CHE 610 - TRANSPORT PHENOMENA

Spring 2018

University of Waterloo
Department of Chemical Engineering

Instructor: Prof. Rajinder Pal

Office: E6-2010, Ext. 32985, rpal@uwaterloo.ca

COURSE OUTLINE

1. INTRODUCTION

 Transport Phenomena – Momentum Transport (Fluid

Mechanics), Heat Transport, and Mass Transport

 Review of Vector and Tensor Notation

 Gauss Divergence Theorem

2. FLUID MECHANICS

 Introduction – Continuum Hypothesis, Lagrangian and

Eulerian descriptions of fluid flow, partial and substantial
time derivatives, Reynolds Transport Theorem

 Microscopic Equations of Motion

 Continuity Equation
 Stress Equation of Motion
 Newton’s Law of Viscosity
 Navier-Stokes Equation
  Determination of velocity distribution and stresses in moving
fluids, concept of friction factor

3. HEAT TRANSPORT

 Heat Transfer in a Moving Fluid

 Total energy equation

 Mechanical energy equation

 Thermal energy equation

 Heat diffusion equation for stationary medium

 Determination of temperature distribution and heat flux in

moving fluids, concept of heat transfer coefficient

4. MASS TRANSPORT

 Mass Transfer in a Stationary Medium

 Fick’s Law of Diffusion

 Fick’s Second Law of Diffusion

 Applications

 Mass Transfer in a Moving Fluid

 Definitions - Concentrations, Velocities, Fluxes

 Differential Equations of Mass Transfer

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  Determination of concentration distribution and mass flux in
moving fluids, concept of mass transfer coefficient

4. DESIGN OF HEAT EXCHANGE AND MASS EXCHANGE

EQUIPMENT

RECOMMENDED BOOK: Bird, R.B., Stewart, W.E. and Lightfoot, E.N.,

"Transport Phenomena", John Wiley & Sons, Second Edition (2002).

GRADING SCHEME:

Assignments: 20%

Midterm: 25%

Final: 50%

Class Attendance and impression: 05%

(Note that class attendance is mandatory in this course)