Chemical Engineering

Thermodynamics CTH260S
 LECTURER CONTACT DETAILS
 Ashleen Marshall
 Room 2.50
 Office nr: 021 4603827
 Email address: marshalla@cput.ac.za

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 Subject Offering:
 Classes: Rm 1.12
◦ Tuesday 11h30 – 13h00
◦ Thursday 10h00 – 11h30
 Tutorials: Rm 2.70
◦ Thursday 11h30 – 13h00
 Practicals: Undergraduate Laboratory
◦ Monday and Tuesday 13h30 – 16h00
 Consultation: Rm 2.5.
◦ Tuesday 13h45 – 15h15 By Appointment
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Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
 All students must have passed (50%
minimum) the following subjects to
register for Thermodynamics:
◦ Engineering Chemistry 1
◦ Engineering Mathematics 1
 All students must have attempted/been
registered for the following subjects in
year 1
◦ Engineering Physics 1
◦ Chemical Engineering Technology 1
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 Rules for the subject
 Assessments missed/classes missed –
medical certificate for yourself OR death
certificate of family member
◦ Inform the lecturer within 3 days of
assessment
◦ Re-assessment will be given at the lecturers
discretion
◦ Late assessments have penalties of 10% per
day, for the first 3 days. Thereafter a zero
mark will be given
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 There will be weekly tutorials
◦ A select number will count towards the final
subject mark
◦ All tutorials are compulsory

 All students are expected to complete

TWO practicals for the year
◦ Practicals are performed in groups
◦ Practicals will be presented as part of
Laboratory 1a and Laboratory 1b

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 Assessment Matrix

Assessment Test 1 Test 2 Test 3 Tuts Fisa

Type
Weightings 10 10 15 15 50
Dates

All assessments are compulsory

Subminimum of 40% on FISA
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 Prescribed book
 Introduction to Chemical Engineering
Thermodynamics
◦ Authors: J.M. Smith; H.C. van Ness; M.M.
Abbott
◦ Edition: 7th (International)
◦ Publisher: McGraw Hill
◦ Chapters 1 - 8

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Additional Books
 Introductory Applied Thermodynamics
◦ V. Elliott

 Basic Engineering Thermodynamics

◦ Rayner Joel, 5th Edition

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Syllabus
Introduction and fundamental concepts
Laws of thermodynamics
Properties of fluids/solids
Fundamental concepts of solution thermodynamics
Steam Plant
Thermodynamic Cycles

Reciprocating Air Compressors

Gas Turbines
Refrigeration
Chemical Reaction Equilibrium and Phase Equilibria
Heat effects in Industrial reactions
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Communication within the subject
 Blackboard as means of communication
or via the class rep
 All notes (slides) will be posted on
Blackboard
 Problem in class – class rep meets with
lecturer (1st step)
 Monthly meeting between class rep and
level co-ordinator (A. Marshall)

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Class Rep Nominations
 Andrew - elected as class rep
 Nazeem - 2nd

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