Details
Code 22992
Level of study Third/Final year
Credit value 10
Semester 1
Module description
This module looks to develop the required skills for any graduate chemical engineering in the area of chemical thermodynamics, with particular emphasis on how this information is used in practice.
The type of material covered will be
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(i) Introduction; refresh of fundamentals (zeroth, 1st, 2nd, 3rd laws, free energies)
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(ii) Equations of state
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(iii) Vapour-liquid equilibria and other phase equilibria
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(iv) Chemical Potential and use in single and multicomponent systems
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(v) Concept of fugacity and it links to Chemical Potential
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(vi) Activity Coefficients
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(vii) Phase Separation
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(viii) Chemical Reaction Equilibria
Teaching and learning methods
Mixture of lectures, seminars and tutorials (including PC based material)