section 7: Diffusion Mass Transfer

Labs Topics

The course will include four practical ‘laboratory’ experiments, that will be conducted in person. The four sessions will focus on:

  • Basics of combined conduction and convection

  • Forced convection heat transfer from a flat plate

  • Free and forced convection heat transfer from finned surfaces

  • Heat transfer by radiation

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

Fundamentals of Heat Transfer

  1. Understand the broad applicability of heat transfer problems in engineering with particular emphasis on sustainable energy. (GA 1.2 - D & GA 1.4 – D)
  2. Explain the three general types of heat transfer: conduction, convection and radiation. (GA 1.2 - A)

Thermal Resistance Modelling

  1. Explain the concept of a thermal circuit analogy and define thermal resistance in terms of the different forms of heat transfer. (GA 1.4 - A)
  2. Create thermal resistance networks that represent real world problems and solve for steady-state heat transfer. (GA 1.4 - A)

Heat Transfer and Mass Transfer Analysis

  1. Apply fundamental concepts and formulas of heat and mass transfer to sustainable energy engineering problems. (GA 1.2 - A & GA 1.4 – A)
  2. Given a prepared lab setting, with attention to health and safety, measure laboratory data and interpret using governing equations to demonstrate heat and mass transfer theories. (GA 1.2 - A & GA 1.4 – A)
  3. Given a real-world heat and mass transfer scenario, identify the problem, develop a mathematical description with assumptions and provide a worked out solution. (GA 5.2 – A)
  4. Design a solution to a heat or mass transfer project related to sustainable energy that integrates learning from the course where the students describe the design stages and justify decisions with detailed calculations. ((GA 4.1 – A & GA 5.2 – A)

Grading

  • Lab Reports 15%
  • Problem sets 15%
  • Midterm exams 20%
  • Design Project 20%
  • Final Exam 30%

NOTES:

The Design Project component will be assessed through report and oral presentation components

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Textbook:

Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, 8th Edition, Theodore L. Bergman, Adrienne S. Lavine, Frank P. Incropera, David P. DeWitt, John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2019.


REQUIRED READING NOTES:

Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.

Registrar Notes:

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RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION

Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the term are encouraged to assess their needs as soon as possible and review the Multifaith religious accommodations website. The page outlines ways they begin working toward an accommodation and ensure solutions can be reached in a timely fashion.