In addition, the lectures will highlight exciting new areas now being advanced by chemical engineers, such as biochemical engineering, tissue engineering, nanoparticle fabrication, and processing smart polymers for applications in computer technology and as sensors. Formulation and solution of material and energy balances on chemical processes. Reductionist approaches to the solution of complex, multi-unit processes will be emphasized. Introduction to the basic concepts of thermodynamics and chemical reactions. This approach consists of decoupling the process into its components, establishing relationships between the known and unknown variables, assembling the information needed to solve for the unknown variables, and then obtaining a physically meaningful solution.
Extensive use is made of classical thermodynamic relationships and constitutive equations.
Applications include the analysis and design of engines, refrigerators, heat pumps, compressors, and turbines. The basic thermodynamic relationships to describe phase equilibrium of single-component and multicomponent systems are developed. Thermodynamic models for calculating fugacity are presented. These include equations of state, liquid solution models, and fugacity estimation methods. Basic thermodynamic relationships to describe chemical equilibria are also developed and the thermodynamic models for calculating fugacity are applied to their solution.