CH2010: Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

(Room: MSB 355)

Instructor Class Schedule (Slot C)
Name : Ethayaraja Mani Monday (L) 10:00 10:50 AM
Office : HSB 151 Tuesday (L) 9 :00 9:50 AM
Tel. : 4157 Wednesday (L) 8:00 8:50 AM
Email : ethaya@iitm.ac.in Friday (T) 1:00 1:50 PM

Objectives:

To learn to apply the principles of solution thermodynamics to predict phase and reaction
equilibrium data which are relevant to chemical engineering.

Course Content:

[Ch-4] Equation of state (EOS): intermolecular forces; van der Waals

EOS, cubic EOS; virial EOS; compressibility charts; EOS for fluid mixtures.

[Ch-5] The calculus of thermodynamics: fundamental property relations;

Maxwell relations; calculation of properties using equation of states; departure
functions.

[Ch-6,7] Thermodynamics of mixtures: partial molar properties; Gibbs-

Duhem equation; property change of mixing; fugacity and fugacity coefficients for
vapor and liquid mixtures; activity and activity coefficients; excess properties;
reference states.

[Ch-8] Phase Equilibria: pure species: criteria for equilibrium, first order
phase transitions, Clausius-Clapeyron equation, and latent heat; binary vapor liquid
equilibria (VLE); Roults law; liquid-liquid equilibrium (LLE); solid-liquid and solid-
solid equlirium (SLE, SSE); multicomponent VLE.

[Ch-9] Chemical Reaction Equilibria: Chemical reactions and Gibbs

free energy; Equilibrium constant K, Calculation of K from thermochemical data,
Relationship between K and concentration of the reacting species, K for gas, liquid
and solid phases, Analysis of multiple reactions.

[Ref] Special Topics: Adsorption isotherms, Thermodynamics of

interfaces, Electrochemical reactions, Biochemical reactions, Relationship between
classical and statistical thermodynamics.

Grade Evaluation:

Quiz-1: 20 %; Quiz-2: 20 %; Assignments: 20%; Final Exam: 40 %

Textbooks:

1. M. D. Koretsky, Engineering and Chemical Thermodynamics, 2nd Ed., Wiley, 2013.

References:

1. J. M. Smith, H. V. Van Ness and M. M. Abbott, Introduction to Chemical

Engineering Thermodynamics, 6th Ed., McGraw Hill, 2005.
2. N. de Nevers, Physical and Chemical Equilibrium for Chemical Engineers, 2nd Ed.,
Wiley, 2012.
3. J. W. Tester and M. Modell, Thermodynamics and Its Applications, 3rd Ed., Prentice
Hall, 1997.
4. D. Chandler, Introduction to Modern Statistical Mechanics, Oxford Univ. Press,
1987.