Transport Phenomena

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	English
Code	651-0969/04
Abbreviation	PJ
Course title	Transport Phenomena
Credits	10
Coordinating department	Department of Chemistry and Physico-Chemical Processes
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Marek Večeř, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Transport phenomena and structure of matter.
Continuum. Viscosity model.
Navier-Stokes equation – components of momentum balance.
One-dimensional problems. Viscometric flows.
Two-dimensional problems. Boundary layer.
Turbulence. Chaos.
Multiphase flows problems.
Heat transport – conduction, convection and radiation.
Diffusion in gases liquids and solids.
Stationary and non-stationary diffusion. Diffusion beside the flow.
Diffusion and chemical reaction (homogeneous and heterogeneous cases).
Diffusion and adsorption.
Mass transfer in multiphase systems.

Literature

WICHTERLE, K., VEČEŘ M. Transport and Surface Phenomena. Elsevier, 2020.
PLAWSKY, J.L. Transport phenomena fundamentals. 3rd ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2014.
BIRD, R.B., STEWART, W.E., LIGHTFOOT, E.N. Transport phenomena. 2nd rev. ed. New York: Wiley, 2007.
WHITE, F.M. Fluid mechanics. 6th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2008.
CUSSLER, E.L. Diffusion: mass transfer in fluid systems. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
INCROPERA, F.P. Introduction to heat transfer. 5th ed. Hoboken: Wiley, 2007.
SCHLICHTING, H., GERSTEN, K. Boundary-layer theory. Berlin; New York: Springer, 2000.
LEVICH, V.G. Physicochemical hydrodynamics. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,: Prentice-Hall, 1962.

Advised literature

SADHAL, S.S., AYYASWAMY, P.S., CHUNG, J.N.-Ch. Transport phenomena with drops and bubbles. New York: Springer, 1997.
BELFIORE, L. A. Transport Phenomena for Chemical Reactor Design. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2003.
GEANKOPLIS, C. J. Transport processes and unit operations. Engelwood Cliffs, N.J., PTR Prentice Hall, 1993.
GRISKEY, R. G. Transport phenomena and unit operations : a combined approach. New York: Wiley, 2002.
INGHAM, D. B.,POP, I. I. Transport phenomena in porous media II. Amsterdam, New York: Pergamon, 2002.

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