ENCH292-17S2 (C) Semester Two 2017

Heat and Mass Transfer Operations

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 July 2017
End Date: Sunday, 19 November 2017
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 28 July 2017
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 13 October 2017

Description

An introdution to heat-transfer and mass-transfer operations relevant to process technologies.

COURSE CONTENT
Heat Transfer - Sufficient understanding of the principles of heat transfer to:
• Use the electrical analogy to interpret systems involving conduction and convection;
• Analyse one and two-dimensional steady state conduction problems;
• Select and apply appropriate correlations for convection heat transfer;
• Be prepared for the detailed analysis of heat exchangers in the second professional year.

Mass Transfer - Appreciation of the role of diffusional processes in the separation of mixtures to include:
• Outline of Fick’s law for steady state molecular diffusion, diffusivity;
• Introduction to the theory of interfacial mass transfer;
• The definition and use of mass transfer coefficients;
• Be prepared for more detailed analysis of gas/liquid and liquid/liquid operations in the second professional year.

Mathematics - Application of mathematical techniques to heat and mass transfer problems:
• Solution of ODEs in real applications
• Introduction to and solution of partial differential equations in applications;
• Application of cylindrical and spherical coordinates;
• Application of pseudo-steady-state approximations;
• Introduction to dimensional analysis.

Learning Outcomes

Understand the principles of heat and mass transfer.

Be able to model simple problems of heat and mass transfer.

Make and test reasonable engineering approximations to simplify problems.

Apply mathematical concepts to applications of heat and mass transfer.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Dean of Engineering and Forestry.

Course Coordinator

Daniel Holland

Course Requirements
Completion of assignments and final-year examination.
• A satisfactory report must be submitted for all assignments to obtain a pass in the course.
• A minimum mark of 40% must be obtained in the final examination to obtain a pass in the course.


Tutorials
In addition to the lectures, tutorials will be run every second week. There are two streams and you will be allocated to one or other stream. Attendance at these tutorials is required. You are required to attempt the tutorial questions before the tutorial begins and will be assessed on the basis of your effort.

In case the timetable changes, please consult the UC student timetable system for the most up-to-date timetable information.

Workload
Attendance at all lectures and tutorials, submission of all assignments, completion of directed reading, writing of personal lecture notes, practice of problem solving from example problems, past examination papers and from the recommended texts, revision and preparation for end of year exam.

Relation to Other Courses
This paper provides essential background for ENCH392 (Thermodynamics and Chemical Reaction Engineering), ENCH393 (Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer), and ENCH396 (Chemical Engineering Separations 1).

Concerns
Students with concerns about the course should contact any of the teachers listed above, the 1st Pro Director of Studies, or the Head of Department.

General Policies of the Department
Students may obtain the general policies of the University on matters such as the aegrotat applications, appeal procedures, reconsideration of grades, plagiarism and special provision for students with disabilities from the University Calendar.  The Departmental assessment details are distributed to students at the beginning of the new semester.

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Assignment 1 (pairs) 10% Due 2nd August
Final Exam 55%
Tutorials 5% (6 sessions, two streams, allocated)
Test 11 Aug 2017 10%
Assignment 2 (pairs) 19 Sep 2017 10%
Assignment 4 - (pairs) 13 Oct 2017 10%

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Cussler, E. L; Diffusion : mass transfer in fluid systems ; 2nd ed; Cambridge University Press, 1997.

Holman, J P; Heat Transfer ; 10th Edition; McGraw-Hill, 2009.

Mills, Anthony F; Basic heat and mass transfer ; 2nd ed; Prentice Hall, 1999.

Winterton, R. H. S; Heat transfer ; Oxford University Press, 1997.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $919.00

International fee $5,000.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Chemical and Process Engineering .

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