Analysis of Transport Phenomena (Topics in Chemical Engineering)

  Author:    William M. Deen
  ISBN:    0195084942
  Sales Rank:    433649
  Published:    1998-02-01
  Publisher:    Oxford University Press
  # Pages:    597
  Binding:    Hardcover
  Avg. Rating:    4.0 based on 9 reviews
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Analysis of Transport Phenomena (Topics in Chemical Engineering)
  
An ideal text for graduate level courses in transport phenomena for chemical engineers, Analysis of Transport Phenomena provides a unified treatment of momentum, heat, and mass transfer, emphasizing the concepts and analytical techniques that apply to all of these transport processes. The first few chapters establish the tools needed for later analyses while also covering heat and mass transfer in stationary media. The similarities among the molecular or diffusive transport mechanisms--heat conduction, diffusion of chemical species, and viscous transfer of momentum--are highlighted. Conservation equations for scalar quantites are derived first in general form, and then used to obtain the governing equations for total mass, energy, and chemical species. The scaling and order-of-magnitude concepts which are crucial in modeling are also introduced. Certain key methods for solving the differential equations in transport problems, including similarity, perturbation, and finite Fourier transform techniques, are described using conduction and diffusion problems as examples. Following chapters are devoted to fluid mechanics, beginning with fundamental equations for momentum transfer and then discussing unidirectional flow, nearly unidirectional (lubrication) flow, creeping flow, and laminar boundary layer flow. Forced-convection heat and mass transfer in laminar flow, multicomponent energy and mass transfer, free convection, and turbulence are also covered. The appendix summarizes vector and tensor operations and relations involving various coordinate systems. Based on twenty years of teaching and extensive class testing, Analysis of Transport Phenomena offers students both extensive coverage of the topic and inclusion of modern examples from bioengineering, membrane science, and materials processing. It is mathematically self-contained and is also unique in its treatment of scaling and approximation techniques and its presentation of the finite Fourier transform method for solving partial differential equations.
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04-30-07 5 (NA)
(Hide Review...)  Good grad level text
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Very good graduate level text. Not an introductory text. Like some of the other reviews say, the author does not spend much time with the basics, however if that is what you are after, look at B-S-L Transport Phenomena.
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04-29-07 5 1\1
(Hide Review...)  Good grad level text
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Very good graduate level text. Not an introductory text. Like some of the other reviews say, the author does not spend much time with the basics, however if that is what you are after, look at B-S-L Transport Phenomena.
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03-26-07 3 (NA)
(Hide Review...)  Profound insight, omits mundane and essential details/steps
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This book, so far, is well organized and provides a most excellent approach to transport phenomena. The author evidently has a deep understanding of the topic.

On the negative side, this book could do with some revising. Example problems should have a better "ansatz," that is, a more clearly-defined starting point for the analysis of problems in transport (i.e. should we consider balance and constitutive equations simultaneous at the start of every problem?). When working out Example problems, equations throughout the chapter do not seem to be invoked in any order, so it can be hard to follow the author's train of thought. Another problem which cost me a couple hours of hard "figuring" was trying to determine the motivation for stating "C[A]" as evaluated at "L" (see p. 51-52). To summarize, much of the student's understanding of the subject is taken for granted (perhaps to be expected, since this is a graduate-level text on the subject).

I agree with the review that says this book would be invaluable for research and obtaining a deep understanding of transport phenomena. This book would be perfect if the basic principles of transport phenomena were repeatedly touched upon (one example is the the equations on p. 4, which are mentioned once and used without citation or warning in several examples) for the first few chapters (and THEN steps could be skipped and the reader's knowledge can be taken for granted). Then, anyone with enough mathematical aptitude could obtain a very deep understanding of transport phenomena by reading this book.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-07-08 06:01:04 EST)
03-25-07 3 (NA)
(Hide Review...)  Profound insight, omits mundane and essential details/steps
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This book, so far, is well organized and provides a most excellent approach to transport phenomena. The author evidently has a deep understanding of the topic.

On the negative side, this book could do with some revising. Example problems should have a better "ansatz," that is, a more clearly-defined starting point for the analysis of problems in transport (i.e. should we consider balance and constitutive equations simultaneous at the start of every problem?). When working out Example problems, equations throughout the chapter do not seem to be invoked in any order, so it can be hard to follow the author's train of thought. Another problem which cost me a couple hours of hard "figuring" was trying to determine the motivation for stating "C[A]" as evaluated at "L" (see p. 51-52). To summarize, much of the student's understanding of the subject is taken for granted (perhaps to be expected, since this is a graduate-level text on the subject).

