This PDF book
covers the following topics related to Transport Phenomena : Review of basic
mathematical tools, Kinematics- Continuum hypothesis, Reference frames, General
property balance equations- Continuity, Conservation of linear momentum,
application to angular momentum, energy conservation equation, and equation of
change for species, dimensional analysis, Momentum transport in laminar flow,
Rayleigh Problem or Stoke’s First Problem, Unsteady-state flow in a
tube, Flow in a permeable tube or bundles of hollow fiber, Heat and Mass transfer in laminar flow, Gratz-Nusselt Problem,
Mass transfer in laminar flow, Steady-state diffusion through a stagnant gas
film , Introduction to potential flow, laminar momentum boundary
layers, Blasius flow over a flat plate, drag Thermal and concentration boundary
layer theories, Basics of turbulence modelling, Convective mass transfer
examples, Reduction of BL diffusion equation to heat conduction, CFD-based
transport modelling of a CVD reactor.
The topics explained in this notes are as follows : Introduction to
Vectors and Tensors, Continuity Equation, Kinematics of Fluid Motion, Navier-Stokes
Equation, Procedure for Setting up Problems, Boundary Conditions, Example
Problems in Fluid Flow, Mathematical Techniques: Solution of Partial
Differential Equations, Scaling of Navier-Stokes Equation, Reynolds Number,
Boundary Layer Theory, Introduction to Energy Transport, Graetz Problem and
Lévêque Approximation, Thermal Boundary Layer, Buoyant Convection and Surface
Tension Driven Flow, Introduction to Mass Transport, Simple Example Problems in
Mass Transport, Film and Penetration Models.
Author(s): R Shankar Subramanian, Clarkson
University
This note deals with the transport of energy, mass
and momentum in chemically reacting fluids. Topics covered includes: Bulb
Blackening, Hot Corrosion, Transport Laws: Assumptions and Control Volumes,
Conservation Principles: Mass Conservation, Momentum, Energy Conservation,
Entropy Conservation, Conservation Equations: Alternative Formulations, Across
Discontinuities, Turbulent Flows and Multiphase Flows, Constitutive Laws:
Momentum Transfer, Energy and Mass Transfer, Momentum Transport, Energy
Transport, Mass Transport, Similitude Analysis.