Phase Equilibrium Thermodynamics

By Prof. Gargi Das | IIT Kharagpur

Learners enrolled: 423

This is an introductory course in Thermodynamics and is one of the basic subjects to understand interfacial mass transfer and separation processes like distillation, solvent extraction, etc. The course introduces the concepts of chemical potential and fugacity and emphasizes the principles governing equilibrium for single and multicomponent systems. It discusses ideal as well as non-ideal solutions and deals with the entire range of phase miscibility (completely miscible to totally immiscible). There is a well-balanced coverage of physical concepts, mathematical operations along with examples and exercise problems of practical importance. After completion of the course, the students will be able to apply the basic principles of thermodynamics, the laws, and the pertinent equations to engineering design of mass transfer equipment.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Chemical Engg, Mechanical Engg, Chemistry, Biotechnology, Petroleum Refining, Metallurgy, Agriculture Engg

PRE-REQUISITES: Basic knowledge of Engineering Thermodynamics desirable

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: LIST OF COMPANIES/INDUSTRY THAT WILL RECOGNIZE/VALUE THIS ONLINE COURSE

Refining and Petrochemical Industry (IOC, HPCL, BPCL etc.), G.A.I.L., O.N.G.C, Shell

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	8 weeks
Category :	Chemical Engineering
Credit Points :	2
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	29 Jul 2019
End Date :	20 Sep 2019
Exam Date :	29 Sep 2019 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: Chemical Potential

Week 2: Chemical Equilibrium

Week 3: Fugacity

Week 4: Ideal solution

Week 5: Properties of solutions

Week 6: Non ideal solution –activity coefficient – Part 1

Week 7: Non ideal solution –activity coefficient – Part 2

Week 8: Partially and completely immiscible systems, Hydrocarbon Thermodynamics

Books and references

1) Molecular Thermodynamics of Fluid Phase Equilibria - J. M. Prausnitz, R. N. Liehtejthaler and E. G.de Azevedo 3^rdedition,Prentice hall

2) Chemical and Process Thermodynamics, B. G. Kyle, 3^rd edition, 1999, Prentice Hall

3) Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, J. M. Smith, H. C. Van Ness, M. M. Abbott 7^th edition, 2005,
McGraw Hill

Instructor bio

Prof. Gargi Das is Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal. She has been teaching thermodynamics for the past 16 years to the students of Chemical Engg and Biotechnology as a core course. Students from Mechanical Engineering, Agricultural Engineering and Chemistry have opted it as a breadth course. She has contributed to NPTEL through her video based and web based courses on Multiphase Flow and Thermodynamics. Her areas of expertise are Multiphase Flow, Transport phenomena, CFD and Process Intensification. She has over 50 refereed research papers, two books and three book chapters

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centers.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 29th September 2019, Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 6 assignments out of the total 8 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100
Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75.

If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.
Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur. It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.
Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies are being discontinued from July 2019 semester and will not be dispatched.

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