CHEM-ENG 621 - Thermodynamics,

Fall Semester 2016

INSTRUCTOR: Professor Peter A. Monson

OFFICE: 154B Goessmann Laboratory

(545-0661; monson@ecs.umass.edu)

LECTURES: Monday, Wednesday (10.00-11:15 am) LGRT 201

OFFICE HOURS: By appointment (send email to Professor Monson)

TEACHING ASSISTANT: Mengxi Chen (Goessmann 214; mengxichen@umass.edu)

Note: Questions about the course material or homework assignments should be addressed
primarily to Professor Monson. The T.A. for this class is responsible only for grading the
homework assignments.

TEXT: There is no set textbook for the course. It is assumed that you have a copy of an
undergraduate text for Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics such as those by Sandler or by
Smith, Van Ness and Abbott. This will serve as a basic reference for the course. Additional
information will be provided in course notes and pdf files posted on the course web page.

COURSE ASSESSMENT: Homework problems 20%

Mid-term exam 30%
Final exam 50% (Comprehensive)

EXAM DATES: Mid-term exam: Wed, October 25th (room TBD)

Final exam: TBD

HOMEWORK: Homework will be assigned approximately weekly and collected one week later
via submission on Moodle.

MATLAB: The course will make use of Matlab and, if this is new to you, start learning this tool
as soon as possible. An excellent place for you to start is
https://matlabacademy.mathworks.com/R2015a. UMass has a site license for Matlab which is
free for one year for students. Information about the site license is available at UMass Amherst
IT User Services via email at it@umass.edu, 413-545-9400, or 413-545-TECH (8324). You
can also purchase the student edition of Matlab for $99 from Mathworks
(https://www.mathworks.com).
SOME COURSE POLICIES:

ATTENDANCE: Class attendance is mandatory.

HOMEWORK: Homework assignments will be given approximately weekly. Submission of

homework and return of graded assignments will be done via Moodle. Late homework will be
accepted only under exceptional circumstances.

Solutions to homework problems and exams will be available on Moodle after they are graded.

20% of the grade for homework assignments will be given for the quality of the written
presentation accompanying homework solutions.

Discussion of course material and homework assignments with fellow students is often
beneficial and is encouraged. However, except for the project any homework that you submit
must be your own individual work. Submitting work that is not entirely your own or allowing
another student to copy your work (this includes the sharing of computer files) is a violation of
University regulations on academic honesty and will be dealt with accordingly (see note
below). While learning to work in teams is important, learning to solve problems without
significant assistance from others is an essential part of your education. Moreover it is
necessary for success in the mid-term and final exams in this course, which carry 60% of the
course credit.

EXAMS: Exams will be closed book (i.e. no books or lecture notes etc.,) but you may bring
one sheet of paper (8.5 x 11 in.) to the exams with any information that you think you might
find useful. Both sides of this sheet may be used. Calculators should also be brought to
exams. Make-up exams may be given in the event of emergency, illness or scheduling conflict.
Requests for a make-up exam should be accompanied by supporting documentation.

ACADEMIC HONESTY: Violations of University regulations on academic honesty whether in

connection with homework or exams will be dealt with according to procedures described in
the Universitys Code of Student Conduct (available online at
http://www.umass.edu/dean_students/codeofconduct/acadhonesty). Students in violation of
these regulations risk penalties, including failure for the entire course.
COURSE WEB PAGE:

We will be using Moodle for the course web page.

https://moodle.umass.edu/

Access to Moodle is via your UMass OIT NetID. After logging in, under My courses in the
Navigation block at the top left of the page click on

CHEM-ENG621-SEC01 FA17
We will be using the course web page to post important information about the course including:
Course syllabus; Homework assignments and model solutions; Exam model solutions;
Homework and exam grades; Course Handouts. We will also use Moodle for submission of
homework.

EMAIL:
You will receive emails about the course via your UMass OIT account. If you do not use that
account regularly you need to set up mail forwarding from there to the account that you use
regularly.
How to send the instructor an email message:

Dear Professor Monson,

My name is student name and I am a student in CHEM-ENG 621.
Main text of message.
Sincerely,
Student Name

Please make sure to include CHEM-ENG 621 as the subject heading of your message.
COURSE OUTLINE (subject to revision):

1. Introduction: Fundamental principles in Classical Thermodynamics and its

applications in Chemical Engineering

2. First Law: Internal energy and enthalpy. Specifying the internal state of a system
(Duhems theorem). Adiabatic Work. Thermometric Temperature. Heat and Thermal
Equilibrium.

3. Second Law: Feasibility of processes. Reversible cycles and Heat Engines.

Thermodynamic temperature. Entropy. Statements of the second law and their
equivalence

4. Property relationships from the combined First and Second laws: Fundamental
property relationships. Legendre Transforms. Partial derivatives of the Fundamental
equations of state and their relationship to experimental measurements.

5. Principles of Equilibrium: Deduction of the conditions of phase and chemical

reaction equilibrium from the second law of thermodynamics. The phase rule.

6. Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibrium of Pure materials: Property

relationships. Cubic Equations of State and the van der Waals theory of fluid properties.
Principle of Corresponding states. Calculation of vapor-liquid equilibrium from a cubic
equation of state. Stability of single component states

7. Thermodynamics of Solutions: Specifying the state of a mixture. Partial molar

properties. Idealizations of mixture properties. Excess properties. Activity coefficients.
Equation of state mixing rules

9. Phase Equilibrium in Mixtures: Phase diagrams for simple binary mixtures. Activity
coefficient and equation of state approaches to Vapor-liquid Equilibrium. Stability of
mixture states. Phase diagrams for nonideal systems and azeotropy. Liquid-liquid and
vapor-liquid-liquid equilibrium. Phase equilibrium in ternary mixtures.

10. Chemical Reaction Equilibrium: Mathematics of stoichiometry. Reaction

equilibrium for single and multiple reaction systems. Effects of temperature and
pressure on reaction equilibrium.
READING LIST:

The following are available on 2hr/overnight loan from the Du Bois library:

J. Kestin A Course in Thermodynamics

K. Denbigh Principles of Chemical Equilibrium (3rd edition)

H. B. Callen Thermodynamics

S. I. Sandler Chemical Biochemical and Engineering Thermodynamics

(4th edition)

J. M. Smith, et al. Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Prausnitz et al. Molecular Thermodynamics of Fluid Phase Equilibria

Reid, et al. Properties of Gases and Liquids (4th Edition)

Poling et al. Properties of Gases and Liquids

(Ebook: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/umassa/detail.action?docID=10180065)