Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineering

A COURSE GUIDE: Fluid Mechanics for  

                                   Chemical Engineering

 

COURSE   TITLE Fluid Mechanics for

                                  Chemical Engineering

 

 

MODULE NAME :  Process Engineering I

  COURSE CODE : Cheg2152

MODULE CODE : Cheg-M2151

  Credit hours: 3 Credits (5 ECTS)

Course Description:

This course introduces students to a broad range of fundamental concepts and principles in Chemical Engineering fluid mechanics. Introduction to types of fluids, conservation principles, fluid statics, Boundary layers and turbulence, advanced treatment of fluid kinematics and dynamics. Dimensional analysis, Incompressible and compressible one-dimensional flows in channels,. Flow through porous media such as fixed and fluidized beds. Flow past immersed bodies and metering and transportation of fluids.

Course objectives:

This course will help the students to understand the

1.       To provide students a clear and through presentation of the basic concepts of fluid mechanics

2.       Fluid flow phenomena for incompressible and compressible fluids.

3.       To provide an understanding of fundamental concepts of fluid statics and fluid dynamics

4.       Conservation of momentum principles to fluid flow

5.       Flow in Pipes, Channels and flow past immersed bodies.

6.        Concepts of Compressible Fluids and Non Newtonian fluids

7.       To provide remembering of concepts of dimensional analysis, fluid flow measurement and fluid moving machineries

Course outcomes:

 At the completion of this course, students will be able to

1. Differentiate different types of fluids.

2. Identify equipments to be used to measure fluid flow based on their properties.

 3. Design the piping for flow of fluids under different conditions useful for industry.

 4. Calculate the energy losses during the transport of fluids through pipes.

 5. Deicide the types of pumps for different fluids under different conditions such as toxic, acidic, 

     slurry type.

1. INTRODUCTION

-  Fluid- definition

- Properties of fluids, density and specific gravity, vapor pressure and cavitation, viscosity, surface tension and capillary

- Types of fluids- ideal and real fluids, compressible and incompressible fluids, Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids.

-Solve Exercise problems.

2. Fluid statics

-  Pressure and Pascal’s law

- Pressure variation in static fluid –hydrostatic equilibrium

- Pressure measurement- manometers, barometer and atmospheric pressure

Solve Exercise problems.

3. Fluid Dynamics

-  Fluid flow concepts

-  Classification of flow- steady and unsteady flow, compressible and incompressible flow, laminar and turbulent flow

- Continuity equation and its application

-  Mechanical energy (Bernoulli) equation and its application

-  Momentum equation and its applications

-Solve Exercise problems

4. Dimensional Analysis

-  Dimensions and units

-  Dimensional homogeneity

-  Similarity between models and prototypes

- Solve Exercise problems

5. Flow of Incompressible Fluids in Pipes

-  Laminar flow in pipes- Hagen-poiseill’s equation

-  Turbulent flow in pipes and closed channels

-  Friction factor and Reynolds’s number – relationship for different flow and its significance

-  Friction loss in pipes

-  Flow Past Immersed Bodies

-  Friction in flow  through beds of solids

-  Motion particles through fluids

-  fluidization

-Solve Exercise problems

6. Transportation and Metering Fluids

-  Fluid moving machinery- pimps, positive displacement pumps, centrifugal pumps, fans-blowers, compressors

-  Measurement of flowing fluids- full bore meters (Orifice meters, Venture meter, Rota meter), insertion meters (pilot tube)

-Solve Exercise problems

Delivery mode/methodology:

Lecture, Lecture demonstration, Assignment, Discussion, inquiry and questioning technique

Mode of assessment: Test, Quiz, Assignment, Seminars, Final Exam.

TEXT BOOKS:

  1. W. L. McCabe, J. C. Smith and P.Harriott , Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, 7th Ed., Tata-McGraw Hill Chemical Engineering Series, New Delhi, 2005.
  2. Chemical Engineering fluid mechanics by A.P.kulkarni,Nerali publications,first edition 2015.

3.     fluid mechanics for chemical engineering  –I by A.K.Ghavani, Nirali publications, first   

Edition

  1. Fluid mechanics and hydraulic machinery  Book by R. K. Bansal
  2. C.J.Geankopolis, “Transport processes and unit operations”, 3rd Ed., Prentice Hall Publishers, USA,
  3. .Ron Darby, “Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics”,2nd edition, Marcel Dekker, 2001.
  4. Noel de Nevers, “Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineering”, 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill, 1991.
  5. Vennarol, J. K., Streeter, R.L. “Elementary Fluid Mechanics”, 6th edition, John Wiley and Sons, 1982.

REFERENCES

1.     James O. Wilkes, “Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineers with Microfluids and CFD”, 2nd Ed., University of Michigan, Prentice Hall Intl., 2006.

2.     Kurmi, R.S., “Hydraulics, Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines”, 20th Ed., S. Chand and Company Pvt.Ltd., New Delhi, 2014.