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ChE 611: TRANSPORT PHENOMENA

FALL TERM 2015
GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION
Course Description:
ChE 611 deals with the dynamic transport of three principal quantities momentum, energy,
and mass in fluid systems. The focus of this course is on the science of transport phenomena.
Accordingly, topics such as unit operations or numerical methods are not discussed.
Students who enrol in ChE 611 are assumed to have a basic understanding of vector calculus,
differential equations, mechanics and thermodynamics. No previous knowledge of transport
phenomena is required.
Instructor:

Tony Yeung
Office: ICE 12-241
Email: tony.yeung@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-3669

Lecture:

Tue & Thur

17:00 18:30

NREF 1-001

Office Hour: Any time

Mark Distribution and Examination Dates:
Assignments:
Midterm:
Final:

15%
30%
55%

Assignments must be handed in by due dates.

Unexcused absence from Midterm Examination will result in 0 out of 30%.

With legitimate excuse, the Midterm weight will be carried over to the Final
(i.e. Final Exam will be worth 85% of the overall grade).

Midterm Exam:

Oct 15 (Thur) or another day that is not regular class time

Final Exam:

Dec 3 (Thur) 17:00 19:30

Last day for withdrawal from Fall Term courses is November 30 (Monday).

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Plagiarism, Cheating, Misrepresentation of Facts and Participation in an Offence

Inappropriate academic behaviours will result in serious consequences.
Please review the Dont Cheetsheet, which can be found at
http://www.governance.ualberta.ca/ (Student Appeals Dont Cheatsheet)

Required Textbook:

None

Standard Textbook in Most Chemical Engineering Schools:

Bird, R.B., Stewart, W.E. & Lightfoot, E.N. (2002). Transport Phenomena, 2nd edition, John
Wiley & Sons.
Other References:
Bird, R.B., Stewart, W.E. & Lightfoot, E.N. (1960). Transport Phenomena, John Wiley & Sons.
Cussler, E.L. (1997). Diffusion: Mass Transfer in Fluid Systems, 2nd edition, Cambridge
University Press.
Deen, W.M. (1998). Analysis of Transport Phenomena, Oxford University Press.
Geankoplis, C.J. (1993). Transport Processes and Unit Operations, 3rd edition, Prentice Hall.
Happel, J. & Brenner, H. (1973). Low Reynolds Number Hydrodynamics, Noordhoff
International Publishing.
Landau, L.D. & Lifshitz, E.M. (1987). Fluid Mechanics, 2nd edition, Butterworth Heinemann.
Leal, L.G. (2007). Advanced Transport Phenomena, Cambridge University Press.
Schneider, P.J. (1955). Conduction Heat Transfer, Addison-Wesley Publishing.
Slattery, J.C. (1999). Advanced Transport Phenomena, Cambridge University Press.

Topics Covered: (may deviate)

1. Introductory Remarks
Brief discussion of subject and historical development.
2. Mathematical Preliminaries
Scalars, vectors, and index notation; Cartesian tensors; operations with vectors and tensors;
identity; Gausss theorem; substantial derivative and Reynolds transport theorem;
curvilinear coordinates.
3. General Equations of Motion
Continuity equation; forces in a continuum; the stress tensor; balance of linear and angular
momentum; equations of motion in curvilinear coordinates.
4. Ideal Fluids: Reversible Transport of Momentum and Energy
Two transport properties; isotropic stress field and the Euler equation; isentropic flow and the
Bernoulli equation; transport of momentum and energy in an ideal fluid; potential flow.
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5. Viscous Fluids: Irreversible Transport of Momentum

Newtons law of viscosity; viscous stress tensor and the Navier-Stokes equation; laminar
flow between parallel plates; flow in cylindrical geometries; the Reynolds number
---- Midterm Exam ---Viscous Fluids continued
Laminar boundary layers; Prandtl equations and similarity transformation; Blasius solution;
viscous flow involving more than one independent variable; creeping flow and the use of
stream functions.
6. Irreversible Energy Transport in a Fluid
Energy conservation for a non-ideal fluid; entropy production; heat transfer in an
incompressible fluid; heat transfer involving more than one independent variable; heat
transfer in laminar boundary layer.
7. Irreversible Mass Transport in a Fluid
Counting equations and variables; equations of continuity for a mixture; Ficks empirical
relation; problems involving more than one independent variable; mass transfer across
laminar boundary layer; Taylor dispersion.