Applied Transport Phenomena (EEZG513)

COURSE HANDOUT
Course Instructor: SARBANI GHOSH

1. Fundamentals of Fluid Flow –I: Understand the basic concepts of fluid mechanics and
recognize the various types of fluid flow problems in practice. Shear stress to velocity gradient
chart fluids. (Numericals)
 Fluid as a continuum
 Velocity Field & Stress Field
 Viscosity & Surface Tension
 Description and classification of fluid motions

2. Bernoulli equation, momentum analysis: To promote the understanding of energy balance

equation, correction factor in Bernoulli (Numericals)
 Momentum balance in potential flow
 Momentum correction factor
 Pump work in Bernoulli equation

3. Basics of heat transfer –I: Heat laws of conduction, convection and radiation (Numericals)
 Fourier’s Law & Thermal conductivity
 Heat Transfer by Conduction
 Heat Transfer by Convection
 Radiation Heat Transfer

4. Flow of Incompressible Fluids in Conduits and Thin Layers: Laminar flow in pipes,
Turbulent flow in pipes and closed channels, Flow of liquids in Thin Layers
 Laminar Flow in pipes
 Turbulent Flow in Pipes and Closed Channels
 Flow of Liquids in Thin Layers

5. Introduction to Pumps: Pump performance curves, pump cavitation and NPSH, types of
pumps, advantages of centrifugual pump over others (Numericals)
 Pump performance curves
 Pump cavitation and NPSH, types of pumps
 Advantages of centrifugual pump over others, dimensionless pump parameters
 Affinity laws for pumps & turbines

6. Evaporation: To understand the important properties of evaporating liquids, different types of

evaporators used.
 Circulation Evaporators
 Long-Tube Evaporators with upward flow
 Falling Film Evaporators
  Agitated Film Evaporators

Review Session before Mid-Semester

7. Overview of mass transfer operations: To understand the importance of MTO, their
classifications i.e. direct contact of immiscible phases, phases separated by a membrane
 Importance of MTO, their classifications i.e. direct contact of immiscible phases
 Phases separated by a membrane, direct contact of miscible phases

8. Membrane Separation Processes: Separation of Gases, Separation of Liquids, Dialysis,

Membranes for Liquid –Liquid Extraction, Reverse Osmosis
 Separation of Gases
 Separation of Liquids
 Membranes for Liquid-Liquid Extraction
 Reverse Osmosis

9. Molecular diffusion in fluids: To realize rate of diffusion, steady state molecular diffusion in
fluids at rest and in laminar flow, molecular diffusion in gases, effective diffusivity, molecular
diffusion in liquids (Numericals)
 Rate of diffusion, steady state molecular diffusion in fluids at rest and in laminar flow
 Molecular diffusion in gases, effective diffusivity, estimation of diffusivity of gases
 Molecular diffusion in liquids, estimation of diffusivity of liquids

10. Mass transfer coefficients & Interphase: To understand the Mass transfer coefficients in
laminar & turbulent flow, Mass-heat-momentum transfer analogies (Numericals)
 Mass transfer coefficients in laminar & turbulent flow
 Mass-heat-momentum transfer analogies
 Chemical equilibrium, two phase mass transfer

11. Gas-liquid operations: Gas absorption: To study the equilibrium between liquids & gases,
Ideal/non-ideal liquid solutions, choices of solvents for gas absorption, equipments for gas
absorption –their internal structure (Numericals)
 Equilibrium between liquids & gases
 Ideal/non-ideal liquid solutions, choices of solvents for gas absorption
 Equipments for gas absorption –their internal structure, material balance across gas absorption
column

12. Distillation unit operation: To learn the relative volatility concept, V-L-E diagram, minimum
& maximum boiling azeotropes, single stage distillation, differential or simple distillation,
continuous fractionation ( with reflux) (Numericals)
 Relative volatility concept
 V-L-E diagram, minimum & maximum boiling azeotropes
 Single stage distillation, differential or simple distillation, continuous fractionation (with reflux)
 Calculation of number of equilibrium stages using McCabe- Thiele method

13. Leaching: To provide temperature of leaching, method of operation &equipment (Numericals)

 Method of operation &equipment
  Unsteady state and steady state leaching
 Methods of calculations

