Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

School: Engineering

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• Unit Title

  Heat and Mass Transfer

• Unit Code

  ENS5556

• Year

  2017

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  1

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  

• Unit Coordinator

  Dr Ataollah NOSRATI

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Description

This unit aims to establish a thorough understanding of, and analytical skills in, fundamental heat and mass transfer phenomena and their application to creative and effective design of industrial processes and equipment and problem-solving in environmental systems. The underlying principles and their applications will be illustrated by the study and analysis of selected heat and mass transfer unit operations used across a range of process industries, as well as heat and mass transfer applications in environmental systems.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Assess the limitations and constraints inherent in analytical methods and engineering data used to design and analyse heat and mass transfer processes and equipment.
2. Correctly identify the mechanisms of heat and mass transfer occurring in a range of contexts and their relative significance.
3. Demonstrate an ability to effectively communicate results of engineering analysis to other engineers, showing the logical flow of calculations and consequent conclusions by making appropriate use of mathematical, visual/graphical and text descriptions.
4. Demonstrate the ability to research a core topic of the unit at an advanced level appropriate for a Masters unit.
5. Explain the fundamental principles associated with heat and mass transfer phenomena and demonstrate their application in a wide range of application areas.
6. Interpret results of an engineering analysis to identify significant operating or design parameters and how they can be used to improve performance.

Unit Content

1. Heat exchangers, design and analysis, including log mean and NTU methods.
2. Heat transfer via natural and forced convection, internal and external.
3. Mass transfer models, diffusion, diffusivity and mass transfer coefficients.
4. Mass transfer operations and unit conversions.
5. One-dimensional steady state conduction, resistance in series, heat transfer to and from pipes, fins and other objects.
6. Operating and equilibrium lines.
7. Radiative heat transfer, view factors, chemical and environmental engineering applications.
8. Review of heat transfer: physical rate processes, modes of heat transfer (conduction, convection, radiation), heat equations and thermal properties.
9. Stage and differential analysis in mass transfer operations, with engineering applications.
10. Two and three dimensional steady state conduction and also transient heat transfer.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, turorials, group based laboratory work and site visits.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

Core Reading(s)

• Welty, J. R., Wicks, C. E., Wilson, R. E., & Rorrer, G. (2008). Fundamentals of momentum, heat and mass transfer. (5th ed.). Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley.

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