ChE 620 –Transport Phenomena I

Spring Semester

 1998-2000 Catalog Data:     ChE 620:  Transport Phenomena I. Credit 3.

                                                An intergrated study of momentum, thermal energy, and mass transport by

                                                Molecular and convective mechanisms, with and without generation, for

                                                Steady-state and unsteady-state conditions, in laminar, boundary-layer, or

                                                Turbulent flow.  Molecular theories of transport properties.

 Prerequisites by topic:

·          Differential equations

·          Fluid flow

·          Heat transfer

·          Mass transfer

 Textbook:                             R.B. Bird, W.E. Stewart and E.N. Lightfoot, Transport Phenomena, John Wiley     

                                                and Sons, 1960.

Course Objectives:      Following this course students will:

·          Write shell balances for simple problems in momentum, heat and mass transport

·          Recognize and understand analogies between the molecular transport relationships for heat, momentum

and mass transport

·          Have a fundamental understand of the equations of change for heat, momentum and mass transfer

·          Understand and recognize the need and basis for boundary layer analysis

·          Understand the fundamental difference in laminar and turbulent flows, how turbulence complicates analysis,

and some ways to analyze turbulent flows

 Topics Covered:   

·          Shell balances for momentum, heat and mass transport

·          Equations of change for momentum, heat and mass transport

·          Boundary layer analysis

·          Unsteady state systems

·          Turbulent flows

Class Schedule: Two lectures per week, each of 75 minutes duration.

Contribution of course to meeting the professional component:

·          Fifth year and graduate required course

·          Provides theoretical and mathematical basis for all unit operations