Transport Phenomena

Transfer processes; A review of the mechanisms of momentum, Energy and mass transport, Momentum transport; Derivation of equations of continuity and motion (Navier-Stoke’s equation) at molecular level, Equations of change both for isothermal, Non-isothermal and multi component systems, Velocity distribution, Application in laminar and turbulent flow problems.Energy transport; Derivation of energy equation, Mechanism of energy transport at molecular level, Temperature distributions in flow, Application to heat transfer problems involving conduction, Forced and free convection, Application in laminarand turbulent flow problems.Mass transport: Derivation of species conservation equations for binary and multicomponent mixtures, Application to mass transfer problems with and without chemical reaction, Application in laminar and turbulent flow problems.

Hours: XYZ where X = Lecture, Y = Lab, Z = Credit
All hours are per week.
3 Lab hours constitute 1 credit hour
1 credit hour implies 1 lecture of 50mins per academic week. 16 weeks in total.
Pre-Requisite courses are courses required to be completed before this course may be taken
Co-Requisite courses are courses required to be taken along with this course