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Course: Advanced Thermodynamics For Chemical and Process Engineering

This document outlines the course units for an Advanced Thermodynamics course taught by Professor Julio Romero at Universidad de Santiago de Chile. The 7 units cover: [1] fundamental thermodynamic concepts and definitions; [2] using equations of state to determine thermodynamic properties; [3] phase equilibria; [4] applications of high pressure processes; [5] advanced topics in adsorption; [6] electrochemistry; and [7] a thermodynamic approach to microscopic processes. Each unit provides detailed descriptions of the topics and concepts that will be covered.

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Course: Advanced Thermodynamics For Chemical and Process Engineering

This document outlines the course units for an Advanced Thermodynamics course taught by Professor Julio Romero at Universidad de Santiago de Chile. The 7 units cover: [1] fundamental thermodynamic concepts and definitions; [2] using equations of state to determine thermodynamic properties; [3] phase equilibria; [4] applications of high pressure processes; [5] advanced topics in adsorption; [6] electrochemistry; and [7] a thermodynamic approach to microscopic processes. Each unit provides detailed descriptions of the topics and concepts that will be covered.

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Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Departamento de Ingeniería Química


Programa de Magíster en Ciencias de la Ingeniería

Course: Advanced Thermodynamics for Chemical and Process Engineering

Prof. Julio Romero

Units
1) A critical review of concepts, fundamentals and definitions
2) Thermodynamic properties determination by using equations of state
3) Phase Equilibrium
4) Thermodynamic aspects of high pressure applications
5) Surface processes: advanced topics on adsorption
6) Topics of Electrochemistry
7) Thermodynamic approach to microscopic processes

Contents
Unit 1: A critical review of concepts, fundamentals and definitions
 Definitions of system, property, state, process, work, heat and energy
 What’s the entropy?
 Concepts of Gibbs Energy, Helmholtz Energy, chemical potential and activity
 Thermodynamic equilibrium in common phenomena: when are you using thermodynamics?

Unit 2: Thermodynamic properties determination by using equations of state


 Presentation of different cubic equations
 Applications of modern equations of state (EOS): SRK, Dieterici, PR, etc.
 Special equations for specific types of compounds or calculations

Unit 3: Phase Equilibrium


 UNIFAQ, UNIQUAC and Modified ASOG method to estimate vapour-liquid equilibrium (VLE)
 Applications in solid-gas equilibrium
 Liquid-liquid equilibrium

Unit 4: Thermodynamic aspects of high pressure applications


 What’s a supercritical fluid?
 Main applications of near-critical and supercritical fluids (carbon dioxide, water and propane)
 Determination of properties in near-critical and supercritical conditions
 Dense gas extraction
 Chemical reaction under high pressure conditions
 Other applications (particle and thin film formation, pasteurization, bioprocesses)

Unit 5: Surface processes: advanced topics on adsorption


 Deduction of sorption isotherms (Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin, BET and GAB model)
 New classification of sorption isotherms
 Adsorption in microporous materials
 Adsorption effects in mass transfer
 New applications considering thermal aspects
Unit 6: Topics in Electrochemistry
 Debye-Hückel Theory
 Concepts of ionic atmosphere, charge density, ionic strength and mean activity coefficient
 Electrodes and its applications

Unit 7: Thermodynamic approach to microscopic processes


 Interest in microscopic processes: nanotechnology
 Microscopic interactions: some cases

References

J.M. Smith, H.C. Van Ness, and M.M. Abbott, Introducción a la Termodinámica en Ingeniería
Química, 6º Ed. McGraw-Hill (2003)
L. Pauling "General Chemistry" Dover (1970)
P. W. Atkins "The Elements of Physical Chemistry" Oxford University Press (1993)
I. N. Levine "Physical Chemistry" McGraw-Hill (1995)
D. L. Goodstein "States of Matter" Dover (1985)

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