CHE601 Theory and Application of Transport Phenomena, Fall 2022

Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo

Instructor:
Prof. N. M. Abukhdeir
Location: Department of Chemical Engineering
Contact: 519.888.4567 x31306, [email protected]
Office Hours: TBD, E6-30161

Teaching Assistant:
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Arshia Fazeli TBD, E6-3108 [email protected]

Course Description2 : Mathematical analysis of momentum, heat and mass transport in systems
of chemical engineering interest: development of the differential equations of change (continuity,
motion and energy) for forced convection in isothermal, non-isothermal and multi- component sys-
tems; description of velocity, temperature and concentration profiles and computation of momen-
tum, energy and mass fluxes at surfaces under conditions of laminar flow; description of transport
in turbulent flow by time-smoothing of the equations of change; turbulent velocity, temperature
and concentration profiles.

Course References:

ˆ Required: Transport Phenomena by: Bird, R.; Stewart, W. & Lightfoot, E. John Wiley and
Sons (2002)

ˆ Optional: Scaling Analysis in Modeling Transport and Reaction Processes by W.B. Krantz.
John Wiley and Sons (2006)

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Course Schedule:
Lectures T 14:00-15:20 E6-4022 Midterm TBD TBD

F 12:30-13:50 E6-4022 Final TBD TBD

Evaluation: The course grade will be based on 4 homework assignments (4×5% = 20%), a midterm
examination (20%), and a final examination (60%), held according to the Official Examination
Schedule).
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Also by appointment.
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A tentative course schedule with corresponding textbook sections is given on the last page of this outline.
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 Tentative Course Schedule

Week Lecture Topic Additional Notes

1 Scaling of Differential Equations Krantz 1

Tensor Operations and Calculus BSL AppA

2 Tensor Operations and Calculus BSL AppA

3 Conservation of Mass, Momentum, Energy BSL 3.1-3,5,11.1-2

for single-component systems

4 Dimensional Analysis of Conservation Eqns. BSL 3.7,11.5,9 HW1 Due

for single-component systems

5 Transport by Molecular Motion BSL 1.3-5,9.2-4,17.2-5

6 Momentum Transport BSL 3.6,4.1-2

7 Momentum Transport BSL 4.3-4 HW2 Due

8 Energy Transport BSL 11.2-4

9 Conservation Equations for Mixtures BSL 19.1-3

10 Transport in Fluid Mixtures BSL 19.4-5 HW3 Due

11 Transport in Fluid Mixtures BSL 19.5,20.1

Transport in Turbulent Flow BSL 5.1-3

12 Transport in Turbulent Flow BSL 5.4-6, 13.1-2

13 Transport in Turbulent Flow BSL 13.3-4, 21.1-4 HW4 Due