COURSE SYLLABI: 010313111 Mass Transfer

1. Course number and name : 010313111  Mass Transfer

2. Credits and contact hours : 3(3-0-6)

3. Instructor’s or course coordinator’s name : Dr. Rungrote  Kokoo

4. Text book, title, author, and year

          a. Welty, J.R., Rorrer, G.L., and Foster, D.G. (2015) Fundamentals of Momentum, Heat, and Mass Transfer, 6th ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
          b. Benitez, J. (2009) Principles and Modern Applications of Mass Transfer Operations, 2nd ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
          c. Binay K. Dutta. (2007) Principles of Mass Transfer and Separation Processes, Prentice-Hall of India Private Limited.

5. Specific course information
         a. brief description of the content of the course (catalog description)
Diffusion and diffusion coefficient, differential equations of mass transfer, one- and multi-dimensional diffusion, steady and unsteady state molecular diffusion; mass transfer with and without chemical reaction; convective mass transfer and convective mass-transfer coefficients, convective mass transfer between phases; devices for mass transfer, equipment design for heat and mass transfer.
         b. prerequisites or co-requisites
Co-requisite: 010313110 Fundamental of Heat Transfer
         c. indicate whether a required, elective, or selected elective (as per Table 5-1) course in the program
A required course in the program as Ch.E. technical.

6. Specific goals for the course
         a. specific outcomes of instruction (e.g. The student will be able to explain the significance of current research about a particular topic.)
         i. Basic concept
                  1. Students understand he principles of diffusive and convective mass transfer.
                  2. Student can account for the consequence of mass transfer in compositional analyses of engineering systems.
                  3. Students can identify mechanisms of mass transfer and formulate rate equations.
         ii. Diffusion and mass transfer coefficient
                  1. Students can apply transport models based on the differential equations for steady-state/non-steady state, heat and mass transfer one-dimensional problems with their simplified forms and identification of suitable boundary conditions.
                  2. Students can estimate heat and mass transfer coefficients based on dimensional analysis, boundary layer analysis and similarity between momentum, heat and mass transfer.
         iii. Mass transfer equipment
                  1. Student can analyze and provide solution of engineering problems involving convective heat and mass transfer in one phase and two phase systems with and without homogenous and heterogeneous chemical reactions.  
                  2. Student can describe design principles of mass transfer equipment.
         iv. Overall objectives
Students can estimate diffusion and mass transfer coefficient and then apply to design the principles of mass transfer equipment.
         b. explicitly indicate which of the student outcomes listed in Criterion 3 or any other outcomes are addressed by the course.

         7.Brief list of topics to be covered
                  a. Fundamentals of mass transfer: molecular mass transfer, the diffusion coefficient.
                  b. Steady-state molecular diffusion in fluids and solids.
                  c. Diffusion with Homogeneous Reaction.
                  d. Convective Mass Transfer: mass-transfer coefficients, dimensional analysis.
                  e. Convective Mass Transfer: flow past a flat plate; boundary layer theory.
                  f. Convective Mass-Transfer Correlations.
                  g. Interphase Mass Transfer: equilibrium, diffusion between phases, material balances.
                  h. Mass transfer equipment.