Autumn, 2004
R. Overney

Course Textbook: Mass Transfer - Fundamentals and Applications, A.L. Hines, R.M. Maddox, Prentice Hall (1985)
References:  Perry, "Chemical Engineers Handbook", McGraw-Hill
Treybal, "Mass Transfer Operations", McGraw-Hill
Seader/Henley, "Separation Process Principles", J. Wiley & Sons.

Chemical Engineering 435

TRANSPORT PROCESSES III (Mass Transfer)

Course Outline

I    Introduction and Basics

• Introduction to Mass Transfer Operations
• Classification of Mass-Transfer Operations
• Mass Transfer Fundamentals (Hines Ch. 1+3)
• Definitions, Fick's Laws
• Review (ChemE 326): Phase Equilibrium (Hines Ch. 7)

II   Diffusion Coefficients and Calculations

• Diffusion Calculations and Models (Hines Ch. 2+3)
• General Flux Diffusion Equation
• Molecular Diffusion in Gases
• Steady-state diffusion through stagnant medium
• Steady-state equimolecular counterdiffusion
• Diffusion Coefficients for Gases, Liquids, and Solids (Hines Ch. 2)
• Kinetic Theory
• Diffusion Coefficients for Liquids
• Diffusion in Solids
• Transport Coefficients in Membranes

III  Mass Transfer Coefficients (Hines Ch. 5)

· Correlations and Analogies

· Heat Transfer Analogy (Colburn-Drew Transfer Coefficient)

· General Definition of the Molecular Mass Transfer Coefficient

· Transient heat conduction in various geometries

· Theoretical Models for Mass Transfer at a Fluid-Fluid Interface

· Overall Mass Transfer Coefficient

IV Absorption (Hines Ch. 8)

· Single and Multicomponent Absorption

· Tray-by-Tray Calculations

· Stage Efficiency vs. Overall Efficiency (Hines Ch. 13)

V  Distillation (Hines Ch. 9+10)

· Binary Distillation; McCabe-Thiele Method (Hines Ch. 9)

· Enthalpy-Composition Method (Hines Ch. 9)

· Multicomponent Distillation (Chapter 10)

· Stage Efficiency vs. Overall Efficiency (Hines Ch. 13)

· Review ASPEN

VI Adsorption (Hines Ch. 14)

· Introduction, Equilibrium Condensation

· Heat and Mass Transfer Humidification