4th Sem, Petrochem

18CH42: Chemical Engg Thermodynamics Petrochem Syllabus for BE 4th Sem 2018 Scheme VTU

Chemical Engg Thermodynamics detailed Syllabus for Petrochem Engineering (Petrochem), 2018 scheme has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the VTU students. For Course Code, Subject Names, Teaching Department, Paper Setting Board, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Duration in Hours, CIE Marks, Total Marks, Credits and other information do visit full semester subjects post given below.

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For all other VTU Petrochem 4th Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme, do visit VTU Petrochem 4th Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme Subjects. The detailed Syllabus for chemical engg thermodynamics is as follows.

Course Learning Objectives:

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Module-1

BASIC CONCEPTS: System, Surrounding and processes, Closed and Open systems, state and Properties, Intensive and Extensive Properties, State and Path functions, equilibrium state and Phase rule, Zeroth law of thermodynamics, Heat reservoir and Heat engines, Reversible and Irreversible processes. FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS: General statement of First law of thermodynamics, First law for cyclic process and non-flow processes, Heat capacity. HEAT EFFECTS ACCOMPANYING CHEMICAL REACTIONS: Standard heat of reaction, formation, combustion, Hess’s law of constant heat summation, effect of temperature on standard heat of reaction.

Module-2

P-V-T BEHAVIOUR:P-V-T behavior of pure fluids, Equations of state and ideal gas law, Processes involving ideal gas law: Constant volume, constant pressure, constant temperature, adiabatic and polytropic processes. Equation of state for real gases: vander Waals equation, Redlich – Kwong equation, Peng -Robinson equation, Virial equation, Compressibility charts: Principles of corresponding states, generalized compressibility charts. SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS: General statements of the Second law, Concept of Entropy, The Carnot Principle, calculation of entropy changes, Clausius Inequality, Entropy and Irreversibility, Third law of Thermodynamics.

Module-3

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Module-4

PROPERTIES OF SOLUTIONS: Partial molar properties, Chemical potential, Fugacity in solutions, Henry’s law and dilute solutions, activity in solutions, Activity coefficients, Gibbs – Duhem’s equation, Property changes of mixing, excess properties.

Module-5

PHASE EQUILIBRIA: Criteria of phase Equilibria, Criterion of stability, Duhem’s theorem, Vapor – Liquid Equilibria, VLE in ideal solutions, Non-Ideal solutions, VLE at low pressures, VLE at high pressures, consistency test for VLE data, Calculation of Activity coefficients using Gibbs – Duhem’s equation. CHEMICAL REACTION EQUILIBRIUM: Reaction Stoichiometry, Criteria of chemical reaction equilibrium, Equilibrium constant and standard free energy change, Effect of temperature, Pressure on equilibrium constants and other factors affecting equilibrium conversion, Liquid phase reactions, heterogeneous reaction equilibrium, phase rule for reacting systems.

Course Outcomes:

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Question Paper Pattern:

  • The question paper will have ten questions.
  • Each full Question consisting of 20 marks
  • There will be 2 full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
  • Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module.
  • The students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module.

Text Books:

  1. Smith J.M. and Vanness H.C., Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, 5thedn., McGraw Hill, New York, 1996
  2. Rao Y.V.C., Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, New age International Publication, Nagpur, 2000

Reference Books:

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