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CHEMMAT 202 : Process Engineering 2: Energy and Processing

Engineering

2024 Semester Two (1245) (15 POINTS)

Course Prescription

Introduction to thermodynamics for process engineering. The first and second laws of thermodynamics. Application of thermodynamic concepts in closed systems, flow processes and cycles, refrigeration and liquefaction. Classical chemical thermodynamics including concepts of chemical potential, fugacity and activities; their applications to vapour-liquid equilibria and reacting systems. Multi-component physical equilibria. Multiple reaction equilibria and system-free energy minimisation. Practical examples and applications.

Course Overview

Introductory Concepts in Thermodynamics:
Review and further implications of the First Law of Thermodynamics. State properties. Reversibility and irreversibility. Phase rules. Thermodynamic relationships for a perfect gas.

The Second Law of Thermodynamics:
The development of the 2nd Law. Heat engines and cyclic processes. Calculation of heat and work flows in heat engines and simple thermodynamic cycles. Entropy and irreversible processes.

Practical Thermodynamics Processes and Cycles:
Steam power plant. Gas turbine power plant. Internal combustion engine, Otto and Diesel cycle. Refrigeration and liquefaction.

PVT of Gases, Work Functions, the Thermodynamic Network:
The PVT behaviour of fluids, equations of state, ideal gas. Generalized correlation for gas and the compressibility factor, cubic equations of state. Gibb’s energy, the work functions, and Clausius inequality, and the relationships between thermodynamic state properties.

Phase Equilibria of Pure Substances:
The criteria of equilibria, chemical potential. Thermodynamics of pure substances, the Clapeyron equation, solid liquid, and other phase equilibria. Relationship between Gibb’s Energy, P, T, and fugacity.

Phase Equilibria of Mixtures:
Fundamental property relationships for mixtures and solutions. Raoult’s law, Henry’s law and ideal behaviour. Partial properties, fugacity and fugacity coefficients of pure substances and substances in solutions. Activity coefficients and their determination. Application of phase equilibria for vapour liquid equilibria, total pressure, azeotropes, multi component, vapour liquid equilibria, and prediction of solution behaviour.

Chemical Equilibria:
Generalized stoichiometry, conditions of equilibria in reacting systems and the interrelationship between standard Gibb’s energy change. The effect of temperature on equilibrium constant and the evaluation of equilibrium constants. Relevant Gibb’s energy functions, homogeneous & heterogeneous reaction equilibrium compositions, multi component equilibria. 

Course Requirements

Restriction: CHEMMAT 212

Capabilities Developed in this Course

Capability 3: Knowledge and Practice
Capability 4: Critical Thinking
Capability 5: Solution Seeking
Graduate Profile: Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Understand and describe the First law of Thermodynamics, define work, heat, internal energy, enthalpy, and indicate the relationship between these thermodynamic properties in a system. (Capability 3.1 and 4.1)
  2. Identify various thermodynamic processes, such as isothermal, isobaric, isochoric, and indicate the difference between intensive/extensive properties, state properties/path properties, reversible process/irreversible process, closed system/open system. (Capability 3.1 and 4.1)
  3. Explain the Second law of Thermodynamics and the concept of entropy. (Capability 3.1 and 4.1)
  4. Apply thermodynamic concepts to analyse and evaluate the performance and design of common processes and cycles. (Capability 3.1, 4.1 and 5.1)
  5. Classify ideal and real gasses, define PVT behaviour of fluids, equation of state, compressibility factor, Gibb’s free energy and describe the relationship between thermodynamic state properties. (Capability 3.1 and 4.1)
  6. Calculate non-measurable state properties, like entropy, enthalpy and internal energy using the relationships between these and measurable properties, like P, V T and the heat capacities. (Capability 3.1 and 4.1)
  7. Identify the criteria of equilibria and define various phase equilibria of pure substances and mixtures. (Capability 3.1 and 4.1)
  8. Apply chemical thermodynamics to interpret and predict the phase changes and reaction of materials, as well as indicate the implications of this on process design. (Capability 3.1 and 4.1)
  9. Apply chemical thermodynamics to predict the equilibrium composition and identify ways to alter the equilibrium composition. (Capability 3.1, 4.1 and 5.1)

Assessments

Assessment Type Percentage Classification
Assignments 20% Individual Coursework
Test 15% Individual Test
Laboratories 15% Individual Coursework
Final Exam 50% Individual Examination
4 types 100%
Assessment Type Learning Outcome Addressed
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Assignments
Test
Laboratories
Final Exam

Workload Expectations

This course is a standard 15 point course and students are expected to spend 10 hours per week involved in each 15 point course that they are enrolled in.

For this course, you can expect 36 hours of lectures, 10 hours of laboratory-related activities (calculation/preparation, experiment and lab report writing), and 104 hours of reading and thinking about the content, assignments, test and exam preparation.

Delivery Mode

Campus Experience

Attendance is expected at scheduled lectures, while laboratory attendance is compulsory to complete/receive credit for components of the course.

Lectures will be available as recordings. Other learning activities including labs will not be available as recordings.

The course may include live online events such as group discussions/ad hoc clinics.

Attendance on campus is required for the tests.

The activities for the course are scheduled as a standard weekly timetable.

Learning Resources

Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).

Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.

Specific learning resources:
M.D Koretsky, “Engineering and Chemical Thermodynamics” J. Wiley and Sons (2013)
Themis Matsoukas, “Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics: International Edition”, Pearson (2013) 

Health & Safety

Students are expected to adhere to the guidelines outlined in the Health and Safety section of the Engineering Undergraduate Handbook.
Lab users must wear appropriate personal protective equipment/PPE (lab coat, safety goggles and covered shoes). Students are expected to adhere to the health and safety requirements when using the MDLS facilities. This department takes safety seriously. Deliberate unsafe acts will lead to disciplinary action being taken. 

Student Feedback

At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.

Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.

Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.

We will evaluate the possibility of streamlining our course materials and include the derivation in assessments.

Academic Integrity

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed for potential plagiarism or other forms of academic misconduct, using computerised detection mechanisms.

Class Representatives

Class representatives are students tasked with representing student issues to departments, faculties, and the wider university. If you have a complaint about this course, please contact your class rep who will know how to raise it in the right channels. See your departmental noticeboard for contact details for your class reps.

Inclusive Learning

All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.

Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website http://disability.auckland.ac.nz

Special Circumstances

If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.

If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.

This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.

Learning Continuity

In the event of an unexpected disruption, we undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and course assessment continues to meet the principles of the University’s assessment policy. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator/director, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the university website for information about how to proceed.

Student Charter and Responsibilities

The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html.

Disclaimer

Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.

In this course students may be asked to submit coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. In exceptional circumstances changes to elements of this course may be necessary at short notice. Students enrolled in this course will be informed of any such changes and the reasons for them, as soon as possible, through Canvas.