CHME 312

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics II

Fall 2010
Monday and Wednesday 09:30 am – 10:45 am, Room I-111
Monday and Wednesday 12:30 Pm – 1:45 pm, Room 151

Instructor Dr. Mert Atilhan, Assistant Professor

Department of Chemical Engineering
Corridor 6, Room F215, Male Campus
Office Phone: 4403-4142
Email: Mert.Atilhan@qu.edu.qa
Office Hours: TBA in the classroom in the first lecture.

Catalog Non-ideal behavior in systems of variable composition. Calculation of

thermodynamic energy functions. Residual properties. Partial properties.
Thermodynamic property tables and diagrams. Fugacity and fugacity
coefficients. Heat effects of mixing. Excess properties and activity
coefficients. Introduction to Vapor-liquid equilibria. Phase equilibria at low
to moderate pressures. Dew point, bubble point and flash calculations.
Chemical reaction equilibria. Equilibrium constants and dependence on
temperature. Calculation of equilibrium conversions for single and multi
reactions.

Textbook “Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics”,

Smith, Van Ness, Abott, McGraw-Hill 7th Ed. 2006.
ISBN: 0-07-310445-0

Ref. Books “Chemical and Engineering Thermodynamics”, Stnaley I. Sandler, John-

Wiley 3rd Ed. 1999.

Objectives 1. Understand the laws of thermodynamics and their application to

industrial processes.
2. Understand fluid phase behavior and the thermodynamic analyses and
assumptions necessary to predict fluid phase equilibria for single and
multi-component systems.
3. Understand the chemical reaction equilibria and the thermodynamic
analyses necessary to predict chemical reaction equilibria constant, and
chemical reaction conversion.
Outcomes Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
1. Define thermodynamic principles to formulate and solve problems
involving the open and closed systems. [a]
2. Demonstrate the requirements for phase equilibrium for both ideal
and non-ideal solutions. [a,e,k]
3. Outline, both in words and mathematically, the terms fugacity,
fugacity coefficient, activity, and activity coefficient, and their
relationship to each other. [e]
4. Calculate fugacity coefficient and determine the appropriate vapor
liquid equilibrium for a binary mixture via an equation of state. [a]
5. Calculate the equilibrium reaction constant as a function of
temperature. [a,e]
6. Calculate the equilibrium conversion as a function of temperature,
pressure and initial species concentration for single and multi-reaction
systems. [a]

* The letter in [ ] references the corresponding chemical engineering

program outcomes.

Pre/Corequisites 1. CHME 212 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I (pre)

2. CHEM 341 Physical Chemistry II (co)

Topics  Thermodynamics Properties of Fluids

 Introduction to Vapor/Liquid Equilibrium
 Theory of Solution Thermodynamics
 Applications of Solution Thermodynamics
 Chemical Reaction Equilibria

Computer Computer aided material properties, equation of states, and vapor-liquid

calculations. Homework calculations will require use of Microsoft Excel.
Students often will be required to use Matlab for iterative calculations.

Assesment Midterm 1 15%

Policy Midterm 2 20%
Final 30%
Assignments (Total 6) 15%
Term Project (in groups) 10%
Quizes (Total 4) 10%

Homework Homework sets will usually be assigned on Monday, and will be due the
following Monday in class. Solutions will be posted. Homeworks will be
 collected as a group work and every student in the group must sign the
coverpage.

Exams Exams will be held in class. There will not be a comprehensive final exam,
however the final exam will be longer than the midterm exams.
Midterm 1 : November 1st, 2010
Midterm 2 : December 13th, 2010
Quizzes : Quizzes will be given just after the HW submissions.
Each homework will be followed with a quiz on the homework submission
day.
Project : December 27th, 2010
Final : January, 2011 – TBA later on QU website

Term Projects Students will be assigned term projects in groups. A short written report will
be asked (maximum 10 page long) towards the end of the semester.
Additional details regarding term projects will be given in class. Rules of the
project will be given later during the semester.

Email Updates on classes, meetings, homeworks and exams will be transmitted via
email through BB. Students are responsible for following up emails and BB
on a regular basis.

Distribution

Subject Weeks Assignments/Quizzes

Introduction to
1 -
thermodynamic properties
Mathematical Derivation of HW #1, Oct. 6th
2
thermodynamic properties Quiz #1, Oct. 6th
Vapor Liquid Equilibria (VLE) HW# 2, Oct. 18th
1.5
via graphical representation Quiz #2, Oct. 18th
HW# 3, Oct. 25th
Application of VLE concepts 2
Midterm #1, Nov. 1nd
Introduction of Solution HW #4, Nov. 15th
1.5
Thermodynamics – theory Quiz #3, Nov. 15th
Application of solution HW#5, Dec. 6th
2
thermodynamics - models Quiz #4 on Dec. 6th
Midterm #2 on Dec.13th
Chemical Reaction Equilibrium 2
HW#6 Due Dec. 20th
Ionic solution activity
1 -
coefficient models

ABET Category Content:

 Engineering Science: 3.0 credits or 100%
Engineering Design: 0 credits or 0%

Relationship of Course Outcomes to CHE Undergraduate Program Outcomes

This course supports the following program outcomes .

Published Program Outcomes

Course
a b c d e f g h i j k
Outcomes
1 X
2 X X
3 X
4 X
5 X X
6 X

Prepared by: Dr. Mert Atilhan Date: September 19, 2010