Category: Introduction To Heat Transfer

Convection is the term used for heat transfer mechanism which takes place in a fluid because of a combination of conduction due to the molecular interactions and energy transport due to the macroscopic motion of the fluid itself. In the above definition, the motion of the fluid is essential otherwise the heat transfer mechanism becomes…

Conduction is the heat transfer from one part of a substance to another part of the same substance, or from one substance to another in physical contact with it, without appreciable displacement of the molecules forming the substance. On the elementary particle level, the conduction is visualized as the exchange of kinetic energy between the…

This deals with different modes of heat transfer which are usually classified as conduction, convection and radiation. From the second law of thermodynamics, we know that the heat flows whenever there is existence of temperature difference or temperature gradient. Heat is a form of energy which is transferred from one body to another body at…