CM3120: Transport / Unit Operations 2



Instructor: Jason Keith
Office: 202-D Chem-Sci Building
Phone: 906-487-2106
email: jmkeith at mtu.edu
Office hours: MWF 3-4pm, TR 9-10am

Course Meeting Times: MWF 9:05 - 9:55 Dow Building Room 642

Teaching Assistant: Mr. Mike Latusek
Office: 401 Chemical Sciences Building
email: mplatuse at mtu.edu
Office hours: TR 2-3:30pm

You may also email us with your questions!

Changes to the course syllabus are listed here (Last modified 1/9/2008)
Please check this page often for any updates.

Transport Cup Teams / Standings
Project Teams Now Listed!

Reading and Homework Assignments
Readings are in Geankoplis unless noted
Readings should be completed before class on the date indicated

Fri. 27 Apr.: Final Exam Review
Wed. 25 Apr.: Final Exam Review
Mon. 23 Apr.: Final Exam Review

Fri. 20 Apr.: Cooling Tower, Ch 10.5
Wed. 18 Apr.: Interphase Mass Transfer, Section 10.4
Mon. 16 Apr.: Adsorption, Ch 12

Fri. 11 Apr.: Membranes: 13.9, 13.11
Wed. 9 Apr.: In Class Exam
Exam 3 from last year pdf version
Exam 3 study sheet
Mon. 7 Apr.: Exam Review

Fri. 4 Apr.: Membranes: 13.4, 13.8
Wed. 2 Apr.: Membranes: 13.1-13.3
Mon. 31 Mar.: Drying: 9.9, 9.10

Fri. 28 Mar.: Drying: 9.4, 9.5
Wed. 26 Mar.: Drying: 9.1-9.3
Homework 7 pdf version assigned
Mon. 24 Mar.: Research Day

Fri. 21 Mar.: Factorial Design, handout
Wed. 19 Mar.: In-Class Exam
Exam 2 from last year pdf version
Exam 2 study sheet
Mon. 17 Mar.: Exam Review

Fri. 14 Mar.: Spring Break
Wed. 12 Mar.: Spring Break
Mon. 10 Mar.: Spring Break

Fri. 7 Mar.: Molecular Dynamics, handout
Homework 6 pdf version assigned and MATLAB code
Wed. 5 Mar.: Taylor-Aris Dispersion, handout
Mon. 3 Mar.: Unsteady-State Numerical Methods, Section 5.4, 7.7

Fri. 29 Feb.: Numerical Methods - Steady State, section 4.15, 6.6
Wed. 27 Feb.: Boundary Layer (Thermal / Mass) Section 5.7, 7.9
Homework 5 pdf version assigned
Mon. 25 Feb.: Boundary Layer (Momentum) Section 3.10

Fri. 22 Feb.: One Dimensional Steady State Analysis
Wed. 20 Feb.: Diffusion with convection and reaction, porous solids, section 7.5, 7.6, 6.5C
Homework 4 pdf version assigned
Mon. 18 Feb.: In Class Exam

Fri. 15 Feb.: Exam Review
Exam 1 from last year pdf version
Exam 1 study sheet
Wed. 13 Feb.: Mass transfer coefficients, falling film, section 7.2, 7.3
Mon. 11 Feb.: semiinfinite domain, river dispersion problem (read section 7.1C, 5.3F)

Fri. 8 Feb.: Winter Carnival - no class
Wed. 6 Feb.: Mass convection, charts for unsteady-state diffusion, semiinfinite domain, (read section 7.1C, 5.3F)
Homework 3 pdf version assigned
Mon. 4 Feb.: Species conservation equation, unsteady-state diffusion, (read section 7.1AB)

Fri. 1 Feb.: Diffusion in gas, liquid, solid, (read section 6.2E, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5AB)
Wed. 30 Jan.: Snow day. Shovel your driveway.
Homework 2 pdf version assigned
Mon. 28 Jan.: Quiz in class
Quiz 1 from last year pdf version

Fri. 25 Jan.: Stagnant / nondiffusing fluid, diffusion with changing path length, section 6.2CD
Wed. 23 Jan.: Diffusion introduction, gas diffusion (read section 6.1, 6.2AB)
Mon. 21 Jan.: Dr. Martin Luther King Day, no class

Fri. 18 Jan.: Basic numerical methods; using MATLAB (read section 5.3)
Wed. 16 Jan.: Review of heat transfer (read section 4.1C, 5.1-5.2)
Homework 1 pdf version assigned
Mon. 14 Jan.: First day of class! Whoo-hoo! Review syllabus and math (Read "Transport Primer" handout here)
Useful information center

FOR SOME REASON THE Mathcad and Excel FILES ARE ONLY DOWNLOADABLE USING INTERNET EXPLORER (Don't blame me, blame Bill Gates)

Useful tutorials:

Getting Started in EXCEL:

CM3120 Excel Tutorial: Here is an example of using Excel to perform Numerical Simulations

Useful MATLAB programs:

Unsteady-State Finite Difference Methods (2/7/01) (Excel version)
Blasius Equation (2/5) (Excel version - You may want to reference my excel tutorial or if you wish Dr. Co's excel tutorial)
Two Tank Dynamics (1/30)
Fourier coefficients (1/26) (Mathcad version)
Steady-State Finite Difference Methods (2/1) (Mathcad version)
Negligible Internal Resistance (1/22)

Getting Started in MATLAB:

CM3120 MATLAB Tutorial: Starting MATLAB on the PC
CM3120 MATLAB Tutorial: Here is a document I wrote to help you learn MATLAB and what you need to know to use it in this course. (Here is a Mathcad version)


Matlab Primer: This is a 40 page document which describes basic MATLAB operation.

When you get stuck in MATLAB:

Matlab 6 Reference: This is the official online documentation from the MathWorks website.

Matlab Reference: This has another good listing of all the MATLAB commands and how to use them.

Useful JAVA Applets and Other Web Resources:

Jason Keith's Webtools
Thermodynamic Equilibrium
Diffusion of Perfume from a Container into a Small Room
Diffusion of Two Gases in a Long Tube
Diffusion through a Selective Membrane
Another Membrane Diffusion Applet
Plasma Membrane Picture
Etomica's Molecular Simulations Pages
You may wish to look here for help with error functions.
Wai-Man Won'g JAVA Piano
Online bible
Send me mail at: jmkeith@mtu.edu