Transport and Surface Phenomena

Transport and Surface Phenomena provides an overview of the key transfers taking place in reactions and explores how calculations of momentum, energy and mass transfers can help researchers develop the most appropriate, cost effective solutions to chemical problems. Beginning with a thorough overview of the nature of transport phenomena, the book goes on to explore balances in transport phenomena, including key equations for assessing balances, before concluding by outlining mathematical methods for solving the transfer equations. Drawing on the experience of its expert authors, it is an accessible introduction to the field for students, researchers and professionals working in chemical engineering.

The book and is also ideal for those in related fields such as physical chemistry, energy engineering, and materials science, for whom a deeper understanding of these interactions could enhance their work.

Presents fundamental background knowledge and experimental methods in a clear and accessible styleCements information through problems for the reader to solve, making the book ideal for learning, teaching and refreshing subject knowledgeOutlines mathematical approaches for solving energy transfers to show applications of the key equations in practice

Part 1: The Nature of Transport Phenomena 1. Definitions of unidirectional steady transport 2. Transport phenomena in terms of mass structure 3. Transport phenomena at the interface 4. Transport of energy by radiation 5. Experimental methods for the study of transport phenomena 6. Simple problems in heat transport 7. Simple problems in fluid flows

Part 2: Balances in Transport Phenomena 8. Basics of flow of fluids 9. Basics of steady heat conduction and diffusion 10. Transports in moving media 11. Solutions of the navier-stokes equation 12. Mass and mechanical energy balances in a flow tube 13. Unidirectional flow 14. Flow in two dimensions 15. The extension of balances to turbulent flows 16. Heat transfer 17. Solution of the fourier equation for heat conduction 18. Heat transfer by convection 19. How the transfer of momentum and heat influence each other 20. Mass transport

Part 3: Mathematical Methods for Solving the Transfers 21. Vectors and tensors 22. Some ordinary differential equations 23. Some partial differential equations