University of Engineering and Technology Lahore

Section Course Outline Report

Department: Polymer and Process Engineering Printed Date: 08-Nov-2020

Section Course Detail

Semester FALL 2020

Department Polymer and Process Engineering

Section A

Subject Title PPE-305 Polymer Thermodynamics

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M easureable Student Learning Outcomes

CLOs Description PLOs Level

CLO1 Understand the nature of vapor/liquid equilibrium and solution PLO01 High
thermodynamic properties. To gain an insight of thermodynamics of polymer
solution.

CLO2 Analyze the thermodynamic properties of solution, be able to evaluate the PLO02 High
vapor- liquid equilibrium and evaluate different thermodynamic parameters
of chemical and polymer solutions.

Grading Policy

Quiz 1 10.0% , QUiz 2 10.0% , Quiz 3 10.0% , Mid term 30.0% , Final 40.0%

Class Timings

Section Content

Week Topics
(Lec)

week1 Vapor/liquid equilibrium: The nature of Equilibrium

Phase rule & Duhem’s Theorem
VLE Qualitative behavior

week2 Simple models for vapor/liquid equilibrium

VLE by modified Raoult's Law
VLE from K-value correlations

week3
Numerical problems of VLE

week4
Numerical problems of VLE

Quiz #1
week5
Solution Thermodynamics Theories
Property relations for Homogeneous phases
Enthalpy and Entropy as a function of T&P
Internal energy as a function of P
Alternative relations for liquids
Internal energy and entropy as a function of T and V
Gibbs energy as a Generating function
Residual properties

week6
Fundamental property relation
Chemical Potential and phase equilibria
Partial properties
Equations relating molar and partial molar properties Partial properties in binary solutions
Relations among partial properties
Ideal gas mixture model
Fugacity and fugacity coefficients in pure species

week7 Vapor liquid equilibrium for pure species

Fugacity of pure liquid
Fugacity and Fugacity coefficient in solution
Fundamental property relation
Fugacity coefficients from virial equations of state

week8 Mid Term Examinations

week9 Generalized correlations for fugacity coefficient

Ideal solution properties & Excess properties

week10
Statistical Thermodynamics part 1
Macrostate and microsate
Average velocity of gas molecules

week11
Statistical Thermodynamics Part II
Isolated systems and Boltzmann hypothesis
Third law of thermodynamics

week12
Partition function
Degeneracy
Boltzmann Distribution

week13
Introduction to Polymer thermodynamics
Lattice model
Flory Huggins Theory of Polymer Solutions
Its Modifications

week14
Regular and Athermal Solution
Flory-interaction parameter
Flory-Krigbaum theory and wilson's modifications

week15 Solubility parameters

Calculation of solubility parameters for different liquids and polymers
Introduction to 3-dimensional solubility parameter theory
week16 Vander Waal’s model
Equation of state theory
Flory-Prigogine theory
Phase equilibria

week17 End term Examination

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