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Transport Processes (CHEN20009)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Semester 1
Dr Eirini Goudeli
Semester 2
Please refer to the LMS for up-to-date subject information, including assessment and participation requirements, for subjects being offered in 2020.
Overview
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Fees | Look up fees |
AIMS
This subject covers fundamental concepts of diffusion and conservation within momentum, heat and mass transport. Use of these concepts is integral to the profession of Chemical Engineering. For example, heat exchangers are used throughout Chemical Engineering processes to transfer thermal energy from one stream to another. Knowledge of heat transport and momentum transport (ie fluid flow) is required to design key pieces of Chemical Engineering process equipment, including heat exchangers and distillation columns. Similarly, knowledge of mass transport is required to design other key Chemical Engineering processes, including membrane filtration units and other separation processes.
INDICATIVE CONTENT
The specific technical material covered in the course is as follows: Within momentum transport specific topics include Newton’s law of viscosity, viscosity of gases and liquids, conservation of momentum, velocity distributions in simple laminar flows, boundary layer concepts, turbulence and the Reynolds number. Within heat transport specific topics include Fourier’s law of conduction, thermal conductivities of gases, liquids and solids, conservation of thermal energy, steady-state temperature distributions in simple geometries, heat transfer resistance, thermal boundary layer concepts, the Nusselt and Prandtl numbers, definition and use of heat transfer coefficients, and analysis of simple heat exchangers. Within mass transport specific topics include Fick’s first law of diffusion, diffusivities of gases, liquids and solids, binary mixture diffusion and conservation of mass, concentration distributions in simple binary systems (including identifying appropriate boundary conditions), concentration boundary layer concepts, Schmidt and Sherwood numbers, and definition and use of mass transfer coefficients.
Intended learning outcomes
- Describe the fundamental concepts of momentum, heat and mass transfer
- Understand the roles of transport processes in chemical and biochemical process equipment
- Appreciate how material molecular processes affect macroscopic transport properties
- Formulate transport processes problems relevant to chemical and biochemical systems, deriving the equations that describe these systems and the assumptions that support these equations
- Perform simple laboratory experiments that deepen and amplify theoretical concepts.
Generic skills
None
Last updated: 22 March 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Undergraduate students:
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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MAST20029 | Engineering Mathematics |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
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12.5 |
MAST20029 Engineering Mathematics may be taken concurrently.
and
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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CHEN20010 | Material and Energy Balances |
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
CHEN20010 Material and Energy Balances may be taken concurrently.
Postgraduate students:
Admission to the MC-ENG Master of Engineering (Chemical), (Chemical with Business) or (Biochemical) or (Materials)
and
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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MAST20029 | Engineering Mathematics |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
MAST20029 Engineering Mathematics may be taken concurrently.
and
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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CHEN20010 | Material and Energy Balances |
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
CHEN20010 Material and Energy Balances may be taken concurrently.
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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BMEN30007 | Biotransport Processes | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
This subject requires all students to actively and safely participate in laboratory activities. Students who feel their disability may impact upon their participation are encouraged to discuss this matter with the Subject Coordinator and Student Equity and Disability Support.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 22 March 2024
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Attendance and participation in two laboratory classes each with a written assignment of approximately 250 words (not including equations, graphs and diagrams) in Weeks 3 to 11 each requiring 5 to 7 hours of work including preparation (10% total, 5% each). Intended Learning Outcome (ILO) 5 is addressed in these laboratory classes.
| From Week 3 to Week 11 | 10% |
Five written assignments (5% total, 1% each) each of approximately 100 words (not including equations, graphs and diagrams) due between weeks 2 to 12, each requiring 1 to 2 hours of work. ILOs 1 to 4 are addressed in the assignments.
| From Week 2 to Week 12 | 5% |
One written 90-minute test (15%) held around Week 6. ILOs 1 to 4 are addressed in the test.
| From Week 5 to Week 7 | 15% |
Three-hour exam (70%); held in examination period. All ILOs are addressed in the exam.
| During the examination period | 70% |
Last updated: 22 March 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Eirini Goudeli Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 2 x 1-hour lectures + 1 x 2-hour workshop + 1 x 1-hour tutorial per week and 2 x 1.5-hour labs one semester Total time commitment 200 hours Teaching period 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020 Semester 1 contact information
Dr Eirini Goudeli
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Dalton Harvie Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 2 x 1-hour lectures + 1 x 2-hour workshop + 1 x 1-hour tutorial per week and 2 x 1.5-hour labs one semester Total time commitment 200 hours Teaching period 3 August 2020 to 1 November 2020 Last self-enrol date 14 August 2020 Census date 21 September 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 October 2020 Assessment period ends 27 November 2020 Semester 2 contact information
Time commitment details
200 hours
Last updated: 22 March 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
None
Recommended texts and other resources
Bird, R.B., Stewart, W.E., and Lightfoot, E.N., Transport Phenomena, second edition, Wiley, 2002 and onwards
Coulson, J.M., and Richardson, J.F., Chemical Engineering Volume 1, sixth edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999
- Subject notes
LEARNING AND TEACHING METHODS
Lectures are the main mode of technical content delivery for this course. These lectures are supplemented by consultation sessions, in which students work in groups on selected tutorial problems. Practical application of the theory is via two laboratories. Two laboratory experiments will be performed during the semester: in the first, somewhere in weeks 3–6, you will do an experiment called ‘Viscosity’; in the second, somewhere in weeks 8–11, you will do an experiment called ‘Diffusivity’. Each experiment will be conducted in groups of 3, and will take 1.5hrs.
Students are expected to spend 2-3 hours per hour of lecture time individually working through set problems.
INDICATIVE KEY LEARNING RESOURCES
Comprehensive lecture notes are made available prior to the semester commencing (free to download). All lecture slides, handouts and some multimedia material will be made available during the semester through the Learning Management System (LMS).
Two books are recommended for in-depth study, but not required to purchase (both of these books are available from the library):
- Coulson, J.M., and Richardson, J.F., Chemical Engineering, Volume 1, sixth edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999
- Bird, R.B., Stewart, W.E., and Lightfoot, E.N., Transport Phenomena, second edition, Wiley, 2002-7 (preferred).
CAREERS / INDUSTRY LINKS
This subject introduces fundamental technical concepts and does not have any industrial links. It enables further study of the subject of Chemical Engineering, leading to the analysis of industrially relevant, practical problems.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Informal specialisation Science-credited subjects - new generation B-SCI Informal specialisation Selective subjects for B-BMED Specialisation (formal) Biochemical Specialisation (formal) Chemical Specialisation (formal) Chemical with Business Breadth Track Chemical Engineering - Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Design
- Bachelor of Environments
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film and Television)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art)
- Bachelor of Music
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Additional information for this subject
Subject coordinator approval required
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 22 March 2024