Module Outline


Students will investigate an assigned research topic and select papers that best describe the topic they are assigned. Individually, they will...

Module Outline:

The aim of this module is to expand upon the concepts and supporting factual material introduced in first year inorganic chemistry and to...

TRANSPORT PHENOMENA|FLUID FLOW|HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER|FLOWMETES|PRESSURE DROP|PROCESS EQUIPMENT

Aims:


	To provide an introduction to the principles of transport phenomena, treating momentum, heat and mass transfer as a single unified subject and to...

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