Introduction to transport phenomena

Summary

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

Content

Keywords

macroscopic balances, transport phenomena, flux equation

Learning Prerequisites

Required courses

Introduction to chemical engineering

Learning Outcomes

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

Teaching methods

Lectures with exercises

Expected student activities

solution of exercises

Assessment methods

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

Resources

Bibliography

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

Ressources en bibliothèque

• Introductory transport phenomena / Bird

Moodle Link

• https://go.epfl.ch/ChE-204