Thermal Tug-o-War: A Competitive, Hands-On Approach to Learning Basic Heat Exchanger Design
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
11-11-2007
Publication Title
ASME 2007 Conference Proceedings
Publisher
ASME
Volume
7
First page number:
215
Last page number:
220
Abstract
The “Thermal Tug-o-War” is a thermal-fluid design competition in which teams of students are assigned to design and build either a heating or cooling heat exchanger. The heating and cooling teams are then pitted against each other to see which of the teams’ heat exchangers can have a larger effect on the temperature of a “thermal reservoir”. Through this competition, students get practical, hands-on exposure to convection heat transfer, Bernoulli’s equation, pumping system design, and materials selection. This paper will present details on how the competition was originally staged and how is has changed to become a more valuable learning experience for the students.
Keywords
Design; Engineering – Competitions; Heat – Convection; Heat exchangers – Design and construction
Disciplines
Engineering | Heat Transfer, Combustion | Mechanical Engineering
Language
English
Permissions
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Repository Citation
Cook, D. P.,
Lowe, S.
(2007).
Thermal Tug-o-War: A Competitive, Hands-On Approach to Learning Basic Heat Exchanger Design.
ASME 2007 Conference Proceedings, 7
215-220.
ASME.
Comments
Conference Held: Seattle, Washington, USA, November 11–15, 2007