We're still actively developing this site. If you encounter any issues, please report them! - Report an issue

MOMENTUM AND HEAT TRANSFER OPERATIONS

CBE 326
Course Description

Analysis of chemical engineering operations involving fluid flow and heat transfer. Flow of fluids through ducts and porous media; motion of particulate matter in fluids; general design and operation of fluid-flow equipment. Conductive, convective and radiative heat exchange with and without phase change; general design and operation of heat-exchange equipment.

Prerequisites

(CBE 310 and CBE 320 ) or member of Engineering Guest Students

Satisfies
Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.02

3.29% from Historical

Completion Rate
98.04%

2.16% from Historical

A Rate
19.61%

-0.7% from Historical

Class Size
51

5.7% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

Sorted by ratings from Rate My Professors

Similar Courses

INTRODUCTORY TRANSPORT PHENOMENA

CBE 320

Mass, momentum, and energy transport; calculation of transport coefficients; solution to problems in viscous flow, heat conduction, and diffusion; dimensional analysis; mass, momentum, and heat transfer coefficients; over-all balances; elementary applications.

OPERATIONS AND PROCESS LABORATORY

CBE 424

Experiments in unit operations, and supervised individual assignments selected from areas such as: fluid dynamics, analytical methods, reaction kinetics, plastics technology, and use of computers in data processing and simulation.

ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AND SUSTAINABILITY

CBE 512

Chemical engineering principles of material and energy balances, chemical process design, and chemical engineering economics are used to analyze a wide variety of energy systems and their impact on the economy, the environment, society, and the chemical process industry.

MASS TRANSFER OPERATIONS

CBE 426

Analysis of chemical engineering operations involving mass transfer. Differential and stagewise separation processes; simultaneous heat and mass transfer; mass transfer accompanied by chemical reaction; general design and operation of mass-transfer equipment.

PROCESS DESIGN

CBE 450

Analysis and design of chemical processing systems and equipment.