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MM510 Combined Heat and Mass Transfer
No. of hours per week: five hours (65 hours)
Assessment: examination, assignments and
practical work
A fifth-year subject in the degree of Bachelor of Engineering
(Manufacturing).
Subject aims and description
This subject aims to apply the theories of heat and mass
transfer studied in the fourth year of the course, to the
design of equipment for the operations listed below.
Industrial applications of heat and momentum transfer.
Diffusional operations: drying, crystallisation, water cooling
and humidification. Single and multi-effect evaporator
systems; thermal and mechanical recompression. Operation,
control and economics of evaporation systems.
Textbook
Treybal, R.E. Mass Transfer Operations. 3rd ed, (51 Units), New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1980
Reference
Norman, W.S. Absorption, Distillation and Cooling Towea London:
Longmans, 1962
MM511 Chemical Engineering Design
No. of hours per week: five hours (65 hours)
Assessment: examination, practical work and
assignments.
A fifth-year subject in the degree of Bachelor of Engineering
(Manufacturing).
Subject aims and description
This subject aims to acquaint the student with the
responsibilities of the professional chemical engineer and
some of the issues that may be confronted.
A separate segment seeks to consolidate the student's
previous work in computer programming by applying it to
problems relevant to hislher future career.
The syllabus covers: aspects of chemical plant design:
formulating the design; the design procedure; flowsheets
and their uses in design work; safety and health
considerations; economic aspects; plant layout.
Computer aided design: the use of software packages for
flowsheeting, flowsheet preparation and layout; exercises in
preparation of computer solutions to problems in
momentum, heat and mass transfer.
Textbook
Ross, G. Computer Programming Examples for Chemical Engineers.
Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1987
MM520 Engineering Science
No. of hours per week: four hours
A subject in the fifth year of the degree of Bachelor of
Engineering (Mechanical). Three twenty-six hour units are
offered: Therrnofiluid mechanics. energy systems and energy
modelling. Students must take two of the three alternatives
offered.
MM520A ThermolFluid Mechanics
No. of hours per week: two hours
Instruction: lectures, tutorial and laboratory work
Assessment: laboratory, assignment and
examination
Subject aims and description
This subject aims to provide students with an opportunity to
peruse a number of applied thermolfluid areas in depth.
The syllabus includes three topics selected from: turbulence
theory: equations of continuity and motion for turbulent
mean flow; methods of solution. Flow of an ideal fluid:
circulation, vorticity, stream function, velocity potential and
flow nets, basic flow patterns and combinations of same;
aerofoil theory. Low Reynolds number flows: steady laminar
flow in pipes and between parallel plates; measurement of
viscosity; fundamentals of the theory of hydrodynamic
lubrication. Two-phase flows: slurries and particlelcarrier gas
flow. Supersonic flow: oblique shock waves, subsonic and
supersonic combustion ramjets, supersonic inakes.
Textbooks
Cameron, A. Basic Lubrication Theory. 3rd ed, Chichester: E.
Hotwood. New York: Halstead Press, 1981
Douglas. J.F., Gasiorek, J.M. and Swaffield. J.A. Fluid Mechanics. 2nd
ed. Burnt Hill, Harlow, Essex, England: Longman Scientific and
Technical, 1985
Milne-Thompson, L.M. Theoretical Hydrodynamics. 5th ed, London:
MacMillan, 1972
Reynolds, A. Turbulent Flows in Engineering. London: Wiley, 1974
Tennekes, H. and Lurnley, J.L. A First Come in Turbulence. Mass.: MIT
Press, 1972
MM520B Energy Systems
No. of hours per week: two hours
Instruction: lectures, tutorial and laboratory work
Assessment: laboratory, assignment and
examination
Subject aims and description
This subject aims to persue advanced areas in energy
systems including available energy, properties of steam-air
mixtures and solar energy.
The subject deals with available energy. Exergy and energy
of heat, internal energy and enthalpy. Exergetic effectiveness
of processes.
Properties of steam-air mixtures. The psychrometric chart.
Heating, cooling, humidifying and dehumidifying.
Solar radiation. Spectral energy distribution. The solar
constant. Atmospheric absorption and scattering. Use of
solar tables. Non concentrating collectors: materials,
construction and thermal properties thermal transfer
processes associated with transient and steady state
operation with one topic selected from: direct energy
conservation, heat transfer and thermonuclear engineering.
Textbooks
Beghi, G. FIlrtbrmance of Solar Energy Converters: Thermal Collectors
and Photovoltaic Cells. Dordrecht: Holland, Boston, D. Keidel Pub.
Co.. 1983
lackm more, D.R. and Thomas, A. Fuel Economy of the Gasoline
Engine. London: MacMillan, 1977
Rogers, G.F.C. and Mayhew, Y.R. Engineering Thermodynamics. 3rd
ed, London: Longmans, 1980
Todd, J.E and Ellis, H.B. An introduction to Thermodynamics for
Engineering Technologists. New York: Wiley, 1981
Watson, N. and Janota, M.S. Tuho-chaging the Internal Combustion
Engine. London: MacMillan, 1982
Wolf, H. Heat Transfe,: New York: Harper and Row, 1983
MM52oC Energy Modelling
No. of hours per week: two hours
Instruction: lectures and tutorials
Assessment: reports
A fifth-year subject in the degree of Bachelor of Engineering
(Mechanical).
Subject aims and description
This subject aims to introduce students to the application of
numerical methods to the solution of engineering problems.
Students will gain experience in applying finite difference
and finite element techniques to selected problems in