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Transport Processes

Prof. V. Kumaran · IISc Bangalore

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Lectures

Week 1 Dimensions and units, dimensional analysis

  1. Dimensions and units Video
  2. Dimensions and units, dimension of an equation Video
  3. Dimensional analysis, settling sphere Video
  4. Dimensional analysis, Brownian diffusivity, torque on a particle Video
  5. Mass transfer to suspended particles Video

Week 2 Dimensional analysis, dimensionless groups and correlations.

  1. Heat transfer in a heat exchanger Video
  2. Momentum transfer, flow in a pipe, friction factor Video
  3. Dimensionless groups — ratio of convection and diffusion Video
  4. Dimensionless fluxes, other dimensionless groups Video
  5. Laminar and turbulent flow in a pipe Video

Week 3 Correlations: Momentum transfer

  1. Flow past flat plate. Video
  2. Drag coefficient for flow around an object Video
  3. Correlations for drag coefficient Video
  4. Flow through packed column Video
  5. Unit operations for mixing Video
  6. Droplet breakup Video

Week 4 Correlations: Heat and mass transfer

  1. Heat and mass transfer, Colburn and Reynolds analogy Video
  2. Low Peclet number heat/mass transfer, high Peclet number laminar flow Video
  3. High Peclet number laminar/turbulent flow. Flow in pipe, flow past flat plate Video
  4. High Peclet number laminar/turbulent flows. Flow past particle Video
  5. Flow past mobile interfaces, flow in packed column Video
  6. Natural convection Video

Week 5 Diffusion

  1. Mass diffusion in gases Video
  2. Mass diffusion in gases Video
  3. Mass diffusion in liquids Video
  4. Thermal diffusion Video
  5. Momentum diffusion. Video

Week 6 Dispersion. Unidirectional transport: Cartesian co-ordinates

  1. Dispersion Video
  2. Turbulent dispersion, dispersion in packed column, Taylor dispersion Video
  3. Unidirectional transport. Shell balance Video
  4. Unidirectional transport. Common form of transport equations Video
  5. Steady solutions, constant diffusivity, parallel and series conduction Video

Week 7 Unidirectional transport: Cartesian co-ordinates. Steady solutions.

  1. Binary diffusion Video
  2. Binary diffusion Video
  3. Correlations in balance equations. Transport by diffusion Video
  4. Correlations in balance equations. Transport by diffusion Video

Week 8 Unidirectional transport: Cartesian co-ordinates. Binary diffusion. Correlations in balance equations.

  1. Correlations in balance equations. Forced convection Video
  2. Correlations in balance equations. Forced convection Video
  3. Correlations in balance equations. Natural convection. Video
  4. Correlations in balance equations. Packed column. Video

Week 9 Unidirectional transport: Correlations in balance equations

  1. Cylindrical co-ordinates. Balance equation Video
  2. Cylindrical co-ordinates. Steady conduction. Video
  3. Cylindrical co-ordinates. Heat transfer resistance Video
  4. Cylindrical co-ordinates. Examples. Video
  5. Spherical co-ordinates. Balance equation Video
  6. Spherical co-ordinates. Heat transfer resistance Video

Week 10 Unidirectional transport: Cylindrical and Spherical co-ordinates

  1. Laminar flow in a pipe. Momentum balance Video
  2. Laminar flow in a pipe. Velocity profile. Friction factor. Video
  3. Laminar flow in a pipe. Friction factor correlation. Video
  4. Laminar flow in a pipe. Examples Video
  5. Laminar flow in a pipe. Examples Video

Week 11 Pressure-driven flow: Laminar flow in a pipe.

  1. Turbulence. Instability and transition Video
  2. Turbulent flow in a pipe. Dissipation rate, turbulence scales. Video
  3. Turbulent flow in a pipe. Turbulence cascade Video
  4. Turbulent flow in a pipe. Structure of turbulence. Video

Live Session

  1. Live Session 17-10-2023 Video
  2. Live Session 02-07-2023 Video
  3. Live Session 26-07-2023 Video
  4. Live Session 28-02-2025 Video
  5. Live Session 04-04-2025 Video

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Credits and licence

Institution
IISc Bangalore
Department
Chemical Engineering
Teacher
Prof. V. Kumaran
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Chemistry, Engineering
Source
NPTEL
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