Thermal engineering
Heating or cooling of processes, equipment, or enclosed environments are within the purview of thermal engineering.
One or more of the following disciplines may be involved in solving a particular thermal engineering problem:
Thermal engineering may be practiced by mechanical engineers and chemical engineers.
One branch of knowledge used frequently in thermal engineering is that of thermofluids.
Applications
- Engineering : HVAC
- Cooling of computer chips [1]
- Boiler design
- Solar heating
- In design of combustion engines
- Thermal power plants
- Commercial cooling system
References
External links
- Yahoo directory
- Thermal Engineering branch at Goddard Space Flight Center
- List of related fields in UNESCO thesaurus
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