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Catalogue: ChE 905721 – Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Semester: Fall 2003

Lecture: Mon. & Wed. 4:30-6:00 am, Conference room

Office hours: Open door policy.

Course website: http://www.geocities.com/juchemeng

Instructor

Name: Dr. Ali Khalaf Al-matar

Office: ChE-222B

Tel.: 5355000 Ext. 3050

Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Course Description

It is crucial for chemical engineering students to have a working knowledge in thermodynamics. This knowledge is critical for solution of many classes of problems pertinent to applied as well as research oriented areas. Thermodynamics is important in solving problems in areas as diverse as power generation, refrigeration cycles, reaction kinetics, catalysis, biochemical engineering, polymer production and processing, drug design and application, separations, semiconductor and advanced materials, and so forth.

This class will provide the students with intermediate and advanced concepts of thermodynamics. It will help the students apply their knowledge of classical thermodynamics specifically as it relates to the calculation of thermophysical properties, phase equilibria, and chemical equilibria for generalized systems. Additionally, there will be many instances in which the students are required to relate the macroscopic properties to the molecular view of matter.

This is a graduate course, which implies that the review of fundamental concepts will be kept to a minimum. It is recommended to consult your undergraduate thermodynamics texts before consulting the instructor about such concepts. Also, the students are assumed to have fair knowledge in at least one programming language (e.g., Fortran, BASIC, C/C++ etc.) or a mathematical software package (e.g., Maple, MathCAD, Mathematica, and Matlab).

Topics Covered

• Review of the first and second laws of thermodynamics and their applications,
• applications of the first and second laws of thermodynamics,
• Thermodynamics of mixtures,
• equations of state,
• G^ex models (activity coefficients),
• Phase equilibria and stability in multicomponent systems, and
• Introduction to statistical thermodynamics.

Recommended references

1. (Textbook) Prausnitz, J. M.; Lichtenthaler, R. N.; and Azevedo, E. G, Molecular Thermodynamics of Fluid Phase Equilibria, 3^rd edition, Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 1999.
2. J.W. Tester and M. Modell, Thermodynamics and Its Applications, 3^rd edition, Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 1997.
3. Sandler, S. I., Chemical and Engineering Thermodynamics, John Wiley & Sons, 3^rd edition, New York, 1999.
4. Smith, Van Ness, and Abbott, N.C., Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, 6^th edition, McGraw-Hill, 1999.
5. Reid, Prausnitz, and Poling, The Properties of Gases and Liquids, 5^th Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2001.
6. Walas, S., Phase Equilibria in Chemical Engineering, Butterworth, 1985.

Grading and Point Distribution

I will try my best to be as fair as possible when grading quizzes, home works, and exams. In general, you can expect to obtain partial credit for a less-than-perfect solution. However, there will be severe penalties for any of the following sources of incorrect solution:

1. Errors in fundamental concepts,
2. serious concept errors in calculus and algebra (math in general), and
3. Errors in dimensional quantities, and unit’s conversions.

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Last updated on 10/04/2003 18:19:00 +0200 by Dr. Ali Al-matar

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