Thermal Process Engineering and Equilibrium Thermodynamics
Thermische Prozesse und Gleichgewichtsthermodynamik
6 CPWinterENBeing phased out
Prerequisites
Recommended, as written
Strongly recommended: • Knowledge in mathematics • Physics, thermodynamics • Fundamentals in thermal process engineering
Contents
• pvt behaviour of real fluids • Characterization of mixtures • State laws (virial equations, cubic state laws, generalized state laws) • Activity coefficient models (Wilson, NRTL, UNIQUAC …) • Steam/liquid, liquid/liquid, and solid liquid equilibriums • Thermal separation: absorption
Learning outcomes
The module provides knowledge about equilibrium thermodynamics and its important technical applications. Based on the fundamentals in thermodynamics of mixtures, the student will learn how to calculate phase equilibria of real multicomponent systems. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to calculate equilibrium processes as absorption and extraction. The apparatuses for this separation processes can be dimensioned.
Assessment
• 10 calculation exercises (50%), • oral test, 30 min (50%)
Literature (6)
- Lecture handouts, formulary, exercise materials available on Moodle
- Coulson, John M.: Coulson & Richardson's chemical engineering volume 2. Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford 2002.
- Felder, Richard M.; Rousseau, Ronald: Elementary principles of chemical processes. Wiley, New York 2000.
- Reid, Robert; Prausnitz, John; Pohling, Bruce: The properties of gases and liquids. McGraw Hill, New York 1987.
- Seader, J. D.; Henley, E.J.: Separation Process Principles. Wiley-VCH, Chichester 2006.
- Hillert, Mats: Phase equilibria, phase diagrams and phase transformations. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge 2008.
Source: BTU's module description · retrieved 29 Sep 2026Original