ChE353 Transport Phenomena Fall 2012
“Transport phenomena” is an introduction to the physics of fluid, heat and mass transfer in chemical engineering processes.
Instructor: Thomas Edison Office: CPE 3.422 Office phone: Office hours: M (8:30 to 10:00 AM) , W, F (12:00 - 2:00) or by appointment Email: [email protected]
TA: Mikey Phan Office Hours:
Lectures: TTH 2:00 – 3:30 PM CPE 2.216 Please be punctual. Attendance is not compulsory, but is strongly recommended.
Recitation: M 11:00AM- 1:00PM CPE 2.216. Please be punctual. Homework is due at the beginning of the class. Most of the session will be used to discuss problems similar to the homework. In the last 40 minutes, weekly quiz will be conducted.
Textbook: “Transport Phenomena”, 2nd Edition, by Bird, Stewart, and Lightfoot.
Homework: Weekly homework will be posted on blackboard on Mondays and are due on the next Monday at 11:00 AM. Late homework will not be accepted. Homework must be neat and presented in the standard ChE format.
Quizzes: There will be a quiz during all recitation sessions and sometimes during regular class hours. The quiz will be based on material covered during class, homework and recitation. You have one week after the quiz is returned to you to request re-grading. All quizzes count and the weighing of a quiz depends on the difficulty of the problem. All quizzes are closed book.
Exams: There will be three midterm exams (2:30 to 3 hours) and a final exam (3 hours). Exams are closed book and closed notes. All Exams will be in CPE2.214
Exam – I Oct 3rd (6:30 – 9:30 PM) Exam – II Nov 7th (6:30 – 9:30 PM) Exam – III Dec 5th (6:30 – 9:30 PM) Final Exam Scheduled by Registrar’s office
Final Grade
Weekly Homework (due Monday 11:00 AM) 10% Quizzes (Both recitation and in class) 25% Exams 45% Final Exam 20%
Absence: No excuse for missed tests, exams, or quizzes will be accepted other than written certified medical excuses or written letters on university letterhead for UT-related school activities.
Note: Laptop computers, mobile phones and other electronic communications devices are NOT allowed in recitations or lectures.
Course content
1) Review of Mathematical tools Differential equations Coordinate systems, Multivariable integration 2) Transport by molecular motion Newton’s Law of viscosity Fourier’s Law of heat conduction Fick’s Law of binary diffusion Temperature and pressure dependence of transport coefficients 3) Transport in one dimension (Shell Balance method) Couette flow (between parallel plates and annular region) Flow of a falling film (gravitational flow) Flow through conduits (Circular, rectangular, annular, etc., Hagen-Poiseuille equation, Laminar flow, significant of Reynolds number, Newtonian fluids, average velocity, ) Heat conduction through composite walls (convection boundary conditions, series and parallel resistance, Log mean temperature difference, Heat conduction with a heat source (Critical insulation thickness) Heat conduction through composite walls, cooling fin Diffusion through stagnant gas film Diffusion with chemical reaction 4) General transport equations Equation of continuity Equation of motion Equation of mechanical energy Energy equation Application of equations of change to various physical problems in different coordinates 5) Transport with two independent variables (unsteady state problems) Flow near wall suddenly set in motion Unsteady heat conduction in solids Lumped models (Reduction in dimensionality) 6) Transport in turbulent flow 7) Transport across phase boundaries Friction factor, heat and mass transfer coefficient Creeping flow around immersed objects Flow through packed columns Heat transfer coefficient for Forced convection 8) Transport in large systems Application of Bernoulli Equations to simple flow problems.
USEFUL BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY:
Tosun, I, 2nd Ed., Modeling in Transport Phenomena: A Conceptual Approach. [electronic resource] can be read online from UT library. J. P. Holman, Heat Transfer, 10th Ed.,QC 320, H64, 2010. M. N. Ozisik, Heat Transfer: A Basic Approach, TJ 260, O96, 1984. J. R. Welty, C. E Wicks, R. E. Wilson and Rorrer G. L., Fundamentals of Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer, 5th Ed., TA 357, W45, 2008.