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Loren Atwood

Loren Atwood

Hometown: Emmett, Idaho

Undergraduate: Brigham Young University, Provo

Program: MS Student

Joined EFD Lab: January 2018

Research Interests: Interested in the physics behind anything that involves modeling transport phenomena for environmental studies using CFD. Examples include smoke transport, emergency chemical release, particle growth, water droplet formation, atmospheric chemistry, and combustion. Currently learning about multiphase transport through porous media for use in a fuel moisture model for wildfires.

Contact: pianotocador@gmail.com

ME 5810/6810 - Thermal Systems Design

Fall 2008

Class Information

Instructor: Eric Pardyjak
Office: Room 171 KEN
Phone: 585-6414
email: pardyjak@eng.utah.edu

Class Syllabus

Class Text: Design of Fluid Thermal Systems, 2nd Edition, W.S. Janna, PWS
Other Useful Texts:
Design of Thermal Systems, 3rd Ed, W.F. Stoecker, McGraw Hill
Analysis and Design of Energy Systems, 2nd Ed, B.K. Hodge, Prentice Hall
Final Exam: None; Final project only

Announcements

<9/25/2008> Homework 4 and Design Project 1 have been posted.
If you do not have the Janna textbook, you will need the following properties for problem 13:
viscosity of propylene glycol = 88x10^-5 lbf-s/f^2
SG propylene glycol = 0.968
density of water = 62.4 lblm/ft^2 (sea level).

Homework Solutions

Homework 5: 4.19d x = 1.45 m, 4.52 , 5.16: Visualize this problem using Figure 5.6a, use 1m of water head for a factor of safety (see page 260) NPSHa = 1.258m , z_s < 3.54m 5.17 17.3 HP delivered to the liquid
Homework 3: (49) Dh = 0.649 m, (52) Q= 0.076 ft^3/s or 0.113 ft^3/s, (61) for T = 100 C, Q = 0.0264 m^3/s, (62) epsilon ~ 0.0009 ft, (63) K~0.9

EES Examples

Piping Network Example: Two Loop example
Energy Equation: Janna Example 2.4
Pipe Flow Example: Janna 3.17
Optimum Economic Diameter Example: Janna Example 4.2
Critical Insulation Radius Example: Janna Example 6.5
Double Pipe Heat Exchanger Example: Janna Example 7.4
Solar Radiation Example: Solar Example

Class Calendar

Week Class Date Day Topic Reading Due Homework Due Handouts
1 1 08/26 T Introduction to Thermal Systems Design None None Syllabus
1 2 08/28 Th Fluid Mechanics Introduction Janna Ch.1, Ch.2 None Design Handout
2 3 09/02 T Fluid Mechanics Review Ch.2 None
2 4 09/04 Th Introduction to Piping Systems Ch. 3 Homework 1
3 5 09/09 T Piping Systems Lecture 2 Ch. 3
3 6 09/11 Th Economics Review Stoecker Handout Homework 2: 31, 33, 39, 40, 47 (me 6810 see handout)
4 7 09/16 T Optimum Economic Diameter Ch.4
4 8 09/18 Th Parallel Piping Systems 1
5 9 09/23 T Parallel Piping Systems 2 Ch. 4 Homework 3: 49, 52, 61, 62, 63 (6810 student do 37-39). see EES example from class
5 10 09/25 Th Flow Rate Measurement Ch 4.7
6 11 09/30 T Pumps and Piping Systems Ch. 5
6 12 10/02 Th NPSH and Dimensional Analysis Hodge Pipe Nework Handout Homework 4
7 13 10/07 T Pumps in Series and Parallel Pump Handout
7 14 10/09 Th Pardyjak in DC
7 10/10 Th Pardyjak in DC Design Project 1
8 10/14 T Fall Break No Classes
8 10/16 Th Fall Break No Classes
9 15 10/21 T Intro to Heat Transfer Fundamentals Ch. 6
9 16 10/23 Th Introduction to Heat Exchangers (LMTD) Ch. 7 EES Critical Radius Example
10 17 10/28 T Double Pipe Heat Exchangers Ch. 7 Homework 5: 4.19,4.52,5.16,5.17
10 18 10/30 Th Effectiveness-NTU EES Double Pipe HX example
11 19 11/04 T Orifice Flow meter in Class Lab
11 20 11/06 Th Intro to Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers Ch.8
12 21 11/11 T Visiting Lecture from Tim Dugan of Compression Engineering Corp.
12 22 11/13 Th Final Design Project Team Meetings
13 23 11/18 T Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers Ch. 8 Design Project 2
13 24 11/20 Th Plate and Frame Heat Exchangers Ch 9.1-9.2
14 25 11/25 T Cross Flow Heat Exchangers Ch. 9
14 11/27 Th Thanksgiving Holiday No Classes
15 26 12/02 T Review of Radiation Heat Transfer McQuiston Handout
15 27 12/04 Th Introduction to Solar Radiation McQuisition Handout EES Solar Radiation Handout
16 28 12/09 T Heat Gain Through Fenestrations Homework 6: Ch 7: 29, Ch. 8: 3, 13
16 29 12/11 Th Solar Flat-Plate Heat Exchangers Duffie and Beckman Handout
17 12/17 Wed Final Design Project Reports Due Final Design Project