HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER NO. OF UNITS: 3 UNITS COURSE OUTLINE: I.

Heat transfer
Fouriers law of heat conduction Convective heat transfer Heat transfer coefficients: individual and overall Radiative energy transport Phase change (boiling and condensation) Mass Transport Molecular Diffusion Turbulent Diffusion Rate of Mass Transfer Mass Transfer coefficients: individual and overall Interphase Transfer Boundary layers (hydrodynamic, thermal and concentration) Momentum, heat and mass transfer analogies Mass transfer models at fluid-fluid interface Heat Exchangers Types of heat exchangers Double-pipe Shell-and-tube Compact heat exchangers Design principles LMTD method Effectiveness-NTU method Fouling and fouling coefficient Evaporation Principles of operation Types of evaporators Calculations involving single-effect evaporator Calculations involving multiple-effect evaporator system (forward feed, backward feed, mixed feed) Crystallization Equilibria, yield and crystal growth Crystallization equipment Crystallizer design (Crystal Size Distribution) MSMPR Gas Absorption Wetted Wall Column Packed column Hydrodynamics in packed column Simultaneous Heat and Mass Transfer Humidification / demudification operations Water-cooling towers Drying (batch and continuous)

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