GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE SUBJECT

Practical laboratory of heat transfer, refrigeration and air compression. In the heat transfer practices, students experience the three mechanisms of heat transfer: conduction, convection and radiation. With the experimental measurements they carry out energy balances and calculate heat transfer coefficients in different types of exchangers applying the knowledge gained in the Thermal Engineering subject. In the practice of vapour compression refrigeration, cold production is studied through mechanical compression cycles. In the air compression practice, the operation of piston compressors is studied.