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ChE 611: TRANSPORT PHENOMENA FALL TERM 2015

GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION

Course Description: ChE 611 deals with the dynamic transport of three principal quantities ― momentum, energy, and mass ― in fluid systems. The focus of this course is on the science of transport phenomena. Accordingly, topics such as unit operations or numerical methods are not discussed. Students who enrol in ChE 611 are assumed to have a basic understanding of vector calculus, differential equations, mechanics and thermodynamics. No previous knowledge of transport phenomena is required.

Instructor: Tony Yeung

Office: ICE 12-241 Email: tony.yeung@ualberta.ca Phone: 780-492-3669

Lecture: Tue & Thur 17:00 − 18:30 NREF 1-001

Office Hour: Any time

Mark Distribution and Examination Dates:

Assignments: 15% Midterm: 30% Final: 55%

• Assignments must be handed in by due dates.

• Unexcused absence from Midterm Examination will result in 0 out of 30%. With legitimate excuse, the Midterm weight will be carried over to the Final (i.e. Final Exam will be worth 85% of the overall grade).

• Midterm Exam: Oct 15 (Thur) or another day that is not regular class time †

Final Exam: Dec 3 (Thur) 17:00 − 19:30

† Last day for withdrawal from Fall Term courses is November 30 (Monday).

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Plagiarism, Cheating, Misrepresentation of Facts and Participation in an Offence Inappropriate academic behaviours will result in serious consequences. Please review the “Don’t Cheetsheet,” which can be found at http://www.governance.ualberta.ca/ (Student Appeals ⇒ Don’t Cheatsheet) Required Textbook: None Standard Textbook in Most Chemical Engineering Schools: Bird, R.B., Stewart, W.E. & Lightfoot, E.N. (2002). Transport Phenomena, 2nd edition, John Wiley & Sons.

Other References: Bird, R.B., Stewart, W.E. & Lightfoot, E.N. (1960). Transport Phenomena, John Wiley & Sons.

Cussler, E.L. (1997). Diffusion: Mass Transfer in Fluid Systems, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press.

Deen, W.M. (1998). Analysis of Transport Phenomena, Oxford University Press.

Geankoplis, C.J. (1993). Transport Processes and Unit Operations, 3rd edition, Prentice Hall.

Happel, J. & Brenner, H. (1973). Low Reynolds Number Hydrodynamics, Noordhoff International Publishing.

Landau, L.D. & Lifshitz, E.M. (1987). Fluid Mechanics, 2nd edition, Butterworth Heinemann.

Leal, L.G. (2007). Advanced Transport Phenomena, Cambridge University Press.

Schneider, P.J. (1955). Conduction Heat Transfer, Addison-Wesley Publishing.

Slattery, J.C. (1999). Advanced Transport Phenomena, Cambridge University Press. Topics Covered: (may deviate)

1. Introductory Remarks Brief discussion of subject and historical development.

2. Mathematical Preliminaries Scalars, vectors, and index notation; Cartesian tensors; operations with vectors and tensors;

δε − identity; Gauss’s theorem; substantial derivative and Reynolds transport theorem; curvilinear coordinates.

3. General Equations of Motion Continuity equation; forces in a continuum; the stress tensor; balance of linear and angular momentum; equations of motion in curvilinear coordinates.

4. Ideal Fluids: Reversible Transport of Momentum and Energy Two transport properties; isotropic stress field and the Euler equation; isentropic flow and the Bernoulli equation; transport of momentum and energy in an ideal fluid; potential flow.

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5. Viscous Fluids: Irreversible Transport of Momentum Newton’s law of viscosity; viscous stress tensor and the Navier-Stokes equation; laminar flow between parallel plates; flow in cylindrical geometries; the Reynolds number

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Viscous Fluids ― continued Laminar boundary layers; Prandtl equations and similarity transformation; Blasius solution; viscous flow involving more than one independent variable; creeping flow and the use of stream functions.

6. Irreversible Energy Transport in a Fluid Energy conservation for a non-ideal fluid; entropy production; heat transfer in an incompressible fluid; heat transfer involving more than one independent variable; heat transfer in laminar boundary layer.

7. Irreversible Mass Transport in a Fluid Counting equations and variables; equations of continuity for a mixture; Fick’s empirical relation; problems involving more than one independent variable; mass transfer across laminar boundary layer; Taylor dispersion.