AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

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.

TEACHING METHODS

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.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

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.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

- 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.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

ELISABETTA ARATO (President)

BARBARA BOSIO (President)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

First semester

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

a written exam based on material and enthalpy local balances and a subsequent oral exam on all the topics of the course.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

It is verified if the student is able to set and solve material and heat local balances in chemical and process engineering systems.

Exam schedule

FURTHER INFORMATION

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.