14. Heat Exchangers: Types of heat exchangers, flow arrangements in heat exchangers, double
pipe, shell & tube, air cooled H.E. (Numericals)
 Types of heat exchangers
 Flow arrangements in heat exchangers, double pipe, shell & tube, air cooled H.E
 Selection criterion of a H.E., fouling factor, LMTD in H.E
 Correction factor in LMTD, The effectiveness-NTU method

Review Session before Comprehensive-Semester

Self-Study & Contact Session Plan

Module 1: Fundamentals of Fluid Flow

Session 1

Topic No. Topic Title Reference

1.1 Fluid as a continuum T1. CH 1, T2. CH1 & 2 &
Lecture slides
1.2 Velocity Field & Stress Field T1. CH 1, T2. CH1 & 2 &
Lecture slides
1.3 Viscosity & Surface Tension T1. CH 1, T2. CH1 & 2 &
Lecture slides
1.4 Description and classification of fluid motions T1. CH 1, T2. CH1 & 2 &
Lecture slides

Module 2: Bernoulli equation, momentum analysis

Session 2

Topic No. Topic Title Reference

2.1 Momentum balance in potential flow T2. CH 5,6 & Lecture slides
2.2 Momentum correction factor T2. CH 5,6 & 8.4 & Lecture
slides
2.3 Pump work in Bernoulli equation T2. CH 5,6 & Lecture slides

Module 3: Basics of heat transfer -I

Session 3

Topic No. Topic Title Reference

3.1 Fourier’s Law & Thermal conductivity T1 CH-10, T3-CH-1 & Lecture
slides
 3.2 Heat Transfer by Conduction T1 CH-10 & Lecture slides
3.3 Heat Transfer by Convection T1 CH-12 & Lecture slides
3.4 Radiation Heat Transfer R1 CH-14 & Lecture slides

Module 4: Flow of Incompressible Fluids in Conduits and Thin Layers

Session 4

Topic No. Topic Title Reference

4.1 Laminar Flow in pipes T1 CH-5 & Lecture slides
4.2 Turbulent Flow in Pipes and Closed Channels T1 CH-5 & Lecture slides
4.3 Flow of Liquids in Thin Layers T1 CH-5 & Lecture slides

Module 5: Introduction to Pumps

Session 5

Topic No. Topic Title Reference

5.1 Pump performance curves T2 CH 14 & Lecture slides
5.2 pump cavitation and NPSH, types of pumps T2 CH 14 & Lecture slides
5.3 advantages of centrifugual pump over others, T2 CH 14 & Lecture slides
dimensionless pump parameters
5.4 Affinity laws for pumps T2 CH 14 & Lecture slides

Numericals

Module 6: Evaporation
Session 6

Topic No. Topic Title Reference

6.1 Circulation Evaporators T1. CH 16 & Lecture slides
6.2 Long-Tube Evaporators with upward flow T1. CH 16 & Lecture slides
6.3 Falling Film Evaporators T1. CH 16 & Lecture slides
6.4 Agitated Film Evaporators T1. CH 16 & Lecture slides

Session 7: Review Session before Mid semester

Module 7: Overview of mass transfer operations

Session 8
Topic No. Topic Title Reference
7.1 Importance of MTO, their classifications i.e direct T4 – CH 1 & Lecture slides
contact of immiscible phases
7.2 Phases separated by a membrane, direct contact of T4 – CH 1 & Lecture slides
miscible phases

Module 8: Membrane Separation Processes

Session 9

Topic No. Topic Title Reference

8.1 Separation of Gases T1- CH 26 & Lecture slides
8.2 Separation of Liquids T1-CH 26 & Lecture slides
8.3 Membranes for Liquid-Liquid Extraction T1-CH 26 & Lecture slides
8.4 Reverse Osmosis T1-CH26 & Lecture slides

Module 9: Molecular diffusion in fluids

Session 10

Topic No. Topic Title Reference

9.1 Rate of diffusion, steady state molecular diffusion in T4. CH 2 & Lecture slides
fluids at rest and in laminar flow
9.2 Molecular diffusion in gases, effective diffusivity, T4. CH 2 & Lecture slides
estimation of diffusivity of gases
9.3 Molecular diffusion in liquids, estimation of T4. CH 2 & Lecture slides
diffusivity of liquids
9.4 Numericals T4. CH 2 & Lecture slides

