Course: Numerical Methods for Transport Processes

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Course title Numerical Methods for Transport Processes
Course code UECHI/C928
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Doleček Petr, doc. Ing. CSc.
Course content
1. Theoretical introduction. First steps in COMSOL Multiphysics. 2. Unsteady-state heat conduction, 1D 3. Reaction kinetics. System of reactions. 4. Reaction with diffusion, 1D 5. Laminar flow in tube ? steady, unsteady. Axial symmetry, 1D. 6. Heat conduction, 2D 7.-8. Steady-state fluid flow, 2D 9. Chemical reaction and diffusion, 2D 10. Radiation heat transfer, 2D 11. Fluid flow and heat transfer, axial symmetry, 2D 12. External flow around a sphere, axial symmetry, 2D 13. Steady-state fluid flow in a pipe bend, 3D 14. Presentation of solutions of individual final problems

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The students are acquainted with theory and practice of numerical methods used to solve transport phenomena problems important in chemical engineering - fluid flow, heat transfer, and mass transfer, using software product COMSOL Multiphysics.
The student is able to formulate given transport process problem in the form of mathematical model, to implement and solve this model using suitable software (e.g. Multiphysics Comsol), and to evaluate critically and present obtained numerical results.
Prerequisites
Mathematics; Fluid mechanics; Heat and mass transfer

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Home assignment evaluation

Practical test on computer examines the ability to solve medium level problems using suitable software. Short presentation and defence of the results. Oral examination checks student's theoretical knowledge.
Recommended literature
  • Bird R.B., Stewart W.E., Lightfoot E.N. Transport Phenomena. John Wiley & Sons, 2002.
  • Černý R. Řešení transportních jevů na počítači. ČVUT Praha, 1997.
  • Kaliakin V.N. Introduction to Approximate Solution Techniques, Numerical Modelling, and Finite Element Methods. Marcel Dekker, 2002.


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Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology Study plan (Version): Economy and Management of Chemical and Food Industry (2016) Category: Engineering chemistry and chemistry of silicates - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
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Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology Study plan (Version): Chemistry and Technology of Paper and Pulp (2015) Category: Engineering chemistry and chemistry of silicates - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology Study plan (Version): Organic Coatings and Paints (2013) Category: Engineering chemistry and chemistry of silicates - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology Study plan (Version): Material Engineering (2013) Category: Special and interdisciplinary fields - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology Study plan (Version): Inorganic Technology (2016) Category: Engineering chemistry and chemistry of silicates - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
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