155:208 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I Summer 2018

Lectures: July 10th – August 14th, 2018

Tuesday 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM BUS SEC-208

Thursday 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM BUS SEC-208

Instructor: Prof. Yee Chiew, Ph.D.

Office: C-150B, Engineering, Busch Campus

Tel: 848-445-0315
Email: ychiew@scarletmail.rutgers.edu

Course webpage: sakai.rutgers.edu

Course Description: Thermodynamics relates work, heat, temperature, and states of

matter to each other. From a surprisingly small set of empirically based laws, an
enormous amount of information about the relationships among equilibrium parameters
for a system can be deduced. This information can then be applied to physical,
chemical, and biological systems including chemical process design, energy production,
materials processing, and cellular processes.

Course Objectives: In this course, students will learn how to apply the first and second
laws of thermodynamics to analyze and solve physical and chemical problems
encountered in chemical and energy engineering. The course gives students the
opportunity to analyze and interpret thermophysical data, to identify, formulate, and
solve engineering problems, and to learn technical skills and apply modern engineering
methods relevant to process engineering.

Goals: The objective of this course is to introduce the students to the principles of
thermodynamics and apply them to physical and chemical processes.

Knowledge, Abilities, and Skills Students Should Gain From This Course: (1) The
students should be able to apply energy balances to open and closed systems and to
evaluate the thermodynamic efficiency of compressors, turbines, power cycles, and
refrigeration cycles. (2) They should be able to derive property relationships using
multivariable calculus and employ steam tables, pressure-enthalpy (P-H), temperature-
entropy (T-S), and enthalpy-entropy (H-S) diagrams for process analysis. In addition,
the students should be able to calculate property departure functions or residual
properties using equations of state. (3) The students will be able to use computer
software (such as ThermoSover, Excel) to estimate the thermodynamic properties of
pure substances.

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Impact on Subsequent Courses in Curriculum: This is the first in a sequence of two
courses in Thermodynamics (155:208 & 155:309). Chemical engineering students
completing 155:208 are required to take 155:309 in the fall semester of their junior year.

The material covered in this course (155:208) forms the basis for the topics of phase
equilibria, fugacity, chemical reaction equilibria and Gibbs free energy that will be
covered in 155:309. Thermodynamics in general plays an important role in chemical
engineering including 155:324 Design of Separation Processes, 155:427 & 428
Chemical & Biochemical Engineering Design & Economics, and 155:441 Chemical
Engineering Kinetics. Thermodynamics is one of the main pillars of chemical
engineering; others include transport phenomena and reaction kinetics.

Texts (required):
M. D. Koretsky, “Engineering and Chemical Thermodynamics,” 2nd Edition, J. Wiley &
Sons Inc., (2013).

Bring the required textbook to class as reference will be made to examples, specific
tables and figures during the lectures.

Assessment:

Attendance: 5%, Quizzes: 20%; Exams: 75%

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Course Content:

1. Basic Concepts Chapter 1

Properties
Extensive/Intensive,
Dependent/ Independent
Equilibrium;
P-V-T properties of pure substances
The Ideal Gas Law
2. First Law of Thermodynamics Chapter 2
Heat & work
System & surroundings
Internal energy; Enthalpy; Heat capacity
Reversible & irreversible processes;
Closed systems; Open systems
Thermodynamic cycles
3. Entropy & Second Law of Thermodynamics Chapter 3
Directionality & spontaneity of processes
Reversibility/Irreversibility
Entropy
Adiabatic expansion/compression;
The Carnot cycle
The Second Law of Thermodynamics
The Rankin cycle; Refrigeration cycles
4. Equations of State Chapter 4
Intermolecular forces
Internal energy,
Attractive & repulsive forces
Lennard-Jones potential
Principle of corresponding states
Chemical forces
Equations of State
van der Waals equation of state
Cubic equations
Virial equation of state
Compressibility charts
5. Thermodynamic Property Relationships Chapter 5
Measured, fundamental, derived properties
Fundamental property relations
Maxwell relations
Thermodynamic web
Calculations of properties

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