Food Engineering Transport Phenomenon
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The official GTU curriculum for Food Engineering Transport Phenomenon (subject code 3141406) as prescribed for Food Proc. · Semester 4 divides the course into 6 units, covering 51 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3141406)Unit 1 Fluid Properties
- Definition of a fluid
- properties of fluid density
- specific eight
- specific volume
- specific gravity bulk modulus of elasticity
- Vapour pressure
- Surface tension
- dynamic & Kinematic viscosity
Unit 2 Fluid Statics
- Pressure at a point
- basic equation of fluid statics
- Units and scales of pressure measurement
- Pressure measurements
- Forces on immersed plane and curved surface
- Buoyant force
- Stability of floating and submerged bodies
- Relative equilibrium
Unit 3 Fluid-Flow Concepts And Basic Equations
- Flow characteristics
- Continuity equation
- Velocity potential and stream function
- Euler’s equation of motion along a streamline
- Integration of Euler’s equation of motion
- Bernoulli equation
- Reversibility Irreversibility and losses
- Application of Energy equation to steady Fluid-Flow situations
- Orifice meter
- Venturi meter
- Nozzle meter
- pitot tube
- Notches and Weirs
- Momentum equation orifice and mouthpiece
- Applications of Linear- Momentum equation
- Moment of Momentum equation
Unit 4 Dimensional Analysis And Dynamic Similitude
- Dimensions and units
- Dimensional homogeneity and dimensionless ratios
- The Pi Theorem
- Discussion of Dimensionless Parameters
- Model Studies
Unit 5 Viscous Effects
- Laminar incompressible steady flow
- through circular tubes
- Reynolds’s Number
- Velocity distribution in Turbulent flow
- Resistance to turbulent flow in closed and open conduits
- steady in compressible flow through simple pipe systems
- Steady uniform flow in open channels
- Boundary layer concepts
- Boundary layer thicknesses
- Drag on immersed bodies
Unit 6 Diffusivity and Mechanism of Mass Transfer
- Definitions of Subject Code: 3141406 Concentrations
- Mass fluxes
- Fick’s Law of Diffusion
- Theories if Ordinary Diffusion in Liquids
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