Transport Processes in Petroleum Production

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Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Basics and applications of fluid mechanics including statics, mass, energy, momentum balances, laminar and turbulent flow, Reynolds number, Moody diagram, non-Newtonian fluid flow, multi-phase flow, flow in porous media, non-Darcy flow; heat transfer, heat conduction, convection and heat exchangers; emphasis on analogies and similarities within mass, energy and momentum transport. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in PETE 315 .