ChEg 355

Transport Phenomena
Lecture 1
8/22/00

Mark J. McCready
Professor and Department Chair
Chemical Engineering
B.Ch.E. University of Delaware, 1979
Ph.D. University of Illinois, 1984
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 ChEg curriculum and
Transport Phenomena
• DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
• UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
• CLASS OF 2000 - FIRST CLASS TO FOLLOW THIS CURRICULUM

• FIRST YEAR

• First Semester Cr. Second Semester Cr.

• MATH 125, Calculus I 4 MATH 126, Calculus II 4

• CHEM 115, Gen Chem I 3 CHEM 116, Gen Chem II 3
• PHYS 127, Gen Phys I 3.5 CHEM 116L, Gen Chem Lab 1
• Arts and Letters I/EG 120 3 PHYS 128, Gen Phys II 3.5
• ENGL 110/Univ. Sem. 180 (A&L II) 3 Arts and Letters I/EG 120 3
• Physical Education _0_ Univ. Sem180/ENG110 (A&L, III) 3
• 16.5 Physical Education _0_
• 17.5

• SOPHOMORE YEAR

• First Semester Cr. Second Semester Cr.

• MATH 225, Calculus III 3.5 MATH 228, Calculus IV 3.5

• CHEM 223,Org Chem I 3 CHEM 224, Org Chem II 3
• CHEM 223L, Organic Chem Lab I 1 Arts and Letters V 3
• PHYS 229, Gen Phys III 3.5 CHEG 258, Computer Mtds 3
• CHEG 255, Intro Chem Eng 3 CHEG 327, Thermo I 3
• Arts and Letters IV _3 ___
• 17 15.5

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 ChEg curriculum and
Transport Phenomena
• JUNIOR YEAR

• First Semester Cr. Second Semester Cr.

• MATH 325, Diff Eqns 3 CHEM 324, Physical Chem 3

• CHEM 333, Analytical Chem 2 CHEG 356, Transport Phen II 3
• CHEM 333L, Analytical Chem Lab 2 CHEG 225, Materials 3
• Arts and Letters VI 3 CHEG 358, Chem Eng Lab I 3
• CHEG 343, Thermo II 3 Elective 3
• CHEG 355, Transport Phen I 3 Arts and Letters VII _3
• 16 18

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 ChEg curriculum and
Transport Phenomena
• SENIOR YEAR

• First Semester Cr. Second Semester Cr.

• CHEG 438, Chem Proc Control 3 CHEG 448, Proc Design 3

• CHEG 459, Chem Eng Lab II 3 ENG/#Advanced Science elective 3
• CHEG 443, Separation Proc 3 Chemical Engineering Elective 3
• CHEG 445, Chem Rxn Eng 3 *Technical Elective 3
• ENG/#Advanced Science elective 3 Elective _3_
• Arts and Letters VIII _3 15
• 18
•

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 Niche for Chemical
Engineers
in Fluid Mechanics
• Hard problems involved “detailed”
phenomena that act on a small scale but
influence the large scale
• Also systems with mass transfer and/or
chemical reaction occurring

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 Examples
• Drug delivery patches
• Flow around and into cancerous tumors
• Heart - Lung Machine
• High density integrated circuit chips

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Brain Cancer implantable
“patch”

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Transdermal glucose monitor

http://www.techchem.com/2000nonevasi.html
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Heart-Lung Machine

http://www.steeledesigns.com/gallrey3.html

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1000 Gallon reactor-
on its side!

http://www.arnoldeqp.com/2312.htm
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SHANGHAI OIL REFINERY

http://www.luboil.com/brief/brief.html

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Dramatic picture of a
refinery

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Large distillation tower

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Chemical Process equipment
Catalytic cracking unit

From Chemical Engineering Education,2000

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 Structure of flowing fluids
Gas-liquid flow in a pipe

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Structure of flowing fluids
Gas-liquid flow in a pipe

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Video decompressor
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Structure of flowing fluids
Gas-liquid flow in a pipe

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Video decompressor
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Structure of flowing fluids
Gas-liquid flow in a pipe

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Video decompressor
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 Structure of flowing fluids
Interfacial waves generated by a shearing gas flow

W.C. Kuru
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Interesting fluid flow phenomena
Bands of different size particles
forming in a rotating tube

Physics Fluids
2000, et al. and
Acrivos

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 Interesting fluid flow phenomena
Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability
(A jet flowing into a stationary fluid)

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 Interesting fluid flow phenomena
Rayleigh-Benard instability
Top wall is cooled causing fluid flow

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Interesting fluid flow phenomena
A buoyant jet

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Interesting fluid flow phenomena
Rayleigh -Taylor Instability
Hot fluid below cool fluid

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 Favorite quotes
• Sufficiently advanced technology is
indistinguishable from magic
• An engineer can always befuddle a financial
person with technology, but a financial
person can never over whelm an engineer
with numbers

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 Favorite quotes
• The more you know, the better engineer
you will be!
• I knew then as I can confirm now, nothing
would ever be as hard to understand as
transport phenomena and the Navier-
Stokes equations. I was never again
intimidated by quantitative problems and I
appreciated the need to formulate simpler
problems that gave useful results.

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 Favorite quotes
The history of modern science has shown repeatedly that a
quantitative description of nature can often be achieved most
successfully by first idealizing natural phenomena, i.e. by
setting up a simplified model, either physical or mathematical,
which crudely describes the essential behavior while neglecting
details.
(In fact, one of the outstanding characteristics of great
contributors to modern science has been their ability to
distinguish between what is essential from what is incidental) ........"

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 Who said them
• A top design engineer from DuPont
• A CEO of a steel company
• One of the most influential chemical
engineering professors of all time
• A top research/technology engineer from
Shell
• An ND Cheg Alum who is a VP for General
Mills

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 Conclusions
• Fluid mechanics is fun!
• The niche for chemical engineers is
understanding the effects of small scale
phenomena that cause large scale outcomes
• This course possesses great depth and
should be useful to your educational
development even if you do not use it day
to for a living

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