I agree with the review that says this book would be invaluable for research and obtaining a deep understanding of transport phenomena. This book would be perfect if the basic principles of transport phenomena were repeatedly touched upon (one example is the the equations on p. 4, which are mentioned once and used without citation or warning in several examples) for the first few chapters (and THEN steps could be skipped and the reader's knowledge can be taken for granted). Then, anyone with enough mathematical aptitude could obtain a very deep understanding of transport phenomena by reading this book.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-04-10 10:48:38 EST)
03-25-07 3 (NA)
(Hide Review...)  Profound insight, omits mundane and essential details/steps
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This book, so far, is well organized and provides a most excellent approach to transport phenomena. The author evidently has a deep understanding of the topic.

On the negative side, this book could do with some revising. Each chapter should have a list of notation used, like Stanley Sandler's excellent thermodynamics text. Also, example problems should have a better "ansatz," that is, a more clearly-defined starting point for the analysis of problems in transport (i.e. should we consider balance and constitutive equations simultaneous at the start of every problem?). When working out Example problems, equations throughout the chapter do not seem to be invoked in any order, so it can be hard to follow the author's train of thought. Another problem which cost me a couple hours of hard "figuring" was trying to determine the motivation for stating "C[A]" as evaluated at "L" (see p. 51-52). To summarize, much of the student's understanding of the subject is taken for granted.

I agree with the review that says this book would be invaluable for research and obtaining a deep understanding of transport phenomena. This book would be perfect if the basic principles of transport phenomena were repeatedly touched upon for the first few chapters (and THEN steps could be skipped and the reader's knowledge can be taken for granted). Then, anyone with enough mathematical aptitude could obtain a very deep understanding of transport phenomena by reading this book.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-03-26 22:04:14 EST)
04-22-05 4 1\1
(Hide Review...)  Good 1st transport book for grads
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I got so involved with this book that I virtually wrote notes on every single page. The amount of useful information in this book has exceeded the tolerance the binding has for my handling. And I even took good care of it too! After my organic chemistry text, I'd say that I spent more time with this book than any other on my shelf.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-07-08 06:01:04 EST)
02-08-04 5 2\2
(Hide Review...)  Briliant!!
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This book is well organized, well detailed, and well articulated. The lessons are useful and the text approachable for an academic work. I've read / had to use many other textbooks in my pursuit of a chemical engineering education and this is the best. I give it a whole-hearted recommendation for any serious student.
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11-20-03 2 1\4
(Hide Review...)  I heart this book
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This book would be better if the author didnt have a tendancy to leave steps out of most his examples. Problems at the end of the chapters can be really difficult. I highly suggest using another book, or atleast having a good undergraduate text to supplement this one.
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11-19-03 2 (NA)
(Hide Review...)  I heart this book
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This book would be better if the author didnt have a tendancy to leave steps out of most his examples. Problems at the end of the chapters can be really difficult. I highly suggest using another book, or atleast having a good undergraduate text to supplement this one.
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11-15-03 2 2\5
(Hide Review...)  Worst Chem E book ever
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The book is difficult to read to say the least. I found myself going back to the appendix 4 or 5 times for just understanding the beginnings of fluids. the use of linear algebra is heavy and the homework is imposible unless you have a very solid background in undergrad transport.
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11-14-03 2 1\2
(Hide Review...)  Worst Chem E book ever
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The book is difficult to read to say the least. I found myself going back to the appendix 4 or 5 times for just understanding the beginnings of fluids. the use of linear algebra is heavy and the homework is imposible unless you have a very solid background in undergrad transport.
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06-01-98 5 12\17
(Hide Review...)  The best graduate level book on the subject to date.
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Finally, a worthy successor to the classic "Transport Phenomena" by Bird, etc. (1960). This book combines advanced mathematical techniques with practical insight, a fine balance needed to analyze any real world problems. The forte of a good engineer is to simply a complicated problem without losing its essence. Math has always but the means to an end, yet too many advanced books on transport phenomena have nothing but math. This book has plenty of equations, yet the reader will learn more about why use these methods, not just how. Also, if one thinks the exercises in Bird's book are difficult, try the ones here.
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