CHEME 7120

Thermodynamics of Non-ideal Fluids Module

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2014-2015.

Review equilibrium and stability criteria, operational calculus of multicomponent chemical thermodynamics, Legendre transformations, Mixture relationships, fugacity and activity relationships, Gibbs Phase Rule and generalized treatment of phase and chemical equilibria. Constitutive property models including macroscopic equations of state and heat capacity models to estimate properties from normal to extreme conditions in supercritical fluid mixtures including Zeno and critical point behavior, and spinodal decomposition. Characterization and modeling of non-ideal fluid behavior of pure fluids and mixtures using classical and molecular-based statistical thermodynamics and quantum chemical methods.  Statistical based models for multi-phase mixtures with intermolecular interactions for non-electrolyte solutions and models for electrolyte solutions. Applications in energy conversion, fuels upgrading and chemicals processing and phase and chemical equilibria.

When Offered Fall.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: CHEME 7110 or permission of instructor.

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