B.E. (Chemical Engineering) Transport Phenomena Lab Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
The University has moved this degree onto NEP 2020 one year at a time. The first and second years are NEP 2020 syllabi; the third and fourth years are still examined on the REV-2019 'C' Scheme, which is what the University sets for them this year.
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Syllabus for Transport Phenomena Lab
Module 1: Fundamentals of Momentum Transport printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Content
- 1.1Numerical Solution of Laminar Pipe Flow 1.2 Friction Factor Prediction and Moody Chart Recreation
Module 2: Momentum Transport Applications & Scaling printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Content
- 2.1 Scaling and Dimensional Analysis 2.2 Advanced / Optional CFD Experiments (Pipe Flow)
Module 3: Heat Conduction and Thermal Systems printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Content
- 3.1 1D Steady-State Heat Conduction (Plane & Composite Wall) 3.2 Heating Liquids in Tank Storage
Module 4: Convective Heat Transfer Applications printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Content
- 4.1 Forced Convection Correlation Validation 4.2 Double-Pipe Heat Exchanger Simulation 4.3 Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchanger Simulation
Module 5: Mass Transfer by Diffusion printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Content
- 5.1 Molecular Diffusion in 1D 5.2 Convective Mass Transfer Coefficients
Module 6: Interphase & Coupled Transport Phenomena printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Content
- 6.1 Gas Absorption Modeling 6.2 Coupled Heat and Mass Transfer
Text Books
- 1 Bird, Stewart, and Lightfoot, Transport Phenomena (2nd Ed., Wiley) Core theory , 2000
- 1 Supplementary: Patankar, Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow (for numerical methods).
- 1 Scilab Documentation: scilab.org/tutorials (focus on differential equations modules).
- 2 OpenFOAM User Guide: openfoam.org/docs (tutorials on pipe flow).
- 3 Flowsquare Manual: flowsquare.com/manual.
- 4 Online Resources: YouTube channels for Scilab/OpenFOAM simulations; Excel templates from engineering forums.
- 5 Python & C language
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.E. (Chemical Engineering) under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2026-27. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Modules are numbered in sequence here; in the syllabus itself, Module 1 is printed as Module Detailed Content; Module 2 is printed as Module Detailed Content; Module 3 is printed as Module Detailed Content; Module 4 is printed as Module Detailed Content; Module 5 is printed as Module Detailed Content; Module 6 is printed as Module Detailed Content. The PDF above is the syllabus's own page, unaltered.
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