Description
Aims:
- To provide an introduction to the principles of transport phenomena, treating momentum, heat and mass transfer as a single unified subject and to develop skills in applying these principles to the design and specification of process equipment.
- To develop skills in solving problems in fluid flow, heat and mass transfer.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module students should:
- understand the mechanisms of momentum, heat and mass transfer by molecular motion and by convection;
- have a knowledge of the properties of, and the differences between, laminar and turbulent flow;
- understand the concept of pressure and the instruments for measuring pressure difference;
- understand the concept of physical similarity and to be able to design experiments for scale-up purposes;
- be able to calculate average values of properties in a system by using macroscopic balance equations;
- be able to calculate a property profile in a system by using microscopic balance equations;
- have a knowledge of momentum, heat and mass transfer coefficients, film and overall coefficients;
- understand flow measuring devices.
Synopsis:
- Nature of transport processes and fluids, laminar and turbulent flow
- Fluid statics, pressure measurement, buoyancy
- Dimensional analysis and similarity, Buckingham's Pi theorem
- Conservation of mass, momentum and energy equations, Bernoulli's equation
- Heat, momentum and mass transport in laminar flow and in solids
- Transport in turbulent flow: characteristics of turbulent flow
- Momentum, heat and mass transfer coefficients
- Frictional losses due to roughness and fittings
- Whitman two-film theory for mass transfer
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.
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