Adama Science and Technology University

School of Mechanical, Chemical and Material Engineering

Chemical Engineering Program
Course Code ChE 6101
Course Name Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3 Cr. Hrs)
Program M.Sc., Chemical Engineering (Process Engineering)
Course Instructor Dr. P. Selvakumar
Mobile: 0934897502; Email: [email protected]
Students work load Lecture Tutorial Practical/Lab Home Study
per week 2 3 0 4
Course Objectives & The students completing this course will develop
Competences to be  The ability to apply energy and entropy balance to practical
Acquired situations
 In-depth understanding of phase and reaction equilibria.
 A general approach for establishing the conditions for equilibrium
and stability for complex systems
 4. The capability of working with multi-phase pure materials and
mixtures.
 5. The skill to solve problems involving phase equilibrium of single
and multi-component systems
 6. The ability to apply the knowledge of thermodynamics to design
problems.
Course Chapter I Basic concepts – internal energy, enthalpy, entropy, work, ideal and
Description/Course real gas laws.
Contents Thermodynamic properties of pure fluids - Gibbs free energy, work
function - Maxwell’s equations – Clapeyron equation, Joule-
Thomson coefficient - Gibbs – Helmholtz equation. Fugacity and
activity of pure fluids - effect of temperatureand pressure on
fugacity and activity.
Chapter II Properties of solutions, partial molar properties, chemical potential,
fugacity in solutions, Lewis-Randall rule
Henry’s law, ideal solutions - Raoult’s law, activity in
solutions, Gibbs-Duhem equations, excess properties.
Phase equilibria in single component and multi component
systems, phase rule for non-reacting systems - Duhem’s
theorem
Chapter III VLE in ideal solutions - non-ideal solutions - positive and
negative deviation - azeotropes
VLE at low pressures - Wohl’s equation - van Laar equation –
Wilson equation - application of activity coefficient equations in
equilibrium calculations – basic idea on NRTL, UNIQUAC and
UNIFAC methods
Phase equilibrium - vapour-liquid equilibrium at high pressures,
bubble point, dew point and flash calculations in multi component
systems - computer programs for these calculations
Consistency tests for equilibrium data, calculation of activity
coefficients using Gibbs - Duhem equations
Vapour-liquid equilibrium in partially miscible and immiscible
 systems, phase diagrams - liquid-liquid equilibrium - binary and
ternary equilibrium diagrams.
Chapter IV Chemical reaction equilibria - criteria of chemical equilibrium
- equilibrium constant, Feasibility of reaction, factors
affecting equilibrium conversion
Phase-rule for reacting systems. Heterogeneous chemical
reactions, combined chemical and phase equilibrium.
Pre-requisites non
Semester Year I, Semester 1
Status of Course Compulsory
Teaching & Classroom contact/Lecture, Laboratory, Article review/Project work (group
Learning Methods and/or individual work (independent learning))
Assessment/Evaluati  Quiz and article presentation 30 %
on  Mid Exam: 30 %
Continuous  Final Exam: 40 %

Course policy Attendance: > 85% is mandatory

Assessments: Students are supposed to handle all the assessments on time.
Cheating/ Plagiarism:
 Be in class 10 minutes before the class start time
 Strictly meet deadlines of assessment submissions
 Misbehaving is strictly forbidden and any student with a miss conduct
will be accountable as per the students’ code of conduct.
 Switch off cell phones before class and exam sessions
Literature Text Books
1. Smith J. M. & Van Ness H.V., Introduction to Chemical Engineering
Thermodynamics, McGraw Hill
2. Narayanan K. V., A Textbook of Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics,
Prentice-Hall of India
Reference Books
1. Kyle B.G., Chemical and Process Thermodynamics, Prentice-Hall of India
2. Y.V.C. Rao, Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, Universities Press
3. Stanley I. Sandler. Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, John Wiley &
Sons
4. M. D. Koretsky. Engineering and Chemical Thermodynamics, John Wiley &
sons.
5. Hougen A., Watson K.M. & Ragatz R.A., Chemical Process Principles Vol.2,
Asia Pub.
6. K. V. Narayanan & B. Lakshmikutty. Stoichiometry and Process Calculations,
Prentice Hall of India