Department of Mechanical Engineering

ME 416

Computer Assisted Design of Thermal Systems


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Instructor: Professor Craig W. Somerton
Office: 2439 Engineering Building
Hours: M 3-4, Tu 3:30-4:30, W 4-5, F 11-12,
            or by arrangement
Phone: 353-6733
E-mail: somerton@egr.msu.edu
 
TA: Basak Oguz
E-mail: oguzbasa@msu.edu

About the Course

This course covers the traditional topics of a thermal design course through computer oriented projects.  The first project deals with manipulating numerical and graphical data, such as thermophysical properties or device operating conditions, required for thermal design analysis. The second project of the course deals with the modeling, design, and selection of turbomachinery, such as pumps, fans, and turbines.  The third project of the course will focus on the analysis, design, and optimization of a heating and/or air conditioning system.  This project involves the thermoeconomic optimization of insulation design with heating and cooling system selection.  The fourth project involves the design of a large thermal system and includes determining the system layout and operating temperatures, pressures and mass flow rates to obtain an optimum system. The fifth and final project involves the design of a heat exchanger operating within the large thermal system of the fourth project, and includes the feedback between equipment design (or selection) and system design. Each year ME 416 has a theme that ties the projects together.  This year the theme is biomedical engineering.


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Course Announcements

Quiz #3 will be on Monday, November 17, 2008 during the last 15 minutes of lecture.  It will be closed book and closed notes, but an equation sheet will be provided with the quiz.  You should not need to memorize any equations or relationships, just know how to use them to solve problems.  The following topics will be covered:
Building Heat Transfer
Air Water Vapor Systems
Engineering Econmics
The student is urged to review
  • Practice Problem Set #3 
  • Solutions to Practice Problem Set #3


Quiz #2 will be on Monday, October 27, 2008 during the last 15 minutes of lecture.  It will be closed book and closed notes, but an equation sheet will be provided with the quiz.  You should not need to memorize any equations or relationships, just know how to use them to solve problems.  The following topics will be covered:
Basic Calculations for Pumps, Fan, Compressors, and Turbines
The student is urged to review
  • Practice Problem Set #2 
  • Solutions to Practice Problem Set #21

Quiz #1 will be on Monday, September 29, 2008 during the last 15 minutes of lecture.  It will be closed book and closed notes, but an equation sheet will be provided with the quiz.  You should not need to memorize any equations or relationships, just know how to use them to solve problems.  The following topics will be covered:
Basic Design Concepts and Process
Curve Fitting
Reduction and Evaluation of Thermodynamic Partial Derivatives
The student is urged to review
  • Practice Problem Set #1 
  • Solutions to Practice Problem Set #1


Project 1 Submission
      Hard copy of the technical memo submitted to Dr. Somerton or his mailbox in the main ME office, 2555 EB, by 5 pm.  The technical memo needs to stand alone as I will not have access to your spreadsheet.

    Your Excel workbook and User’s Guide must be emailed to our TA, Basak Oguz, at oguzbasa@msu.edu by 5 pm.  The subject header must contain your name and ME 416 Project 1.  

    The User’s Guide MUST indicate which property you used for the Table Lookup routine, so we may use the correct key to check your results.

 

Course Materials


Materials for Project #1
 Development of a Spreadsheet Data Base for Blood Properties
 
From: www.lima.ohio-state.edu/academics/biology/images/anatomy/

 

Materials for Project #2
Development of a Computer Simulation for a Cardiopulmonary Bypass Pump
 
From: www.1medical.com/images/

 

Materials for Project #3
Heating System Optimization for a Burn Patient Hospital Room
 
From: McMaster, Andrew, "Computer Aided Design of Thermal Systems:Temperature Regulation of a Burn Victim Ward", ME 490 Report, August 2005.


 

Materials for Projects #4 and 5

Analysis and Design of a Dialysis Machine


From: www.www.kidney.ca/english/publications/brochures/hemodialysis

Design of the Dialysate Heat Exchanger for a Dialysis Machine
 
From: www.buyheatexchangersonline.com/images/

 

Study Aids for Quizzes


Quizzes, Solutions, and Results