ChE 7110: Advanced Transport Phenomena

Textbook:       Transport Phenomena

                        Bird, Stewart, and Lightfoot, John Wiley & Sons, Second Ed., 2002

Recommended References:

Applied Mathematics and Modeling for Chemical Engineers, Richard G. Rice and Duong D. Duo, John Wiley & Sons, First Ed., 1995

Mathematical Methods in Chemical Engineering, Jenson, Jeffreys, Second Edition, Academic Press, 1977

Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Erwin Kreyszig, 9th Ed., John Wiley & Sons, 2006

 

Instructor: Y. Y. Lee

 

Office, Ross-242, 844-2019, Fax: 844-2063
E-Mail:yylee@eng.auburn.edu
Home Page of Y. Y. Lee: www.eng.auburn.edu/~yylee
Lab., Wilmore-197, Ross-112, 844-2034 or 844-2043

Office Hours: 10-12 am, Tue & Thu

 

Grading:

 

2 Tests (Open Book)*           = 200

Homework                         =    50

Final Exam (Open Book)     =  150

     Total    400

 

*Test Dates: February 13 and March 26

Makeup examinations are scheduled only for students having acceptable written excuses.

Homework: Homework is due at the beginning of the class. Late homework will not be accepted without a medical excuse or other written university excuse. Standard format for ChE Homework is to be used. Credit will be lost for sloppy or unclear work.

 

Cancellation and Makeup Classes: February 15 and March 28 classes are cancelled. Makeup classes are on February 19 and April 1.

 

Course Description:  Analytical solutions of ordinary and partial differential equations pertaining to transport phenomena and other areas of chemical engineering.

 

Course Objectives: This course is intended to provide the first year graduate student with the ability to analyze and design chemical reactors.  Concepts relating to formulation of reaction kinetic models and the effects of heat and mass transfer on the overall chemical reaction are included.  Emphasis is placed on the heterogeneous catalytic reactions and the interaction of transport and kinetic processes.

 

Course Content:

Formulation of ODEs.

 

Solution of Linear ODEs.

 

Infinite Series Solutions of Linear ODEs.

 

Gamma and Bessel Functions.

 

Sturm-Liouville Problems and Orthogonal Functions.

 

Formulation of PDEs.

 

Combination of Variables Method for PDEs.

 

Separation of Variables for PDEs.

 

Laplace Transform Method for PDEs.

 

Applications to Advanced Transport Phenomena Problems.

 

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