UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

CHE 721 – Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

First Semester (2015/16)

Lectures: MW 14:00 – 15:30 pm (Rajaie Sweis Hall)

Instructor: Dr. Ali Khalaf Al-matar

Office: CHE-307
Phone: 535 5000 ext. 22890
E-mail: aalmatar@ju.edu.jo

Office hours: 10:00-11:00 Sun./Tues. or by appointment

Course recommended References:

Classical Thermodynamics
1) Tosun, İsmail. The thermodynamics of phase and reaction equilibria. Newnes, 2012.
2) Tester J.W. and Modell M., “Thermodynamics and Its Application”, 3rd edition, Prentice Hall
(1996).
3) Prausnitz, J.M., Lichtenthaler, R.N. and Gomes de Azevedo, E., “Molecular Thermodynamics of
Fluid-Phase Equilibria”, 3rd ed., Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs (1999).
4) J.S. Rowlinson and F.L. Swinton, “Liquids and Liquid Mixtures”, 3rd edition, Butterworth
Scientific, London (1982).
5) J.P. O’Connell and J.M. Haile, “Thermodynamics. Fundamentals for Applications”, Cambridge
University Press (2005).
Statistical Thermodynamics
1) K.A. Dill and S. Bromberg, “Molecular Driving Forces. Statistical Thermodynamics in Chemistry
and Biology”, Garland Science, New York (2003).
2) Hill, T.M., “An Introduction to Statistical Thermodynamics”, Addison-Wesley, Reading (1960).
3) McQuarrie, D.A., “Statistical Mechanics”, Harper & Row, New York (1976).
4) Reed, T.M. and Gubbins, K.E., “Applied Statistical Mechanics”, McGraw-Hill, New York (1973)
5) Sandler S.I., Introduction to Applied Statistical Thermodynamics, Wiley, 2011.
6) Rowley R.L., Statistical Mechanics for Thermophysical Property Calculations, Prentice-Hall,
1994.

Molecular Simulation
1) Allen, M.P. and Tildesley, D.J., “Computer Simulation of Liquids”, Clarendon Press, Oxford (1987)
2) Frenkel, D. and Smit, B., “Understanding Molecular Simulation”, second edition, Academic Press,
San Diego (2002)
3) A.R. Leach, “Molecular Modeling: Principles and Applications”, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall, ISBN
0-582-38210-6 (2001)
Grading System:
Assignments (about 8 assignments) 10 %
Mid-term exam 30 %
Two term projects 20 %
Final exam 40 %
Assignments:
Assignments will be given at the end of each two weeks, and are due the following week, on the same
day. Students should work individually on the assignments.

Policy on due dates:

Late assignments will be penalized as follows:
1 day overdue -30%
2 day overdue -50%
> 2 days overdue not graded

Mid-term exam date: TBA.

Term projects:
Students must complete two projects during this course. Each term project weights 15 % of the total
mark. The first project can be accomplished individually or in groups. The second project must be
accomplished individually. Each student will get a different project. Each student must submit a
progress report every three weeks (maximum of two pages).

Course Outline:
 Review
 Basic concepts and definitions
 First law of thermodynamics and applications
 Second law of thermodynamics and applications
 Relations among thermodynamic functions
 Equilibrium and stability
 Properties for pure fluids
 Property relations for mixtures
 Phase equilibrium
 Introduction to statistical thermodynamics.
 Introduction to molecular simulation (if time permits)