COURSE

SEEN5250

Fundamentals of Transport Phenomena in Energy Systems

Function Hub / Sustainable Energy and Environment · 3 Credits

This course will describe the fundamental physical principles that govern the transport of momentum, energy and mass in energy systems. We will start by introducing the constitutive equations of mass transfer, heat conduction and momentum transport in continuum, and solve the conservation equations under given conditions. We will then gain deeper insight into the microscopic physical pictures of these transport phenomena from the perspectives of molecular kinetics, Boltzmann transport equation and wave propagation. From this course, students will acquire a clear physical picture of transport phenomena in energy systems and the ability to analyze them across time and length scales.