Transport Phenomena

Catalog description

Fundamental treatment of mass, heat, and momentum transfer; emphasis on transport properties and mathematical models of chemical engineering transport processes. CHE 446 Transport Phenomena (3) This is an intermediate course in transport phenomena intended to expand on the materials introduced in the required undergraduate courses on momentum, heat and mass transfer. It builds on the prerequisite material with a rigorous formulation of transport problems using the conservation principles and flux expressions, and identifies the similarities and differences among the transport processes for momentum, heat, and mass. The main focus of the course is on microscopic treatment of transport problems, with particular emphasis on proper use of dimensional analysis and scaling arguments. Transport phenomena is a rather mathematical subject and the student is assumed to be familiar with ordinary and partial differential equations, elementary vector analysis, and elementary numerical techniques. This course is intended to prepare the student for a graduate-level course in transport phenomena.