Heat and Mass Transfer in Biological Engineering

Topics

• Develop problem formulation and solution ability following a step-by-step approach, applying to heat and mass transfer in biological systems
• Describe the various modes of heat and mass transfer: conduction, convection, radiation, mass diffusion, dispersion and mass convection
• Apply mass and energy conservation to develop governing equations for heat and mass transfer
• Formulate appropriate types and number of boundary conditions to solve the governing equations for a particular situation
• Identify the ranges of biomaterial properties affecting the heat and mass transfer processes
• Build conceptual knowledge of temperatures/concentrations and heat/mass fluxes in biological systems and calculate the same: I. Under steady and unsteady conduction and diffusion II. In conduction and diffusion in presence of flow III. In radiative and combined radiative-convective situations IV. In systems undergoing phase change (freezing and thawing).

Official roster learning outcomes