The course will furnish the means of formulating and solving local balances of material and heat, developing problem solving skills and becoming familiar with the study of local transport phenomena in chemical and process engineering systems.
The course consists of theoretical lessons and practical exercises done in the classroom. In addition, educational visits as well as computer labs can be proposed.
material and heat transport phenomena; notes on local momentum balances; calculation of mass diffusivity and thermal conductivity, laws of Fick, Fourier and Newton; analogy of transfer; examples of application in steady-state and unsteady-state conditions, on different geometries, with and without chemical reactions, in isothermal and non-isothermal systems; discussion of complex case studies and simplification criteria; notes on transport under turbulent regime; examples of analytical and numerical solutions of transport problems typical of the process engineering.
- R. Byron Bird, Warren E. Stewart, Edwin N. Lightfoot, “Fenomeni di trasporto”, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano.
- M.C. Annesini, “Fenomeni di trasporto. Fondamenti e applicazioni”, Edizioni Hoepli.
- K. Denbigh, “I principi dell’equilibrio chimico”, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano.
- M. Dente, E. Ranzi, “Principi di Ingegneria Chimica”, Città Studi Edizioni, Torino.
- R.H. Perry, D.W. Green,“Perry’s chemical engineers’ handbook” VIII ed., Mc Graw Hill.
Ricevimento: The professor is available by appointment agreed by email
ELISABETTA ARATO (President)
BARBARA BOSIO (President)
First semester
a written exam based on material and enthalpy local balances and a subsequent oral exam on all the topics of the course.
It is verified if the student is able to set and solve material and heat local balances in chemical and process engineering systems.
No formal prerequisites are required, but a productive learning requires knowledge base of mathematics, chemistry and physics, as well as the ability to set up and solve macroscopic balances and calculations of phase and reaction equilibrium.
