Syllabus academic year 2007/2008
TRANSPORT PHENOMENA, BASIC COURSE | KAT090 |
Higher education credits: 7,5.
Grading scale: TH.
Level: G2
(First level).
Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish.
KAT090 overlap following cours/es: KETF01.
Compulsory for: B2, K2.
Course coordinator: Professor Anders Axelsson, Anders.Axelsson@chemeng.lth.se, Inst för kemiteknik.
Prerequisites: KKK060 Chemical Engineering or KKK070 Biotechnology.
Assessment: Written examnination as well as three exercises presented in technical PM and participation in laboratory studies.
Parts: 3.
Further information: As a compulsory course Chemical Engineering, Separation Processes is given in the second year. For the Chemical Engineering students a compulsory course in Heat engineering is given where heat transfer is applied to a number of thermal unit operations.
Home page: http://www.chemeng.lth.se.
Aim
The aim is to transfer the understanding of molecular processes based on a natural science perspective into an understanding of macroscopic processes. Applications are collected from the fields of chemical engineering, biotechnology and from ecological systems.
Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must
- be able to define the concepts of momentum, heat and mass transfer and to explain how momentum, heat and mass are transferred
- be able to identify the rate-determining step and to identify the driving force for the process.
Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must
- be able to apply momentum transfer knowledge on applications within fluid dynamics by solving problems theoretically and practically.
- be able to apply heat transfer knowledge on applications within heat engineering by solving problems theoretically and practically.
- be able to apply mass transfer knowledge by solving problems theoretically.
- be able to apply mass and heat transfer simultaneously on the air-water system by solving problems theoretically.
- be able to present the solution of a problem in a short written communication as an internal company report.
Contents
The course includes momentum-, heat-, and mass transfer with applications collected from chemical as well as bio technical systems.
The following fields are covered:
- Momentum transfer: basic fluid mechanics, rheology, dimensional analysis, Navier-Stoke equations, flow in boundary layers, flow around submerged bodies, sedimentation, flow in porous beds, fluidisation
- Heat transfer: basic heat engineering, coefficients for heat transfer, heat exchangers, radiation, instationary heat transfer
- Mass transfer: basic mass transfer calculations, diffusion of gases and liquids, instationary mass transfer, analogies
In order to study systems of unit operations three project exercises are included in the course. These collect the applications from the chemical engineering and the bioengineering fields to be studied by Chemical Engineering student and Bioengineering students, respectively.By solving a number of practical problems the skill to solve engineering problems is trained at the same time as the basic theories are demonstrated.
In two laboratory exercises the ability to work in pilot plant scale is trained.
Literature
McCabe, Smith and Harriot: Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering. McGraw-Hill 2005. ISBN: 0-07-124710-6.
Mörtstedt: Data och Diagram, Liber 1999. ISBN: 91-47-00805-9.
Parts
Code: 0105.
Name: Transport Phenomena, Basic Course.
Higher education credits: 4,5.
Grading scale: TH.
Assessment: Written examination.
Contents: ·Momentum transfer: basic fluid mechanics, rheology, dimensional analysis, Navier-Stoke equations, flow in boundary layers, flow around submerged bodies, sedimentation, flow in porous beds, fluidisation ·Heat transfer: basic heat engineering, coefficients for heat transfer, heat exchangers, radiation, instationary heat transfer ·Mass transfer: basic mass transfer calculations, diffusion of gases and liquids, instationary mass transfer, analogies.
Code: 0205.
Name: Laboratory Work.
Higher education credits: 1,5.
Grading scale: UG.
Assessment: For a passing grade active participation and approval of all laboratory studies is required.
Contents: A number of practical problems and two laboratory exercises.
Code: 0305.
Name: Compulsory Assignment.
Higher education credits: 1,5.
Grading scale: UG.
Assessment: For a passing grade active participation and approval of all project exercises is required.
Contents: Three project exercises.