Introduction to transport phenomena

ChE-204 / 3 credits

Language: English

Summary

This course aims at understanding the basic equations behind macroscopic and microscopic transport phenomena (mass, heat and momentum).

Conservation of energy, heat and momentum
Macroscopic balances and advective transport
Bernoulli equation
Equations and parameters for microscopic transport: mass transport (Fick's law), heat transport (Fourier's law) and momentum transport (Newton's law)
Analogy between the three types of transfer
Introduction to non-dimensional quantities
Combined macroscopic and microscopic transfer applications (e.g. pipe flow with friction loss), heat exchangers.

macroscopic balances, transport phenomena, flux equation

Introduction to chemical engineering

By the end of the course, the student must be able to:

Identify heat transfer, mass transfer and momentum phenomena in lab, industrial and daily environment which are relevant both for chemists and chemical engineers
Identify quantities and subjects used in transport phenomena
Describe transport phenomena at the macroscopic and at the molecular level
Recognize the similarities between the three transport phenomena
Analyze problems involving transfer phenomena
Use balance to solve problems
Justify their approach to problem solving

Lectures with exercises

solution of exercises

Two written tests during the semester (mid-term and final)

Introductory Transport Phenomena: R. B. Bird, W.E. Stewart, E.N. Lightfoot, D.J. Klingenberg. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (2014)

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Lecture

Exercise, TP

Project, Lab, other