Thermodynamics
A Self-Instructional Problem Workbook

Louis Theodore and Joseph Reynolds
Department of Chemical Engineering
Manhattan College, Riverdale NY

Published by ETS Professional Training Institute
© 1992 Louis Theodore. 241 pages. ISBN 1-882767-04-7

Table of Contents

Basic Operations
Conversion of Units · Weight and Mole Fraction · Average Molecular Weight · Temperature Terms · Pressure Terms · Ideal Gas Law · Actual Volumetric Flow Rate and Standard Volumetric Flow Rate · Mass Flow Rate and Standard Volumetric Flow Rate · Average Velocity · Reynolds Number · Conservation Law for Mass · Stoichiometry · Complete Combustion of a Gas · Critical and Reduced Properties · Chemical Kinetics · Integration · Differentiation · Newton-Raphson · Decision Trees · Flow Diagrams

Problems
Stoichiometry (STC)
STC 1: Combustion with Stoichiometric Air
STC 2: Combustion with Excess Air

Ideal Gas Law (IGL)
IGL 1: Density and Concentration Calculations
IGL 2: Flue Gas Flow Rate

First Law of Thermodynamics (FLT)
FLT 1: Conservation Law for Energy
FLT 2: Required Heat Rate

Non-Ideal Gas Law (NIG)
NIG 1: Virial Equation of State
NIG 2: Pitzer's Correlation
NIG 3: Tank Volume Mass
NIG 4: Redlich-Kwong Equation

Second Law of Thermodynamics (SLT)
SLT 1: Enthropy Change for Liquids and Solids
SLT 2: Enthropy Change for an Ideal Gas

Sensible and Latent Enthalpy Effects (SAL)
SAL 1: Sensible Enthalpy Changes
SAL 2: Effect of Temperature on Heat Capacity
SAL 3: Estimating Enthalpy of Vaporization
SAL 4: Heat of Vaporization from Vapor Pressure Data

Thermochemistry (TMC)
TMC 1: Standard Enthalpy of Reaction
TMC 2: Gross Heating Value
TMC 3: Estimating Incinerator Adiabatic Flame Temperature
TMC 4: Theoretical Adiabatic Flame Temperature (TAFT)
TMC 5: Adiabatic Flame Temperature (AFT)
TMC 6: Theoretical Adiabatic Flame Temperature (TAFT) for a Combustible Waste Mixture

Non-Ideal Solution (NIS)
NIS 1: Generalized Correlation for Pure Liquids
NIS 2: Generalized Correlation for Pure Gases
NIS 3: Adiabatic Solution Temperature Change
NIS 4: Evaporator Design

Phase Equilibrium (PEQ)
PEQ 1: Henry's Law
PEQ 2: Bubble and Dew Point Pressure
PEQ 3: Bubble and Dew Point Temperature
PEQ 4: Unknown Component

Chemical Reaction Equilibrium (CRE)
CRE 1: Chemical Reaction Equilibrium Constant
CRE 2: Effect of Temperature on the Chemical Reaction Equilibrium Constant
CRE 3: Chemical Reaction Equilibrium Constant for Chlorine
CRE 4: Chlorine Emissions
CRE 5: Dissociation of Bromine
CRE 6: Estimating Heat Capacity Data

Environmental Control (ENV)
ENV 1: Carbon Monoxide and Nitric Oxide Emissions
ENV 2: Environmental Considerations in pH Control

Risk Analysis (RSK)
RSK 1: Gas Fireball
RSK 2: Drum Explosion

Solutions to Problems

Appendix: SI Units

Index