A Connection between Transport Phenomena and Thermodynamics

• Published in: Chemical engineering education Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 83 - 87
• Main Authors: Swaney, Ross, Bird, R. Byron
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chemical Engineering Education, Chemical Engineering Division of ASEE 2017
• Subjects: Chemistry; Energy; Equations (Mathematics); Heat; Science Instruction; Scientific Concepts; Thermodynamics

Although students take courses in transport phenomena and thermodynamics, they probably do not ask whether these two subjects are related. Here we give an answer to that question. Specifically we give relationships between the equations of change for total energy, internal energy, and entropy of tra...