Chemical Engineering

The course is aimed to introduce students to the physics of momentum, heat, and mass transfer in chemical engineering processes. Analysis of transport phenoma is carried out both from a local and a macroscopic point of view; analogy between momentum, heat, and mass transfer is emphasized.The students are expected to be able - to identify and describe the mechanisms of transport phenomena present in given processes; - to construct simple models relating the balance equations of heat, species, or momentum to temperature, composition, and pressure fields. In particular, the students should -know the Newton, Fourier and Fick laws for diffusive fluxes - know the dimensionless relations to evaluate the friction factor and the heat and mass transport coefficient - be able to solve differential momentum, heat, and mass balances for simple steady onedimensional problems - be able to solve macroscopic balances for steady and quasi-steady-state problems.