MAK 504 ADVANCED HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

2016-2017 SPRING TERM COURSE SYLLABUS

(Course materials are posted at the ITU NINOVA website)

Instructor: Assist. Prof. Dr. İ. Yalçın URALCAN Course Assistant: İbrahim H. TONYALI
Room No: 219-1 e-mail: uralcany@itu.edu.tr Oda No: 219-2 e-mail: tonyali@itu.edu.tr

Generalized conservation equation. Basic mechanisms and laws of transport

phenomena. Analogy between momentum, heat and mass transfer. Velocity,
temperature and concentration distributions in one-dimensional transport
Course Content
phenomena with or without volumetric generation. Exact and approximate
solutions to one-dimensional unsteady or two dimensional transport
phenomena.

1. Understanding physical mechanisms and related mathematical models of

heat and mass transfer.
2. Understanding the analogy between heat and mass transfer and making
Course Objectives
use of it in problem solving.
3. Learning and applying exact and approximate methods for the analysis
of heat and mass transfer problems.

1. Fundamentals of Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer, J. R. Welty, C. E.

Textbook
Wicks, R. E. Wilson, G. L. Rorrer, 5th Ed.n, JohnWiley&Sons, 2008.

1. Transport Phenomena, 2nd Edition: R. Byron Bird, Warren E. Stewart,

Other References Edwin N. Lightfoot.
2. Journal papers cited during the course.

It is strongly recommended to review the topics of each week’s course prior

to the lecture and get prepared for the class discussions.
Preparation for the Lectures
Almost every week exercize problems will be assigned. Solutions are not
and Exercises
tob e delivered tot he instructor. It is essential for the students to solve these
problems in order to comprehend the course topics.

Each student shall determine a journal paper, read it, and analyze it to full
details. A transport problem related to the subject of the paper shall be
The Project defined together with the course instructor and solved analytically by the
student. The paper must be approved by the instructor. Each student shall
introduce weekly progress of his/her work to the course instructor.

Counts Impact ratio

%
Midterm Exams 2 40
Project 1 20
Assessment Final Exam 1 40
 A minimum of 80 % attendance to lectures is compulsory.
 An overall grade less than 50/100 shall be assesed with FF.
 In order to take AA, the overall grade shall be higher than 85.
 MAK 504 ADVANCED HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
SCHEDULE
WEEK TOPICS DEADLINES

1 Generalized formulation of conservation equations in transport phenomena.

2 Basic concepts and definitions in mass transfer. Similarity with fluid flow and
heat transfer.

3 Mass diffusion coefficient. Mass transfer coefficient. PROJECT

TOPICS
ASSIGNED

4 Steady molecular diffusion: 1-dim, steady transport without volumetric generation.

5 Steady molecular diffusion: 1-dim, steady transport with volumetric generation.

6 Steady molecular diffusion: 1-dim, steady transport with volumetric generation.

7 Detailed interpretation of conservation equations for mixtures. MIDTERM 1

8 Conjugate momentum, heat and mass transfer.

9 Mass convection: Analogy between momentum, heat and mass transfer.

10 Psychrometry.

11 Modelling psychrometric applications.

12 Exact and approximate solutions to unsteady transport problems. MIDTERM 2

13 Exact and approximate solutions to two-dimensional transport problems.

14 Natural convection phenomena. FINAL PROJECT REPORTS DELIVERED

 Get appointment from the instructor for project progress discussions.

 Midterm exams shall be performed on Tuesdays between 17:30 and 20:00.
 Final project reports shall be delivered to the instructor before the lecture of the last week (no deadline
extension).