COURSE OUTLINE    

KMU 501 - Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

FALL SEMESTER

 

INSTRUCTOR:

Dr. ÖNEL, Selis | selis@hacettepe.edu.tr

 

TEACHING ASSISTANT:

 Not assigned.

 

COURSE GOALS:

Students will review basic thermodynamic principles as well as increase their knowledge and gain new skills in:

- First and second laws

- Thermodynamics of solutions

- Chemically reacting systems

- Thermodynamic property estimation

Students will learn and use MATLAB as a tool (using built-in functions) for solving numerical problems

 

COURSE MAIN TEXTBOOK:

Currently, a main course textbook is not assigned and the students have the option to choose any of the supplementary textbooks for the course. The preferred textbook is Tester and Modell's book due to its advanced content.

 

SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOKS:

  • S. I. Sandler, Chemical and Engineering Thermodynamics, 3rd edition, Wiley, 1999

 

SCHEDULE:

KMU 501

Thursday........ 12.30 PM - 2.45 PM with one 15 minute break (Seminar Room)

 

CONTENT:

Introduction, the scope of classical thermodynamics, basic concepts and definitions

Conservation of mass and energy, first law of thermodynamics

Reversibility and the second law of thermodynamics

Equilibrium criteria

Stability criteria

Thermodynamics of multicomponent mixtures

Phase equilibrium in mixtures

Vapor-liquid equilibrium modeling with two parameter cubic equations of state and the van der Waals mixing rules

Mixing rules that combine an equation of state with an activity coefficient model

Chemical equilibrium and the balance equations for chemically reacting systems

 

OBJECTIVES:

Students will become competent with using phase equilibria, thermodynamic solution models and multi-component systems.

 

COURSE FORMAT:

The course will consist of classroom instruction including lectures using classical lecture style, power point slides, and simultaneous Matlab applications via projection. Additional computer lab and tutorial hours may be held upon request.

 

DATE OF MIDTERM:

1st Midterm: Written in class exam

2nd Midterm: Project

 

GRADING:

Quizes + Homeworks..............................................25%
Midterm I ............................................................25%
Project + Midterm II + Final Exam.............................50%
Total..................................................................100%

 

 USEFUL LINKS:

- Thermodynamic look-up tables and charts

- KMU 206 Numerical Analysis Methods course web site

- MATLAB tutorial

- Thermodynamic course notes, University of NewCastle

Course Outline

Week#

Topics

1

PPt Slides

Course objectives and starting as a engineering graduate in research

2

PPt Slides

Introduction, the scope of classical thermodynamics,

Review of thermodynamic concepts, basic definitions, equations of state

3

Class notes

Mechanical reversibility, Conservation of mass and energy, first law of thermodynamics

Enthalpy, heat capacity of an ideal gas, First law and the concept of work

4

Class notes

Thermodynamic properties: Extensive, intensive, measurable, and conceptual

Heat capacity of incompressible liquids and solids

Calculation of and relation between boundary work and shaft work

5

Class notes

Compressibility factor, Principal of corresponding states

Equations of state and Virial equations

Generalized enthalpy correction

Applications of virial equations, Extended virial equation

Cubic equations of state:

van der Waals equation of state, a generic cubic equation of state

    6 Class notes

Reversibility and the second law of thermodynamics, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th axioms

Examples: Two heat reservoirs, Two heat reservoirs with heat engine, Heat Pump

7

Class notes

Second law of thermodynamics continued: Entropy balance

Carnot, Kelvin, Clasius statements, Equilibrium criteria and Stability criteria

Entropy of an ideal gas, Carnot cycle for an ideal gas, Otto cycle

Fundamental condition of equilibrium

8

Class notes

Concept of Entropy continued:

Calculation of lost work

Fundamental property relation, Combined statement of the first and second laws

Calculation of entropy changes, generalized entropy correlation

9

Class notes

Third law of thermodynamics

Entropy from microscopic point of view

Quantitative expression of disorder: Boltzmann and Gibbs examples

10