UNIQUE SERIES AKTU Syllabus
BCH602

Transport Phenomenon

L-T-P3-1-0 Credits4 Session2024-25 TypeTheory
Appears in 1 semester

B.Tech Chemical Engineering · Sem 6 (Core)

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Pre-requisites: CEFM, HTO, MTO

Syllabus

5 units · 40 lecture hours
Unit1

Unit 1

6 hrs

Basic Tensor Operations, Fundamental concepts in momentum transfer, shell balance, governing equations and relevant boundary conditions, Formulation and solution of momentum transfer in laminar flow

Unit2

Unit 2

12 hrs

Navier-Stokes equation and its applications, solutions of momentum transfer problems in different geometries, Formulation and solution of heat transfer in laminar flow

Unit3

Unit 3

6 hrs

Development and use of energy equation, Transient conduction - lumped capacitance, analytical solutions and other methods.

Unit4

Unit 4

10 hrs

Formulation and solution of mass transfer in laminar flow. Development and use of species balance equation

Unit5

Unit 5

6 hrs

Introduction to convective flow, natural convection, relevant examples from heat and mass transfer Total

Course Objectives1 points
  • The objective of subject is that student gain a fundamental understanding of momentum, heat, and mass transfers at the microscopic and macroscopic levels.
Course Outcomes (COs)6 outcomes

After completion of the course student will be able to:

  1. CO1Understand and apply the shell balance for fluid flow problems
  2. CO2Apply the Navior-stokes equation for fluid flow problems
  3. CO3Formulate problems of heat transfer in laminar flow
  4. CO4Apply energy equation for various conditions
  5. CO5Formulate the problems of mass transfer in laminar flow
  6. CO6Understand the concept of boundary flow

REFERENCE BOOKS

  1. S.NO NAME OF AUTHORS/BOOKS /PUBLISHERS YEAR OF PUBLICATION/ REPRINT
  2. Bird, R. B., Stewart, W. E. and Lightfoot, E. W., Transport Phenomena, 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, London (Paperback) 2007
  3. Brodkey, R. S., Hershey, H. C., Transport Phenomena, Bertrams Print On Demand, Swindon, U.K., ISBN: 978-0- 972-66359-5. 2003
  4. Welty, J. R., Wilson, R. W., and Wicks, C. W., Gregory L. R., Fundamentals of Momentum Heat and Mass Transfer, 6th Edition. John Wiley& Sons, New Jersey/ 2020
  5. Chistie John Geankoplis, Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles, 5th Edition 2020

Official AKTU syllabus

This subject is on page 37, 38 of the original AKTU PDF.

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