Description
Book SynopsisJ. Richard Elliott is Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Akron in Ohio. He has taught courses ranging from freshman tools to senior process design as well as thermodynamics at every level. He has worked with the NIST lab in Boulder and ChemStations in Houston. He holds a Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University.
Carl T. Lira is Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Michigan State University. He teaches thermodynamics at all levels, chemical kinetics, and material and energy balances. He has been recognized with the Amoco Excellence in Teaching Award and multiple presentations of the MSU Withrow Teaching Excellence Award. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois.
Table of Contents
- Unit I: First and Second Laws
- Chapter 1: Basic Concepts
- Chapter 2: The Energy Balance
- Chapter 3: Energy Balances for Composite Systems
- Chapter 4: Entropy 1
- Chapter 5: Thermodynamics Of Processes
- Unit II: Generalized Analysis of Fluid Properties
- Chapter 6: Classical Thermodynamics – Generalizations For Any Fluid
- Chapter 7: Engineering Equations of State for PVT Properties
- Chapter 8: Departure Functions
- Chapter 9: Phase Equilibrium in a Pure Fluid
- Unit III: Fluid Phase Equilibria in Mixtures
- Chapter 10: Introduction to Multicomponent Systems
- Chapter 11: An Introduction To Activity Models
- Chapter 12: van der Waals Activity Models
- Chapter 13: Local Composition Activity Models
- Chapter 14: Liquid-Liquid and Solid-Liquid Phase Equilibria
- Chapter 15: Phase Equilibria in Mixtures by an Equation of State
- Chapter 16: Advanced Phase Diagrams
- Unit IV: Reaction Equilibria
- Chapter 17: Reaction Equilibria
- Chapter 18: Electrolyte Solutions
- Chapter 19: Molecular Association and Solvation
- Appendix A: Summary of Computer Programs
- Appendix B: Mathematics
- Appendix C: Strategies for Solving VLE Problems
- Appendix D: Models for Process Simulators
- Appendix E: Themodynamic Properties
- Index
