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155:511: Advanced Chemial Engineering Thermodynamics | |
| Class Schedule: | Monday 4:30PM - 7:30PM SEC 207 |
| Instructor: | Prof. Yee C. Chiew |
| Office: | ENG C150B |
| Telephone: | 732-445-0315 |
| Email: | ychiew@sol.rutgers.edu |
| Texts: | Statistical Mechanics
Donald McQuarrie, University Science Books, CA (2000) Molecular Thermodynamics of Fluid-Phase Equilibria Prausnitz, J. M., Lichtenthaler, R. N. and de Azevedo, E. G., 3rd edition, 1998, Prentice-Hall, Englewood, N.J. |
| Course Outline: | |
| Basic Concepts: | Review of First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics; Thermodynamic Variables; Concepts of Reversibility; Gibbs Phase Rule; Heat and Work Interactions; Heat Engines; Energy and Entropy. |
| Fundamentals of Equilibrium Thermodynamics: | Postulates of Equilibrium Thermodynamics; Fundamental Equations and Canonical Variables; Extremum Principles of Thermodynamics; Calculus of Thermodynamics; Legendre Transformations; Free Energies; Criteria of Equilibrium and Thermodynamic Stability; Critical States. |
| Properties of Pure Substances: | Volumetric Properties of Materials; Corresponding States Theory; Equations of States; Fugacity of Pure Substances; Ideal Gas Heat Capacities. |
| Intermolecular Forces: | Types of Intermolecular Forces; Intermolecular Potentials; Electrostatic, Induction; Dispersion; and Associating Forces; Second Virial Coefficients from Intermolecular Potential Energies; Molecular Theory of Corresponding States. |
| Properties of Gas Mixtures: | Fugacities in Gas Mixtures; Virial Equation of State; Virial Coefficients from Corresponding States Correlations; "Chemical" Interpretation of Deviations from Gas-Phase Ideality; Fugacities at High Densities; Fugacities from Equation of State; Residual Properties. |
| Properties of Liquid Mixtures: | The Ideal Solution, Regular Solution and Athermal Solution Models; Excess Functions; Activity and Activity Coefficients; Activity Coefficient Models; Functional Group Contribution Models;; van Laar and Scatchard-Hilderbrand Theories. |
| Introduction to Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics: | Foundation of Statistical Mechanics; Statistical Ensembles; Statistical Thermodynamics of Ideal Gases, Liquids, and Fluid Mixtures; Distribution Function Theory; Perturbation Theory; Hard Sphere and Other Potential Models. |
| Theories of Solutions: | Quasi-Chemical Theories; Lattice Theories; Flory-Huggins Theory for Polymers; Theories of Strongly Associating Molecules. |
| Applied Phase Equilibria: | Vapor-Liquid Equilibria; Liquid-Liquid Equilibria; Solute Solubility in Supercritical Solvent; Solubilities of Gases in Liquids; Solubility of Solids in Liquids. |
| Grades | Mid-term & quizzes (45%), Final Exam (35%), Project & Homework (20%) |
| Handouts | Homework Format PDF |
Handouts | |
| Homeworks | Homework #1 |
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