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School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Now offering two distinct diplomas: Chemical Engineering and Environmental Engineering

Heat and Mass Transfer

1. COURSE INFORMATION:

School Environmental Engineering
Course Level Undergraduate
Course ID ENVE 322 Semester 5th
Course Category Required
Course Modules Instruction Hours per Week ECTS
Lectures and Tutorials 3
Th=2, E=1, L=0
4
Course Type Scientific Area
Prerequisites  
Instruction/Exam Language Greek
The course is offered to Erasmus students No
Course URL https//www.eclass.tuc.gr/courses/MHPER226/ (in Greek)

 

2. LEARNING OUTCOMES

Learning Outcomes
  • Understanding the basic principles of mass transfer
  • Understanding the basic principles of heat transfer
  • Understanding the various mass and heat transfer mechanisms
  • Understanding the similarities between mass and heat transfer
  • Understanding Fick's law of diffusion
  • Understanding mass diffusion without and with convection
  • Understanding the importance of boundary conditions
  • Understanding steady-state and transient mass diffusion without and with chemical reaction
  • Structure of the Generalized Transport Equation
  • Understanding mass transfer from a non-aqueous phase spot
  • Understanding heat transfer by treatment, convection and radiation
  • Understanding multidimensional heat transfer with treatment

Skills

  • Ability to process engineering problems in the real world
  • Ability to develop and solve transport phenomena
  • Capacity to solve problems associated with mass transfer
  • Capacity to solve problems associated with heat transfer
General Competencies/Skills
  • Work autonomously
  • Design and Project Management

3. COURSE SYLLABUS

  • Basic concepts,
    • Introduction to transport phenomena,
    • Concentration,
    • Similarities in momentum, heat and mass transfer,
  • Mass transport,
  • Mass transfer mechanisms,
  • Diffusion,
    • Diffusion coefficient,
    • Diffusion in liquids,
    • Steady state diffusion,
    • Transient diffusion,
    • Diffusion with chemical reaction,
    • Diffusion with chemical reaction in Porous media,
  • Mass balances,
  • Control volume,
  • Evaporation,
  • Film theory,
  • General transport equation,
  • Analytical solutions,
  • Applications,
  • Forced convection,
  • Mass transfer from non-aqueous phase,
  • Heat transfer,
    • Heat transfer mechanisms,
    • Radiation,
    • One-dimensional heat transfer,
    • Heat transfer with simultaneous heat generation,
    • Multidimensional heat transfer.

4. INSTRUCTION and LEARNING METHODS - ASSESSMENT

Lecture Method Direct (face to face)

Use of Information and Communication Technology

  • Support learning process via the e-class platform
  • Creation and use of mathematical models
Instruction Organisation Activity Workload per Semester
(hours)
- Lectures 26
- Tutorials 13
- 4 sets of assignments (10 exercises each) 30
- Study and analysis of the literature 31
Course Total 100

Assessment Method

(Ι) Written final examination (70 %):
- Questions of theoretical knowledge.
- Theoretical problems to be solved.

(II) Assignments (30 %).

5. RECOMMENDED READING

  • Heat and Mass Transfer, Bergman, Lavine, Incopera, Dewitt
  • Transport Phenomena, Brodkey, Hershey

6. INSTRUCTORS

Course Instructor: Professor C. Chrysikopoulos (Faculty - EnvEng)
Lectures: Professor C. Chrysikopoulos (Faculty - EnvEng)
Tutorial exercises: Dr. A. Papadopoulou (LTS - EnvEng)
Laboratory Exercises: