Heat transfer is a mandatory basic course for students in energy and power engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, etc. It covers (1) the physical concepts, characteristics and basic laws of conduction, convection and radiation, (2) the methods to discern relevant heat transfer problems, make simplifying assumptions for a variety of practical situations, identify key dependent or independent variables, choose or develop appropriate correlations or expressions for analyzing related heat transfer problems, perform a shell-and-tube heat exchangers thermal analysis, and understand how to enhance or weaken the heat transfer.

