| Module code | MHM 420 |
| Qualification | Undergraduate |
| Faculty | Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology |
| Module content | Fundamentals of Thermal Radiation; blackbody radiation, radiative properties, Kirchhoff’s law. Radiation Heat Transfer; the view factor, gray surfaces, radiation shields. Boiling and condensation; pool and film boiling, film condensation, dropwise condensation. Heat exchangers; types, analysis, design, and selection. Mass transfer: Fick’s Law, mass diffusion, mass convection, simultaneous heat and mass transfer, porous catalysts. |
| Module credits | 16.00 |
| Programmes | |
| Prerequisites | No prerequisites. |
| Contact time | 3 lectures per week, 1 practical per week |
| Language of tuition | Module is presented in English |
| Department | Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering |
| Period of presentation | Semester 2 |
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