3 credits
Spring 2025 Lecture Upper Division
Introduction to chemical thermodynamics and general equilibrium processes in environmental and ecological engineering systems. Introduction to the first and second laws of thermodynamics; properties of pure substances; ideal and real gases; thermodynamic cycles and processes; heat transfer and combustion; and chemical equilibrium in aquatic solutions, including equilibria between phases and reaction equilibria. Emphasis is on understanding and conceptualizing important processes, and competency in thermodynamic calculations.
Learning Outcomes1Apply the First and Second Laws of thermodynamics to closed and open systems.
2Understand, identify, and quantify the environmental impacts of closed and open systems, based on mass and energy transfer.
3Analyze full-scale systems, and compare actual and theoretical operation.
4Understand the structure and reactivity of environmentally relevant organic compounds.
5Calculate concentrations of different components in equilibrium and non-equilibrium environmental systems.
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