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EP8208

Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media

Credits 7.5
Level Doctoral degree level
Course start Autumn 2010
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Examination arrangement Oral examination

About

About the course

Course content

The is given in the AUTUMN 2010.
Fick´s, Navier-Stokes, Euler´s, Bernoulli's and Newton's second equations and conservation laws in transport processes. The Chapman-Enskog’s, two-film, Eyring’s, hydrodynamical, penetration, and varying interface renewal theories. The models and concepts of Dufour, Soret, Onsager, Kingery, Luikov and Stamm. The analogy of micro and macro transport processes. Criteria of similarity, model and object equations. Equations for steady state and transient convective and molecular diffusion in gases, liquids (ionic or not), concentrated solutions and porous solids. The gradients of concentration, moisture, temperature, pressure and phase change. Dimensionless groups and experiments on internal and external transport in laminar and turbulent flows. Transport properties in multicomponent mixtures. Transport in bubbles, droplets, cellular, capillary and porous solids.
Quasi-steady method and mass transport in equally-accessible surfaces. The development of transport rates in with chemical reaction, diffusion and convection. Sorption isotherms and spacial polytherms equations with effect of temperature. Sorption inflection points and distribution of micro and macropores and related equations. Experimental application of transport equations and correlations.

Learning outcome

The course gives an introduction to the physical models used in the study of heat and mass transfer in porous materials, and will give an understanding of the transport mechanisms.

Learning methods and activities

Colloquies. Voluntary exercises

Required previous knowledge

TEP4130 Heat and Mass Transfer, or similar.

Course materials

Lecture notes, articles, ++, text book.

Subject areas

  • Energy and Process Engineering
  • Thermodynamics
  • Thermodynamics

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Energy and Process Engineering

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Oral examination
Grade: Letters

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2010

Oral examination
Weighting 100/100 Date 2010-12-02

Ordinary examination - Spring 2011

Oral examination
Weighting 100/100