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- Catalog Description
- 320 Introductory Transport Phenomena. I, II; 4cr. Mass,
momentum, and energy transport; calculation of
transport coefficients; solution to problems in viscous
flow, heat conduction, and diffusion; dimensional
analysis; mass, momentum, and heat transfer
coefficients; over-all balances; elementary
applications. P:Physics 201, Math 319 or 320, CBE
250 with grade of C or better or cons inst. Graham, Klingenberg, Kuech, Root.
- Course Prerequisite(s)
- CBE 250
- grade of C or better in CBE 250
- Math 319 or 320
- Physics 201
- Prerequisite knowledge and/or skills
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Chemical Engineering Calculations
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Mass and Energy Balances
- Textbook(s) and/or other required material
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R. B. Bird, W. E. Stewart, E. N. Lightfoot, Transport Phenomena, 2nd Edition, Wiley, 2002.
- Course objectives
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The objectives of this course are for students to learn to:
- setup shell balances for conservation of momentum, energy, and mass;
- understand and apply flux laws in balances;
- understand and apply interphase transport relationships;
- employ shell balance equations to obtain desired profiles for velocity,
temperature and concentration;
- reduce and solve the appropriate equations of change to obtain desired profiles for
velocity, temperature and concentration;
- reduce and solve appropriate macroscopic balances for conservation of
momentum, energy and mass;
- utilize information obtained from solutions of the balance equations to obtain engineering quantities of interest;
- recognize and apply analogies among momentum, heat and mass transfer;
- appreciate relevance of transport principles in diverse applications of chemical, biological, and materials science and engineering.
- Topics covered
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Mass, momentum and energy transport mechanisms
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Calculation of transport coefficients
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Dimensional analysis
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Momentum, energy and mass interphase transport
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Microscopic and macroscopic balances
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Solution to problems in viscous flow, energy and
mass transport
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Elementary applications
- Class/laboratory schedule
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3 50-minute lectures/week, MWF 8:50-9:40
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Recitation section; M 1:20-3:15 or 3:30-5:25
- Contribution of course to meeting the professional component
- This course contributes primarily to the students' knowledge of engineering topics, but does not provide design experience.
The following statement indicates which of the following considerations are included in this course: economic, environmental, ethical, political, societal, health and safety, manufacturability, sustainability.
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Transport Phenomena describes the underlying physical processes involved in transport of momentum, heat, or mass. This information supports the empirical models for transport parameters widely used in many Unit Operations analyses. Knowledge of the fundamentals behind transport phenomena also allows prediction of properties for new systems where data is unavailable.
Considerations included in this course are economic, environmental, health and safety.
- Relationship of course to undergraduate degree program objectives and outcomes
- This course primarily serves students in the department. The information below describes how the course contributes to the undergraduate program objectives.
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Transport Phenomena as a field supports and connects a broad range of Chemical Engineering by providing molecular-level understanding of the origins of transport processes, and establishing the modeling tools (mathematics and physics) to predict macroscopic behavior of real systems. This course develops the skills and tools needed for engineering practice, especially for extension of models to new systems, or to understanding large classes of behavior.
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