ENCH254

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Syllabus

Volumetric Properties of Pure Fluids (8 hours)
1. Phase rule
2. Virial equation of state, its application
3. Cubic equation of state (EOS): Van der Waals, Generic cubic EOS, EOS parameters, Roots of generic cubic EOS; Redlich-Kwong (RK) EOS, Soave-Redlich-Kwong (SRK) EOS, Peng-Robinson (PR) EOS
4. Generalized correlations for gases: Pitzer correlations for the compressibility factor; Pitzer correlations for the second and third virial coefficient
Thermodynamic Properties of Fluids (7 hours)
1. Fundamental property relations, Maxwell equation: Enthalpy and entropy as functions of T and P; Internal energy as a function of P; Internal energy and entropy as functions of T and V; The Gibbs energy as a generating function
2. Residual properties: Enthalpy and entropy from residual properties
Solutions Thermodynamics (14 hours)
1. Fundamental property relation
2. Chemical potential and equilibrium
3. Partial Properties in binary solutions
4. Ideal-gas state mixture model
5. Fugacity and fugacity coefficient: Pure species; Vapor-liquid equilibrium for pure species; Fugacity of a pure liquid
6. Fugacity and fugacity coefficient: Species in solution; The fundamental residual-property relation; Fugacity coefficients from the virial equation of state
7. Generalized correlations for the fugacity coefficient: Fugacity coefficients for pure species; Extension to mixtures
8. Liquid-phase properties from VLE data: Fugacity, activity coefficient, and excess Gibbs energy for solutions
Thermodynamics Formulations for Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium (10 hours)
1. Phase rule: Duhem''s theorem
2. Equilibrium and phase stability
3. Gamma-Phi formulation of VLE
4. Dewpoint and bubble point: Raoult''s law and modified Raoult''s law
5. Flash point
6. K-value correlations
Chemical Reaction Equilibria (6 hours)
1. Reaction coordinate
2. Standard Gibbs energy change and the equilibrium constant
3. Effect of temperature on the equilibrium constant
4. Evaluation of equilibrium constant