Transport Phenomena Laboratories

Code:

L.EQ027

Acronym:

LFT

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Technological Sciences (Chemical Engineering)

Instance: 2024/2025 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Chemical Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
L.EQ	65	Syllabus	3	-	6	58,5	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The students will apply in practice knowledge of other courses, namely Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Mass Transfer, and Unit Operations.

Learning outcomes and competences

The students will perform experiments on simple physical concepts and physicochemical processes and learn to communicate their results both orally and in written form.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Module I – Laboratories (3 h/week)
Execution of 8 lab works from a larger set of available experiments (the first 4 lab works are mandatory for all students):
- Flow rate measurement;
- Cooling in air of solids by natural and forced convection;
- Flow of water in porous media (fluidization);
- Oxygen absorption in water;
- Laminar flow in a tube
- Differential distillation;
- Global heat transfer coefficient in a stirred tank;
- Terminal velocity and drag force coefficient;
- Pressure drop in smooth pipes;
- Plate heat exchanger;
- Characteristic curves of a centrifugal pump;
- Distillation at total reflux;
- Constant pressure filtration.

Module II - Lab components (1.5 h / week for each class)
- Learning of practical notions of "General Engineering";
- Class on report writing and bibliographic research;
- Discussion of reports with the teacher;
- Oral presentation of experimental work and research work on industrial application;
- Demonstration classes - 3 of the works that are not performed by the groups.

Mandatory literature

JRF Guedes de Carvalho e Manuel Alves; Protocolos e apontamentos de PEQ I e PEQ II, 2012

Teaching methods and learning activities

Module I - Lab classes: The work is performed in small groups (between 2 and 3 students) and the students write short reports on every work done, discuss orally two of them, and present one work to the class.
Module II – Practice of Chemical Engineering/Lab complements

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	20,00
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	25,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Trabalho laboratorial	25,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	18,00
Frequência das aulas	58,50
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Trabalho laboratorial	19,50
Estudo autónomo	32,00
Total:	158,00

Eligibility for exams

The students should perform at least 6 of the planned lab works. Students with more than one unjustified absence to lab classes will not obtain frequency.

Calculation formula of final grade

Class participation and lab work - 20%
Short reports - 15%
Oral presentations - 25%
Oral discussion (individual) - 15%
Full length report - 15%
"Workshops" (Module 2) - 10%