- Course Code
- EG 3030
- Credit Points
- 15
- Course Coordinator
- Dr M. N. Campbell Bannerman
Pre-requisites
EG 2002 Process Engineering
EG 2004 Fluid Mechanics & Thermodynamics
Overview
This course focuses on applied momentum, heat, and mass transport in relevant engineering systems. The analytical results of transport phenomena are demonstrated in simple systems before discussing more complex systems, such as multiphase flow, which require the use of semi-empirical correlations to solve.
The theory of transport phenomena is introduced through the constitutive relationships and general balance equations. All of these concepts are introduced in vector and index notation to familiarise the students with 3D problems. These tools are then applied to simple three-dimensional problems in momentum, heat and mass transfer. The course includes the fundamentals of incompressible flow, non-Newtonian flow, multiphase flow, forced/natural convection heat transfer, boiling, radiation, and condensation. Generalised multicomponent diffusion is then introduced and used to solve equimolar counterdiffusion, diffusion through a stationary phase and real applications of these idealised processes.
Students carry out numerical calculation using Matlab or Excel as part of the tutorials and continuous assessment.
Structure
32 hours of lectures and 11 one-hour tutorials.
Assessment
1st Attempt: 1 three-hour written examination paper (80%), and continuous assessment (20%).
Resit: 1 three-hour written examination paper (100%).
Feedback
Students may obtain feedback on their progress by the following means;
- Comparison of tutorial results to published full solutions.
- Submission of tutorial solutions to course instructor for marking.
Students are given feedback on progress by the following means; - Discussion with course instructor during scheduled tutorial hours.
- Formal marking and return of tutorial submissions
Students may give feedback on the course by;
- Filling out and submitting, at any time, the 'Anytime Feedback Form' which is available in MS-Word or pdf format on the course MyAberdeen homepage.
- Filling out and submitting the University mini-SCEF form towards the start of the course.
- Filling out and submitting the University SCEF form towards the end of the course.