Transport phenomena II
3 points * 24 lectures * Second semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: CHE3111
Objectives The student is expected to acquire a basic knowledge and understanding of the more fundamental aspects of heat and mass transfer and the analogies between them. The student is expected to become more proficient in the ability to use mathematics to analyse relatively complicated physical systems.
Synopsis Balances on component mass and internal energy involving temperature gradients - derived from stationary Cartesian differential control volumes. Generalisation of these to vector/tensor form. Transient diffusion of component mass or heat in static media; steady diffusion in flowing media; (pipe flow and boundary layer flow). Fick's law of diffusion and Fourier's law of heat conduction. Special functions required for solutions to differential equations arising in selected problems of the above. Heat and mass transfer coefficients predicted from the above analysis; dimensionless groups and their use to assess the relative importance of transfer mechanisms operating simultaneously. Simultaneous heat and mass transfer - condensation of a vapour from its mixture with a non-condensible gas.
Assessment
Examinations: 100%
Prescribed texts
Bird R B and others Transport phenomena Wiley, 1960