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<p>Creating course page via bot</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox Course<br /> | code = MCL823<br /> | name = Thermal Design<br /> | credits = 4<br /> | credit_structure = 3-0-2<br /> | pre_requisites = <br /> | overlaps = <br /> }}<br /> <br /> == MCL823 : Thermal Design ==<br /> Introduction to design, modelling and simulation, components and systems. Component design. Design of heat sink - single fin optimization, multiple fin array. Design of compact heat exchangers - Fundamentals, shell and tube heat exchangers, plate heat exchangers, finned tube heat exchangers. Design of Heat pipe - Fundamentals, design procedure. Design of thermoelectric devices - Fundamentals, thermoelectric generator, thermoelectric cooler, module design. System Design: Design of thermal systems: System identification and description with mathematical modelling: Examples with Power plant, refrigeration plant, HVAC systems, pump pipe network, electric space heaters, wind tunnel. Development of a numerical model, mathematical techniques, solution of non-linear equations, numerical model for a system, system simulation, methods of numerical simulation. Optimization - basic concepts, optimization of thermal systems, Lagrange multiplier, optimization of unconstrained problems, search based methods, Genetic algorithm, Differential Evolution method. Thermal design based on inverse methods - Definition, estimation of boundary condition, conjugate gradient method.</div>

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