Unit details

ENSC3006 Chemical Process Thermodynamics

Credit

6 points

Offering
(see Timetable)

Availability	Location	Mode
Semester 1	UWA (Perth)	Face to face
Semester 1	Online	Online timetabled

Content

This unit provides the foundational thermodynamic knowledge needed for advanced units in the Chemical Engineering program and the thermodynamics required for the Masters of Renewable and Future Energy. It covers the following key content—first and second laws of thermodynamics, thermodynamic cycles, ideal gasses, equations of state of real gases; fundamental thermodynamic relations; determination of change in thermodynamic properties, criteria for phase and chemical equilibria; partial molar quantities, fugacity, phase equilibria and phase diagrams in multi-component systems; and chemical reaction equilibria.

Outcomes

Students are able to (1) identify how thermodynamic cycles can be used for production of work from energy and their use as a basis for refrigeration systems; (2) use equations of state for real gases to obtain relevant thermodynamic state properties; (3) relate measured, fundamental and derived thermodynamic properties and construct hypothetical paths to calculate the change in a desired thermodynamic property between two states; (4) determine the thermodynamic properties of species in mixtures and the criteria that govern the phase equilibrium and chemical reaction equilibrium; (5) apply phase equilibrium analyses to calculate how species distribute among phases that are coexisting; and (6) make use of equilibrium analyses to determine the extent to which product syntheses are favoured in a particular chemical reaction given specific chemical compositional constraints.

Assessment

Indicative assessments in this unit are as follows: (1) quizzes; (2) assignments; and (3) a final examination. Further information is available in the unit outline.

For units commencing in May 2022 or later the availability of the supplementary assessment is subject to confirmation.

Student may be offered supplementary assessment in this unit if they meet the eligibility criteria.

Except where supplementary assessment is not available in a unit, it will be offered to students in all units who:

• Are in good academic standing overall;
• Have passed over half the units taken in the teaching period concerned, except where they are only enrolled in two or less units in the period;
• Have submitted all assessment items in the unit;
• Have achieved a mark between 45 and 49 for the unit overall, or the same mark in any failed component item in the unit; and
• No finding of academic misconduct has been made against them in the unit concerned.

Additionally student may apply for supplementary assessment in any unit which is the final unit required for graduation in there course and where they have achieved a mark between 45 and 49 for the unit overall, or the same mark in any failed component item in the unit.

Unit Coordinator(s)

Professor Zach Aman

Unit rules

Prerequisites:

( Course Enrolment in the 62560 Master of Renewable and Future Energy or the 62520 Master of Engineering in Oil and Gas ) or completion of 18 points of the Level 1 and Level 2 units taken from the degree-specific MJD-ENGSC Engineering Science major, including ENSC2002 Energy or CHEM1002 Chemistry—Structure and Reactivity

Co-requisites:

Nil

Advisable prior study:

CHEM1002 Chemistry—Structure and Reactivity

Incompatibility:

CHPR2006 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Contact hours

lectures: 2 hours per week; practical classes: 2 hours per week

Text

Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

8th Edition

By J.M. Smith and Hendrick Van Ness and Michael Abbott and Mark Swihart

ISBN10: 1259696529

ISBN13: 9781259696527

Copyright: 2018