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Mar 12, 2025
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EB 2510 - Thermodynamics I4 lecture hours 0 lab hours 4 credits
Course Description
The course focuses on the first and second laws of thermodynamics and their applications to chemical, biochemical and biomolecular systems. Course topics include; thermodynamic and volumetric properties of pure substances; irreversible and reversible processes, heat effects in batch and flow processes; entropy; refrigeration cycles, liquefaction and equilibrium are explored. (prereq: MA 235 ) (coreq: PH 2031 )
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Gain a fundamental understanding of the first and second laws of thermodynamics and their relevance in the biomolecular world
- Develop a fundamental understanding of concepts such as: entropy, enthalpy, free energy, internal energy, the conservation of energy, etc. and their relevance in biomolecular engineering
- Identify problems, formulate solutions and solve using thermodynamic principles
- Understand fundamental equations of state applied to ideal/real gases
- Apply fundamental thermodynamic relationships at the molecular level
- Use thermodynamic properties of fluids to solve problems
Prerequisites by Topic
- Differential equations, basic principles of thermodynamics
Course Topics
- Thermodynamics-basic definitions: Heat, Work, Energy, Pressure, Temperature, Force
- First Law of Thermodynamics: Conservation of energy principle and its application to real world problems
- Ideal and Real Gas Laws
- Heat effects
- Second Law of Thermodynamics: Entropy, Free Energy
- Thermodynamic Properties of Fluids
- Flow processes
- Refrigeration and Liquefaction
- Equilibrium
Coordinator
Serdar Ozturk
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