In chapter 2 of this week, we will continue with the microbalances in transport phenomena. We will expand the microbalance by continuing with Fourier’s law and Fick’s law (introduced in MOOC Transport Phenomena) in different geometries. Diffusion of heat and mass happens in a lot of systems, so understanding how this works is key.

In the exercises you are going to set up and solve an energy balance and a mass balance over a small part of a cylindrical and spherical shell. How this is done will be explained in the theory.

But firstly we have an animation waiting for you in the spark!