Module 10: Mass transfer coefficients & Inter-phase mass transfer

Session 11

Topic No. Topic Title Reference

10.1 Mass transfer coefficients in laminar & turbulent flow T4. CH 3 & Lecture slides
10.2 Mass-heat-momentum transfer analogies T4. CH 3 & Lecture slides
10.3 Chemical equilibrium, two phase mass transfer T4. CH 3 & Lecture slides
10.4 Numericals T4. CH 3 & Lecture slides

Module 11: Gas-liquid operations: Gas absorption

Session 12
Topic No. Topic Title Reference
11.1 Equilibrium between liquids & gases, T1. CH 22 & Lecture slides
11.2 Ideal/non-ideal liquid solutions, choices of T1. CH 22 & Lecture slides
solvents for gas absorption
11.3 Equipments for gas absorption –their internal T1. CH 22 & Lecture slides
structure, material balance across gas absorption
column.
11.4 Numericals T1. CH 22 & Lecture slides

Module 12: Distillation unit operation

Session 13
Topic No. Topic Title Reference
12.1 Relative volatility concept T1. CH 18 & Lecture slides
12.2 V-L-E diagram, minimum & maximum boiling T1. CH 18 & Lecture slides
azeotropes,
12.3 single stage distillation, differential or simple T1. CH 18 & Lecture slides
distillation, continuous fractionation ( with
reflux),

12.4 Calculation of number of equilibrium stages using T1. CH 18 & Lecture slides
McCabe- Thiele method.

Module 13: Leaching

Session 14

Topic No. Topic Title Reference

13.1 method of operation &equipment T1. CH 20 & Lecture slides
13.2 unsteady state and steady state leaching T1. CH 20 & Lecture slides
13.3 methods of calculations T1. CH 20 & Lecture slides
13.4 Numericals T1. CH 20 & Lecture slides

Module 14: Heat Exchangers

Session 15

Topic No. Topic Title Reference

14.1 Types of heat exchangers T1. CH 15 & Lecture slides

14.2 Flow arrangements in heat exchangers, double pipe, T1. CH 15 & Lecture slides
shell & tube , air cooled H.E

14.3 Selection criterion of a H.E., fouling factor, LMTD in T1. CH 15 & Lecture slides
H.E
 14.4 Correction factor in LMTD, The effectiveness-NTU method T1. CH 15 & Lecture
slides
Session 16: Review Session

 Text Book(s):

1. Unit Operations of Chemical engineering by McCabe and Smith.

2. Yunus A. Cengel, “Fluid mechanics-Fundamentals & Applications” McGraw-Hill.
3. Yunus A. Cengel, “Heat Transfer” Second Edition.
4. Robert E. Treybal, “Mass Transfer Operations”, Third edition.
5. Fox and McDonald, “Introduction to fluid dynamics”, John Wiley & Sons, 2008, 7th edition.
th
6. Holman, J. P., “Heat Transfer”, McGraw Hill, 1997, 8 edition.
7. Chemical Engineering series by Richardson & Coulson

Evaluation Scheme:
Legend: EC = Evaluation Component; AN = After Noon Session; FN = Fore Noon Session
No Name Type Duration Weight Day, Date, Session, Time
EC-1 Quiz – Online - 15% September 1-10, 2023
I/Assignment – I
Quiz – II / Online - 10% October 1-10, 2023
Assignment – II
EC-2 Mid-Semester Test Closed 2 hours 35%
Saturday, 23/09/2023 (FN)
Book
EC-3 Comprehensive Open 2½ hours 40%
Saturday, 25/11/2023 (FN)
Exam Book

1. EC-1 consists of two Assignments. Students will attempt them through the course pages on the
Elearn portal. Announcements will be made on the portal, in a timely manner.
2. EC-2 consists of Mid-Semester Examination. Students will attempt them through the course
pages on the Elearn portal. Announcements will be made on the portal, in a timely manner. It
will be Closed Book test.
3. EC-3 consists of Comprehensive Examination. Students will attempt them through the course
pages on the Elearn portal. Announcements will be made on the portal, in a timely manner. It
will be Open Book test.