BASIC CONCEPTS:
Newtonian fluids, Non-Newtonian Fluids, Analogies between Momentum, Heat and Mass Transport, Rheological behavior of fluids, Differential balance equations for heat, mass and momentum.
MOMENTUM TRANSPORT (LAMINAR FLOW):
Steady state Shell momentum balances, Boundary conditions applicable to momentum transport problems (flow over flat plate, flow through circular tube and annulus)
INTERPHASE AND MULTIPHASE MOMENTUM TRANSFER:
Friction factor (qualitative treatment only), Introduction to velocity distributions in Turbulent flow ( Fluctuations and Time smooth Quantities) and Equation of Change for Isothermal system (Equation of Continuity and Motion), Macroscopic Balance for Isothermal Systems (Mass, Momentum and Mechanical Energy Balance). Formation of bubbles and drops and their size distribution, Solid-fluid systems - forces acting on stagnant and moving solids.
ENERGY TRANSPORT:
Convection:
Heat Transfer coefficient, Free and Forced convection, film type and drop wise condensation and equations for heat transfer coefficients for both, Heat transfer in boiling liquids.
Radiation:
The spectrum of electromagnetic radiation, absorption and emission at solid surfaces, Planck’s distribution law, Wein’s displacement law and Stefan- Boltzmann law, Lambart’s cosine law, heat exchange by radiation between two black surface elements.
MASS TRANSPORT:
Fick’s law of diffusion, Diffusion with homogeneous and heterogeneous chemical reaction, convective mass transfer coefficient, theories of ordinary diffusion in liquids