Transport

Phenomena I
Introduction to transport
Phenomena
 What Is Transport Phenomena

Transport phenomena deals with the movement of various

entities such as mass, momentum or energy in a medium
(fluid/solid) due to a difference in concentration of these
entities throughout the medium.

• Mass (Mass Transfer)

• Energy (Heat Transfer)
• Momentum (Fluid Dynamics)
 How does this transport Occur ?

When there is a difference in concentration of the property a

net transport occurs the difference in concentration can be
viewed as a driving force which causes the motion.

𝐷𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒
𝑅𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 =
𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒
• How determine pressure from a manometer
• Understand the difference between laminar and turbulent flow and their and
why knowing the type flow is important in chemical engineering
• How to determine Reynolds number
• How to utilize the Bernoulli's equation
• How the utilize the mechanical energy equation to determine the Power
input/output for a pump and from a turbine respectively for both laminar
and turbine flow .
• Introduction to heat transfer
• Thermal Circuits
• Sizing Heat exchangers