PETE 314: Transport Processes in Petroleum Production

Course Description

Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.Basics and applications of fluid mechanics including statics, mass, energy, momentum balances, laminar and turbulent flow, Reynolds number, Moody diagram, non-Newtonian fluid flow, multi-phase flow, flow in porous media, non-Darcy flow; heat transfer, heat conduction, convection and heat exchangers; emphasis on analogies and similarities within mass, energy and momentum transport.Prerequisite:Grade of C or better inPETE 315, junior or senior classification, petroleum engineering majors only; or approval of instructor.