Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : MM2302 : Transport Phenomena { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Dr. SOUMITRA KUMAR DINDA
Syllabus
Fluid Flow: Classification of fluids, ideal & real, Newtonian & Non-Newtonian, Newton’s law of viscosity. Types of fluid flow – streamline & turbulent, continuity equation for incompressible and compressible fluid and its application. Concept of velocity bounds layer. Bernoulli’s equation and its application for flow measurement by venturimeter, orifice meter, pilot tube and rotameter. Dimensional analysis by Rayleigh’s method of indices and Buckingham’s p theorem.Example of analysis of pressure gradient, mass transfer co-efficient & convective heat transfer co-efficient, concept of similarly and dimensionless criteria.Dimensionless groups & their significance.Pressure drop & friction factor in various configurations, flow in packed bed & fluidized bed.Free and partially restricted jets, high velocity fluid jets.Mass Transfer: Law of diffusion and their application, concept of mass transfer co-efficient & concentration boundary layer, Interfacial mass transfer, overall mass balance. Heat Transfer: Internal & External modes of heat transfer, steady state heat conduction in monolayer and composite flat walls & cylinders. Unsteady state heat conduction, thin & massive body heating & cooling.Finite difference method in solving unsteady state heat conduction. Natural and forced convection, concept of heat transfer co-efficient, thermal boundary layers, some examples of connective co-relations. Law of radiation – Steffan-Boltzmann’s law, Kirchoff’s law & Lambarth’s law, Black & grey body concepts, view factor, Radiation from flames & gases.Radiation between simple surfaces with & without absorbing gas media. Radiation shields. Overall Heat transfer co-efficient.
Course Objectives
- To provide to the student a sufficient background to be able to understand the fundamentals of transport phenomena related to metallurgical processes
- To provide to conceptual knowledge to the student for comprehending governing equations and assumptions used in the analysis of transport processes
- To transfer knowledge to the student regarding three fundamental transport processes such as momentum, heat and mass, including conservation and constitutive equations
- To provide to the student a sufficient background of solution methods to be able to solve a variety of problems related metallurgical transport phenomena
Course Outcomes
1. The students will acquire the knowledge of fluid flow, and momentum transfer. <br />2. The students will able to solve problem related to fluid flow behavior. <br />3. The students will understand different modes of heat transfer. <br />4. The students will understand different modes of mass transfer. <br />5. The students will able to solve numerical problem related to heat transfer and mass transfer. <br />6. The students will capable of addressing metallurgical industry oriented problems involving heat, mass and momentum transfer.
Essential Reading
- R.B.Bird, W.E.Stewart and E.N.Lightfoot, Transport Phenomena, Wiley
- G.H.Geiger and D.R.Poirier, Transport Phenomena in Materials Processing, Addison Wesley
Supplementary Reading
- J.R.Welty, R.E.Wilson and C.E.Wicks, Fundamentals of Momentum Heat and Mass Transfer, Wiley
- Snehanshu Pal, Anshuman Patra, P R Padhee, Process Modeling For Steel Industry, IK Publishers
Journal and Conferences
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