Transport Phenomena
Code: 102398 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2500897 Chemical Engineering | OT | 4 | 0 |
Contact
- Name:
- Gloria González Anadón
- Email:
- Gloria.Gonzalez@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- catalan (cat)
- Some groups entirely in English:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Catalan:
- Yes
- Some groups entirely in Spanish:
- No
Teachers
- David Gabriel Buguña
Prerequisites
Have completed and passed the subjects of the degree in the areas of mathematics, physics, chemistry, as well as macroscopic balances and computer applications.
Objectives and Contextualisation
Stablish the mathematical model that describes a system from the equations of change of momentum, mass and energy.
Solve the system model by analytical or numerical means, and analyze and discuss the solution.
Competences
- Apply relevant knowledge of the basic sciences, such as mathematics, chemistry, physics and biology, and the principles of economics, biochemistry, statistics and material science, to comprehend, describe and resolve typical chemical engineering problems.
- Communication
- Develop personal work habits.
- Develop thinking habits.
- Understand and apply the basic principles on which chemical engineering is founded, and more precisely: balances of matter, energy and thermodynamic momentum, phase equilibrium and kinetic chemical equilibrium of the physical processes of matter, energy and momentum transfer, and kinetics of chemical reactions
Learning Outcomes
- Apply relevant knowledge of mathematics, physics and chemistry to the preparation and resolution of transport models.
- Apply the basic principles of chemical engineering to the preparation and resolution of transport models.
- Communicate efficiently, orally and in writing, knowledge, results and skills, both professionally and to non-expert audiences.
- Develop critical thinking and reasoning
- Manage available time and resources. Work in an organised manner.
- Practice the fundamental laws of thermodynamics in chemical process engineering problems.
- Prevent and solve problems.
Content
1.- Introduction to transport phenomena: transport mechanisms of properties
2.- Mathematical expressions of the equations of change
3.- Mass balance: continuity equation
4.- Momentum balance
5.- Energy balance: total, mechanical and calorific
6.- Mass balance for a component.
7.- Transport at interfaces: transport coefficients
8.- Turbulence
Methodology
The subject is developed through theory classes, problems and seminars.
Theory classes: Classroom classes
Problems classes: Resolution of problems corresponding to the subject. Discussion with the students about the solution strategies and their execution.
Seminars: Seminars on the use of software for the resolution of problems with differential equations with partial derivatives (EDP)
During the course, homework is proposed that use analytical or numerical methods to solve the problem.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Lectures | 30 | 1.2 | 1, 2, 4 |
| Problems solving | 15 | 0.6 | 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 |
| seminars | 5 | 0.2 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Homework | 40 | 1.6 | |
| exam | 4 | 0.16 | |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Study, problems solving | 56 | 2.24 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
Assessment
Distribution of the grade: 30% works and 70% exams (partial written tests).
Continuous evaluation: minimum score of each part to pass the continuous assessment 3/10
1st partial test (PP1): 25% note.
2nd partial test (PP2): 45% note.
Work delivered (TR): 30% note.
Retaking Final test : There will be a final test for those students who have not passed the continuous assessment.
See more details the Catalan version of the guide
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writing exams | 70 | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
| homework | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
Bibliography
R.B. Bird, W.E. Steward, E.N. Lighfoot, "Transport Phenomena", revised 2nd ed. Wiley, 2007
Christie J. Geankoplis, "Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles", 4th ed. Prentice-Hall, 2003
Joel Plawsky, "Transport Phenomena Fundamentals", 3rd ed., CRC Press, 2014
Ismail Tosun, "Modeling in Transport Phenomena. A conceptual Approach", 2nd ed., Elsevier, 2007