Aims: To demonstrate by means of experiments fundamental principles of heat, mass and momentum transfer.
Learning Outcomes:
After successfully completing this unit students should be able to:
Formulate experimental procedures, record and analyse experimental results and be able to communicate their findings by means of written work.
Skills:
The student should develop analytical and design skills, be able to communicate effectively by written reports, improve their data management, problem solving and be able to work as part of a group, use of log book.
Content:
The student will be expected to undertake in groups a number of the following experiments:
1. Distillation.
2. Design and construction of a pumping circuit and use the rig to characterise a pump.
3. Flow measurement using venturi and orifice meters.
4. Operation of a boiler.
5. Pressure loss in pipes and fittings.
6. Fermentation.
7. Enzyme kinetics.
8. Laminar and turbulent flow in pipes.
9. Unsteady-state mass transfer.
10. Mass transfer in a stirred tank and bubble column.
11. Cooling tower.
12. Heat transfer in a fluidised bed.
All students will undertake 9 experiments including experiments 1, 2, 3 and 4, either 6 or 7.
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