DEPARTMENT  OF  CHEMICAL  ENGINEERING

 

CHE 501 – Transport Phenomena (3-0-3)

 

 

Course Instructor:     Dr. Ramazan Kahraman,

                                    Office: 16-220, Tel.: 4987,        E-mail: kahraman@kfupm.edu.sa

                                    Homepage:   http://faculty.kfupm.edu.sa/che/kahraman/  or

                                                        http://geocities.datacellar.net/ramazankahraman/

 

Textbook:                      R. B. Bird, W. E. Stewart and E. N. Lightfoot, Transport Phenomena, Second Edition, Wiley & Sons, New York, 2002.

 

Ref. Books:                   1.  H. Schlichting, Boundary Layer Theory, 7^th Ed., McGraw-Hill, New-York, 1987.

                                       2.  A. H. P. Skelland, Diffusional Mass Transfer, Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, 1985.

                                       3.  A. F. Mills, Heat and Mass Transfer, Irwin, Chicago, 1995.

                                       4.  R. S. Brodkey and H. C. Hershey, Transport Phenomena: A Unified Approach, McGraw-Hill, Singapore, 1988.

 

Pre-requisite:                Graduate Standing

 

Objective:                      To study the transport phenomena as a unified subject and apply the unified approach to fluid mechanics problems and to heat and mass transfer applications.

 

Bulletin Description:     Continuum theory of momentum, heat and mass transfer. Viscous behavior of fluids. Molecular transport mechanisms. General property balance. Laminar and Turbulent flow. Convective transport. Momentum, heat and mass applications of transport phenomena.

 

Grading System:           Assignments                                                          20%

                                       Mid Term Exam                                                    25%

                                       Term Project                                                         25%

                                       Final Examination                                                  30%

                                       Total                                                                   100%

 

Notes:                            Details of the Term Project (topics, what needs to be done and the report format) will be distributed to the students within a month or so (from the beginning of the semester).

 

Topics:            Vector and Tensor Notation (Appendix A)

                        Introduction to Transport Phenomena. Mechanisms of Momentum, Energy and Mass Transport (Ch. 0, 1, 9, 17)

                        Development of Microscopic Momentum, Energy and Mass Conservation Equations. Navier-Stokes Equations (Ch. 3, 11, 19)

                        Transport with more than One Independent Variable. Boundary Layer Theory (Ch. 4, 12, 20)

                        Turbulent Flow (Ch. 5, 13, 21)

                        Integral Methods of Analysis (Macroscopic Balances) (notes)

                        Applications of Transport Phenomena (BSL and notes)

 

Break-up of Credits:     Math. & Basic Science:  1 credit

                                       Engineering Science:  2 credits