Basic heat and mass transfer

Education facts

Code: EMG133

The course covers the following: \- open and closed systems, system boundaries, mass and energy balances, \- energy and power, \- properties of fluids, viscosity, and incompressibility, \- mechanisms for heat transfer from a warm to a cold body, conduction, natural and forced convection, and radiation, \- mechanisms for mass transfer from high to low concentration, diffusion and convection, \- the air-water system and Mollier diagram, \- calculation of combined heat transfer and heat and mass transfer, \- dimensioning and analysis of different types of heat exchangers, and \- the function of solar collectors and solar cells.

Entry requirements

Registered for 15 ECTS credits in the Bachelor programme in Energy and Environmental Engineering, or equivalent

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Basic heat and mass transfer

  Karlstad University

  Karlstad

  Start date: 18 January 2027

  End date: 6 June 2027

  Pace of study: 50 %