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The undergraduated text book "Transport Phenomena - A Unified Approach"
by Robert
S. Brodkey and Harry C. Hershey, Professors Emeriti of Chemical Engineering
at Ohio State is a republication by Brodkey Publishing of the unabridged
and corrected McGraw-Hill (1988) edition. The book is republished in two
paperback volumes with the contents and full index appearing in both volumes.
Volume 1 contains Part I, which is the first 8 Chapters. Volume 2 contains
Parts II & III, which is Chapters 9 through 15 and the Appendixes. The
list price of the Brodkey Publishing edition is $20.00 for Volume 1 and
$25.00 for Volume 2. and can be obtained from Alibris, Barnes & Nobel,
and Amazon.com and other book dealers.
The book is a fully corrected paperback edition that is generally available
from all booksellers. Quantity purchases by bookstores of 25 or more copies
can be made at wholesale from Lightning Source Inc. (inquiry@lightningsource.com).
A CD format solution manual is available for those who adopt the text for
classroom use.
Published by Brodkey Publishing
246 North Delta Drive
Columbus, OH 43214, USA
E-mail: brodkey@columbus.rr.com
Tel: 614-262-3967 (mornings)
Tel: 614-292-2609 (afternoons)
For further information you can contact
Robert S. Brodkey at
(614) 292-2609; brodkey.1@osu.edu
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This text is designed for the junior- or senior-level courses
in transport phenomena or fluid mechanics taught in chemical engineering
departments. The approach is to teach the basic equations of transport phenomena
in a unified manner and use the analogy between heat transfer and mass and
momentum to explain the more difficult concepts. Part I covers the basic
concepts in transport phenomena. Part II covers applications in greater
detail. Part III deals with the transport properties.
1. The three transport phenomena--heat, mass, and momentum
transfer--are treated in depth, through simultaneous (or parallel) developments.
This feature, which makes teaching more efficient and student comprehension
easier, is unique to this text.
2. This is the only basic text to demonstrate the application of dimensional
reasoning for use in modern agitation design. In addition, it is the only
such text to discuss the modern methods for scale-up of agitation units.
3. Transport properties--such as viscosity, thermal conductivity, and mass
diffusion coefficient--are introduced in a simple manner early on and then
applied throughout the rest of the book.
4. An entire chapter (15) is devoted to the crucial material of non-Newtonian
flow phenomena, a topic rarely found in standard transport texts. A complete
set of references is included for the practicing engineer.
5. The chapter on turbulence (Chapter 6) covers not only all the traditional
approaches but also includes the most contemporary concepts of the transition
and of coherent structures in turbulence.
6. This text is the only one to cover modern agitation design and scale-up
thoroughly.
7. Computer programs and numerical methods are integrated throughout the
text, especially in the example problems. An index of computer programs
appears in the appendix.
8. The book includes an extensive treatment of fluidization. This topic
has become a major industrial and research process and is an excellent example
of the application of the transport phenomena. The basic physics are covered
first, followed by key design information.
9. The book covers heat transfer as it pertains to transport phenomena.
Topics include Fourier's Law, the resistance concept, the equations of change,
the common analogies (such as Colburn), predictions of heat transfer coefficients
in fluid flow, design of multi-pass exchangers, and unsteady state solutions.
(Chapter 13)
10. Mass transfer is covered as it relates to the analogy with heat and
momentum. Special emphasis is given to convection caused by the presence
of mass transfer, as distinguished from fluid flow.
A Solution Manual contains introductory material for the instructor
on alternate course organization, all the problems and their solutions that
are at the ends of the text chapters, plus test questions, and their solutions.
The manual is available in electronic form from the authors for faculty
who adopt the text for classroom use. |
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