Multiphase Transport Phenomena
July 1 to August 15, 2002
Registration for Summer 2002 is currently open
- Non-credit
option
- Academic credit option
(3 semester credits)
This option is available to MSU students under CHE 891(Section
730) or ME 891(Section 730). Non-MSU students must first apply
to become an MSU Lifelong Education Student and register under
CHE 891(Section 731) or ME 891 (Section 731). A non-MSU student
will be able to transfer the academic credit to their home institution.
The home institution will determine if the Internet course can
be applied as credit towards a degree.
Michigan State University (MSU), The University of Akron (UA),
and the University of Tulsa (UT) have developed a multiphase transport
phenomena (MTP) course with the support of the National Science
Foundation (NSF/CRCD EEC-9980325), industry, and the Virtual University
Technology Group at MSU. Steven Parks, Charles Petty, and Mei
Zhuang at MSU will teach the 2002 Internet course in cooperation
with George Chase at Akron and Ram Mohan at Tulsa.
Course Description and Rationale
 Multiphase
transport phenomena (MTP) problems encountered in engineering
may involve the simultaneous transport of heat, mass, and momentum
in two or more immiscible phases. The phenomena encountered occur
at a spatial mesoscale intermediate between the microscopic continuum
scale and the macroscopic scale often employed in engineering
analysis.
This Internet course is designed as a bridge between the fundamentals
of single-phase transport phenomena and the fundamentals of multiphase
transport phenomena. The use of industrial case study examples
serves an important pedagogical role in the learning process.
The goal is to help students achieve a level of understanding
that will support an ongoing learning experience in the application
of multiphase transport phenomena principles in design and research.
The course uses a topical lecture series approach. A web based
bulletin board and targeted chat room sessions provide a means
to promote Internet discussions in small groups. The target audience
is diverse and includes advanced undergraduate students, graduate
students, and postgraduates interested in computational analysis
of single-phase and multiphase transport phenomena. Each student
will receive a copy of Fluent FlowLab® software to support
the analysis of single-phase and multiphase transport phenomena
problems.
Students enrolled in the topical lecture series should have the
following academic experience: fluid mechanics, heat transfer,
and thermodynamics; ordinary differential equations and partial
differential equations; and, some experience with computational
analysis of single-phase problems. The content of the course will
be appropriate for advanced undergraduate engineering students,
first year or second year graduate students and postgraduate engineering
students at all levels. The essential prerequisite for this Internet
course is an introduction to transport phenomena of single component
fluids, as exemplified by the textbook Transport Phenomena,
R. B. Bird, W. E. Stewart, and E. N. Lightfoot, Second Edition,
2002, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York.
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The following topics will be covered in the 2002 course:
Topic I: Intraphase and Interphase Transport Phenomena
(one week = 6 hours)
I.1 Microscale Balance Equations
I.2 Intraphase Transport: Microscale Constitutive Models
I.3 Interphase Transport: Microscale Boundary Conditions
I.4 Single-Phase Flow Regimes
I.5 Macroscopic Balance Equations
Topic II: Transport Phenomena in Multiphase Fluids
(one week = 6 hours)
II.1 Mesoscale Balance Equations
II.2 Mesoscale Constitutive Models
II.3 Mesoscale Boundary Conditions
II.4 Two-Phase Flow Regimes
II.5 Macroscopic Balance Equations
Topic III: Computational Fluid Dynamics
(one week = 6 hours)
III.1 Classification of CFD Problems
III.2 Classification of Partial Differential Equations
III.3 Numerical Methods
III.4 Stability
III.5 Convergence
Topic IV: Gas/Liquid, Solid/Liquid, and Liquid/Liquid
Flows
(one week = 6 hours)
IV.1 Mesoscale Balance Equations
IV.2 Mesoscale Constitutive Models
IV.3 Mesoscale Boundary Conditions
IV.4 Gas/Liquid Flow Regimes
IV.5 Macroscopic Balance Equations
Topic V: Transport Phenomena in Porous Media
(one week = 6 hours)
V.1 Mesoscale Balance Equations
V.2 Mesoscale Constitutive Models
V.3 Mesoscale Boundary Conditions
V.4 Flow Regimes in Porous Media
V.5 Macroscopic Balance Equations
Topic VI: CFD Case Study Examples
(two weeks = 6 hours)
VI.1 Mixing
VI.2 Bubble Columns
VI.5 Liquid/Gas Separation in HVAC Manifolds
VI.4 Liquid/Liquid Separation in Distribution Manifolds
VI.3 Solid/Liquid Separation in Hydrocyclones
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Definition of Geometric Scales
(top: 20o cone, bottom: 10.5 o cone).
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Magnitude of the Axial Component of the Velocity in the
Longitudinal Symmetry Plane (top: 20o cone, bottom: 10.5
o cone).
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Faculty
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GEORGE G. CHASE, Professor of Chemical Engineering at The
University of Akron, received a Ph.D. from The University
of Akron in 1989. Professor Chase is director of Coalescence
Research Consortium, has served as director of the Microscale
Physicochemical Engineering Center, and has served as the
Chairperson of the American Filtration and Separations Society.
He teaches transport phenomena at Akron and has published
research papers in the area of flow through porous media.
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RAM S. MOHAN, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
at the University of Tulsa, received a Ph.D. from the University
of Kentucky in 1996. Professor Mohan is the Associate Director
of Tulsa University Separation Technology Projects and serves
as the Principal Investigator for a five-year Department
of Energy project on the design and development of compact
separators for three-phase flows. He teaches an industrial
short course on multiphase flows in collaboration with Professor
Ovadia Shoham and has published research papers related
to process control and gas/liquid separations using hydrocyclones.
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STEVEN M. PARKS, Postdoctoral Research Associate and Visiting
Lecturer at Michigan State University, received a Ph.D.
from Michigan State University in 1997. Dr. Parks was a
DAAD Fellow from 1994-95 at the Universität Erlangen-Nümberg,
Lehrstuhl für Strömungsmechanik and currently
is the Organic Director of Merit Laboratories in East Lansing
Michigan. Dr. Parks has teaching experience in the area
of transport phenomena and has published research results
on turbulence modeling and CFD simulations.
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CHARLES A. PETTY, Professor of Chemical Engineering at
Michigan State University, received a Ph.D. from the University
of Florida in 1970. Professor Petty is director of the Multiphase
Flow Facility at Michigan State University and serves as
Principal Investigator for the NSF CRCD Multiphase Transport
Phenomena project. He teaches transport phenomena and applied
numerical methods. Professor Petty has published research
papers in the area of turbulence, multiphase transport phenomena,
and hydrocyclone separators.
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MEI ZHUANG, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
at Michigan State University, received a Ph.D. from California
Institute of Technology in 1990. Professor Zhuang is a member
of the NSF Center for Sensor Materials and the CFD Laboratory
at Michigan State University. She teaches advanced numerical
methods and has published research papers in the area of
aeroacoustics, shear layer stability and CFD simulations.
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