73514 - Thermodynamics Of Energy And Materials M

Learning outcomes

Knowledge about thermodynamic properties of fluids and materials and their use in phase equilibrium and reaction problems. Knowledge about the fundamentals of thermodynamic analysis for energy and process industry applications.

Course contents

 

Course Description:  Thermodynamics governs energy transformations and the time evolution of the systems, requires precise constraints among the different state properties  of matter and determines the final equilibrium states reached under proper external conditions. From a surprisingly small set of empirically based laws, an enormous amount of information about the relationships among equilibrium parameters for a system can be deduced. This information can then be applied to physical, chemical and biological systems including engine design, materials processing and cellular processes. Thermodynamics is a macroscopic theory, independent of any molecular model of matter, but molecular interpretations of various properties (e.g., entropy and temperature) will be discussed in the course to broaden intuitive understanding. The focus of this course is the further development of advanced thermodynamics. 

 

Goals:  The objective of this course is to review the principles of thermodynamics and to apply them to advanced chemical engineering processes.

Contents:

 

1. The first law of thermodynamics, enthalpy, and heat capacity; energy balances with and without chemical reaction
2. The second laws of thermodynamics and its consequences on material properties: ideal gas and real fluid behavior for viscous fluids. Thermodynamic properties of solids, viscoelastic fluids; polymers and fluids with entropic elasticity
3. The second laws of thermodynamics and its consequences on process analysis: minimum/maximum work issues, energy cycles, refrigeration cycles, criogenic cycles
4. The second laws of thermodynamics and its consequences on process analysis and stable equilibria: equilibrium criteria and equilibrium conditions for pure components, mixtures (without and with reactions)
5. Solution of advanced chemical engineering process problems using material properties at low and at high pressures, for real fluids.
6. Solution thermodynamics and phase equilibria with solutions (liquid-vapor, liquid-liquid, L-L-V, liquid-solid...)
7. Reaction thermodynamics
8. Thermodynamics of interfaces and interphase phenomena; Interfacial Thermodynamics;Kelvin Equation; Freezing Point Depression of Nanocrystal
9. Polymer-Polymer Blends
10. Solute-Solid Adsorption Equilibrium; Thermodynamics and Chromatography
11. Electric field induced phase separations; Fuel Cells
12. Chemical Reaction Equilibrium – Multiple Reactions  and Applications of Chemical Reaction Equilibrium to Reactor Design

 

 

Readings/Bibliography

Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics , 7th ed., J.C. Smith, H.C. Van Ness and M.M. Abbott, McGraw Hill

Chemical and Process Thermodynamics, B. G. Kyle 

Chemical and Engineering Thermodynamics, Stanley I. Sandler

Introductory Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, J. Richard Elliot and Carl T. Lira 

The Principles of Chemical Equilibrium, Kenneth Denbigh 

The Second Law, P.W. Atkins 

Thermodynamics and an Introduction to Thermostatistics, Herbert B. Callen 

Thermodynamics: an Advanced Textbook for Chemical Engineers, Gianni Astarita.

Teaching methods

The course presents theoretical part in class hours and practical applications in recitation hours.

Weekly take home exams are required

Assessment methods

Evaluation Method:  

Weekly quizzes             20%

2 Midterm Exams         40%

Final Exam                   40%

TOTAL                        100%

Homeworks will be assigned weekly but not corrected. Some of them will appear in the quiz of the following week.

Quizzes will be assigned weekly. Two mandatory midterm written exams will be held and a final written exam. Upon request the final exam could be oral.

Teaching tools

The course is held with theoretical class hous and recitation hours with the illustration of problem solutions

Office hours

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