Heat and Mass Transfer

Undergraduate | 2026

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Area/Catalogue
ENGP 2002
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Course ID
200691
Level of study
Level of study
Undergraduate
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Unit value
6
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Course level
2
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Inbound study abroad and exchange
Inbound study abroad and exchange
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Yes
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University-wide elective course
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Single course enrolment
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Course data is interim and subject to change

Course overview

The course will equip the participant with the knowledge and skills required to solve problems for the design, assessment, and analysis of heat and mass transfer processes. Topics covered include the three modes of heat transfer: conduction, convection and radiation, as well as diffusive mass transfer. The design and analysis of heat and mass transfer operations is also introduced. This course aligns with the program’s intent to demonstrate a chemical engineering body of knowledge and to apply this knowledge along with critical thinking, creativity, and innovation to solve complex problems relevant to industrial and real-life applications in the process industries.

  • Conduction & Diffusion
  • Convection
  • Heat Exchangers & Radiation

Course learning outcomes

  • Apply the basic concepts and laws of the three modes of heat transfer
  • Apply analytical solution techniques, approximate methods and numerical methods based techniques to the solution of conduction heat-transfer problems
  • Utilise empirical equations to solve forced and natural convection heat-transfer problems
  • Solve diffusion and convection mass transfer problems
  • Perform basic design and calculations of common heat and mass transfer operations
  • Solve radiation heat transfer problems
  • Analyse heat and mass transfer in a small process plant setting (Microbrewery)

Prerequisite(s)

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Corequisite(s)

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Antirequisite(s)

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