CHEMICAL PROCESS THERMODYNAMICS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: ( MATH 234 or 376 ), ( PHYSICS 201 , 207 , 247 , E M A 202 or M E 240), CBE 250 , and ( CBE 255 or concurrent enrollment), or member of Engineering Guest Students Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the relationship between heat and work through the first law of thermodynamics Audience: Undergraduate 2. Determine limitations imposed by the second law of thermodynamics on the conversion of heat to work Audience: Undergraduate 3. Describe the definitions and relationships among the thermodynamic properties of pure materials, such as internal energy, enthalpy, and entropy Audience: Undergraduate 4. Obtain or estimate the thermal and volumetric properties of real fluids Audience: Undergraduate 5. Employ energy balances in the analysis of batch, flow, and cyclical processes, including power cycles and refrigeration Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the relationship between heat and work through the first law of thermodynamics Audience: Undergraduate 2. Determine limitations imposed by the second law of thermodynamics on the conversion of heat to work Audience: Undergraduate 3. Describe the definitions and relationships among the thermodynamic properties of pure materials, such as internal energy, enthalpy, and entropy Audience: Undergraduate 4. Obtain or estimate the thermal and volumetric properties of real fluids Audience: Undergraduate 5. Employ energy balances in the analysis of batch, flow, and cyclical processes, including power cycles and refrigeration Audience: Undergraduate