ChE 621 — Thermodynamics

Accessible transcriptions of the ChE 621 course notes. Every figure carries a written description, every equation is real text rather than a picture, and the same sources produce the printable PDF versions.

Lectures

• Introduction
  • Scope of classical thermodynamics
  • System and environment
  • Types of systems
  • Stable equilibrium states
  • From the mechanical definition of work to energy and heat
• First Law of Thermodynamics
  • Energy and the first law
  • Generalized work
  • Internal energy
  • Heat
  • Reversibility
  • Mathematical relations of functions of state
  • Heat capacities
  • Ideal gases
  • First law for open systems
  • Closed systems at steady state
  • Closed systems at non-steady state
  • Open systems at steady state
  • Differential energy balances
  • Open systems at non-steady state