Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Materials Engineering
Name of the module: Transport Phenomena in Materials
Number of module: 365-1-4994
BGU Credits: 3
Course Description: A basic course dealing with three major transport properties:
ECTS credits: 2
Seebeck coefficient, electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity and the
Academic year: 2012- 2013
influence of the materials structure and composition on these properties.
Semester: Fall
Aims of the module: Students will learn the thermoelectric theory for both heat to
Hours of instruction: Sunday, 13:00-
electricity energy conversion applications and for defects and discontinuities
16:00.
identification, due to scattering effects.
Location of instruction: Building 90,
Objectives of the module:
Room 134
1.
Language of instruction: Hebrew
thermal conduction in materials.
Cycle: First cycle
2.
Position: an optional module for 4
Definition of Seebeck and Peltier effects as well as the effects of heat and
th
Determination of the values of the transport properties in metals,
semiconductors and insulators.
year undergraduate students in the
3.
Definition of the transport properties in multi-phase structures.
Department of Materials Engineering
4.
Understanding the govern mechanisms influencing Seebeck effect in
to be taken on Fall semester
Field
of
Education:
metals with a special focus on the scattering mechanisms.
Materials
5.
Engineering
Practical design of thermoelectric heat to electricity devices via the
development of the efficiency equation.
Responsible department: Materials
Learning outcomes of the module: On successful completion of the course, the
Engineering
students should be able to:
General prerequisites: No
1.
prerequisites are required.
Grading scale: the grading scale
Understand the considerations and methods for development of highly
efficient materials for thermoelectric applications.
2.
would be determined on a scale of 0 –
Understand the influence of structural defects and imperfections on the
transport properties.
100 (0 would indicate failure and 100
complete success 0 to 100), passing
grade is 56.
Bloom's terminology:
1.
Define the various transport properties.
2.
Evaluate the material's potential for thermoelectric applications for any
Lecturer: Dr. Yaniv Gelbstein
Contact details: room 017, building
given set of transport properties.
3.
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Select the most appropriate thermoelectric materials for various
applications' conditions.
Office phone: 08-6428753
4.
Analyze structural defects from transport properties measurement.
Email: yanivge@bgu.ac.il
5.
Develop a basic thermoelectric model for practical applications.
Office hours: Thursday, from 8 to
10AM.
Module evaluation: at the end of the
semester the students will evaluate the
module, in order to draw conclusions,
and for the university's internal needs.
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Confirmation:
the
syllabus
was
Attendance regulation: attendance and participation in class is not mandatory.
confirmed by the faculty academic
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: The module consists of frontal
advisory committee to be valid on
lectures.
2012-2013.
Assessment:
Last update: 1.11.2012
The students may decide on one of two options:
1.
Exam
100%
Or
2.
Exam
60%
+
Presentation/Report
40%
100%
Work and assignments:
Students, who will choose the first option above, will perform an exam: at the end
of semester, open questions.
Students, who will choose the second option above, in addition to the exam will
prepare a 15min. presentation on a novel field concerns the course topics and will
present it to the class, in addition to submission of a short report summarizing their
presentation.
The grades for all of the assignments will be in the scale of 0-100. The final date for
submission of the report is the day of the exam at the end of the semester.
Time required for individual work: The students are expected to fully understand
the basics of each lesson prior the next lesson (takes about 3 hours per week) in
order to follow up the basic ideas of the course. Students who choose the second
option above, will work about 40h on preparing the presentation and report.
Module Content\ schedule and outlines:
Lesson 1: Review of the course topics, definition of Seebeck and Peltier effects and
the effects of heat/electrical conduction in materials.
Lesson 2: Transport properties values in metals, semiconductors and insulators,
review of energy conversion effects using semiconductors, review of physical
metallurgy effects which are sensitive to transport properties measurements.
Lesson 3: Statistics description of the transport properties, definition of degenerate
materials and description of the scattering mechanisms in materials.
Lesson 4: Characterization methods of the transport properties.
Lesson 5: Transport properties in multi-phase materials.
Lesson 6: Seebeck coefficient in metals (phonon drag, Nordheim-Gorter and
Mattheissen rules).
Lesson 7: Thermoelectric energy conversion – definition of the figure of merit,
mathematical expressions for geometrical optimization and efficiency equations.
Lesson 8: Materials for thermoelectric energy conversion – preparation techniques,
Functionally Graded Materials (FGMs).
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Lessons 9-11: Students presentations in the course topics.
Lesson 12: Reviewing of example problems prior the test.
Required reading: Course presentations as appearing in the High-Learn site of the university.
Additional literature:
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D.K.C. MacDonald, "Thermoelectricity: An introduction to the principles", John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1962.
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G.C. Jain and W.B. Berry, "Transport Properties of Solids and Solid State Energy Conversion", McGraw-Hill
Publishing Company Ltd, 1972.
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G.H. Geiger, D.R. Poirier, "Transport Phenomena in Metallurgy", Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1972.

R.D. Bernard, "Thermoelectricity in Metals and Alloys", Taylor and Francis LTD, 1972.
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Frank J. Blatt, Peter A. Schroeder, Carl L. Foiles and Denis Greig, "Thermoelectric Power of Metals", Plenum
Press, 1976.
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