
Thermodynamic Models for Chemical Engineering
Design, Develop, Analyse and Optimize
- 1st Edition - June 25, 2021
- Imprint: ISTE Press - Elsevier
- Authors: Jean-Noel Jaubert, Romain Privat
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 7 8 5 4 8 - 2 0 9 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 1 0 2 2 8 0 - 1
Thermodynamic Models for Chemical Engineering gives an overview of the main thermodynamic models used by engineers and in engineering researcher processes. These fall into two… Read more

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Request a sales quoteThermodynamic Models for Chemical Engineering gives an overview of the main thermodynamic models used by engineers and in engineering researcher processes. These fall into two main families, equations of state and activity coefficient models. The book presents the state-of-the-art of purely predictive models.
- Presents a comprehensive overview of the main thermodynamic models
- Explains their theoretical base
- Gives detailed methods to estimate model parameters
Engineers in the Chemical Industries; Engineering researchers using thermodynamic models to simulate processes
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- 1: Correlations for the Estimation of Thermodynamic Properties of Pure Substances in the Liquid, Perfect Gas or Vapor–Liquid States
- Abstract
- 1.1: Introduction
- 1.2: Thermodynamics of the vapor–liquid equilibrium of a pure substance_ what should be remembered
- 1.3: Correlations for the saturated vapor pressure of pure substances
- 1.4: Equations that can be used to correlate the molar volumes of pure liquids
- 1.5: Equations that can be used to correlate the molar volumes of saturated gases
- 1.6: Equations that can be used to correlate the enthalpies of vaporization
- 1.7: Equations used to correlate the heat capacity at constant molar pressure, molar enthalpy or molar entropy of an incompressible liquid
- 1.8: Equations that can be used to correlate the molar heat capacity at constant pressure, molar enthalpy or molar entropy of a perfect gas
- 1.9: Density of a pure substance
- 1.10: Prediction of the thermodynamic properties of pure substances
- 2: Estimation of Thermodynamic Properties of Pure Substances Using an Equation of State: Overview of Available Models and Calculation Procedures
- Abstract
- 2.1: Volumetric equation of state: a definition
- 2.2: General overview of the volumetric equations of state
- 2.3: Presentation of usual volumetric equations of state
- 2.4: Practical use of volumetric equations of state
- 2.5: Calculation of state properties using a volumetric equation of state
- 2.6: Vapor–liquid equilibrium calculation using a pressure-explicit equation of state: illustration with cubic equations of state
- 2.7: Overall summary: criteria for selecting an equation of state for modeling of the thermodynamic properties of a given pure fluid
- 3: Low-Pressure Vapor–Liquid and Liquid–Liquid Equilibria of Binary Systems: Activity-Coefficient Models
- Abstract
- 3.1: Introduction
- 3.2: Classification of fluid-phase behaviors of binary systems at low pressure and low temperature
- 3.3: Condition of equilibrium between fluid phases of binary systems
- 3.4: Vapor–liquid equilibrium relationship at low pressure
- 3.5: Activity coefficients: definition and models
- 3.6: Calculation of the vapor–liquid equilibrium of binary systems at low temperature and low pressure
- 4: Estimation of the Thermodynamic Properties of Mixtures from an Equation of State: An Overview of Models and Calculation Procedures
- Abstract
- 4.1: The phase-equilibrium condition and the φ-φ approach
- 4.2: General presentation of the usual volumetric equations of state applicable to mixtures
- 4.3: Virial expansions
- 4.4: Cubic equations of state
- 4.5: Equations of state based on the “statistical associating fluid theory” (SAFT)
- 4.6: Specific equations of state for particular mixtures
- 4.7: Practical use of the equations of state for mixtures
- 5: General Summary: Decision Tree to Select a Thermodynamic Model in Order to Simulate or Design a Chemical Process
- Abstract
- 5.1: Selection of thermodynamic models for representation of pure substances
- 5.2: Selection of thermodynamic models for representation of mixtures
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: June 25, 2021
- Imprint: ISTE Press - Elsevier
- No. of pages: 198
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9781785482090
- eBook ISBN: 9780081022801
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Jean-Noel Jaubert
Jean–Noël Jaubert is a Professor of chemical engineering thermodynamics at ENSIC (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Industries Chimiques), a state–run institution of higher education characterized by a highly selective admission procedure. He received his doctorate in 1993 and has published more than 150 research papers. He is the French delegate at the working party thermodynamics and transport properties of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering and currently runs the research group Thermodynamics and Energy of the LRGP (Laboratoire Réactions et Génie des Procédés). His research interests include the development of predictive thermodynamic models based on the group contribution concept, the use of exergetic life cycle assessment in order to reduce CO2 emissions, the measurement and correlation of liquid–vapor equilibrium under high pressure and enhanced oil recovery.
Affiliations and expertise
University of Lorraine, Nancy, FranceRP
Romain Privat
Romain Privat currently works as an Associate Professor of chemical engineering and chemical-engineering thermodynamics at ENSIC (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Industries Chimiques) and EEIGM (Ecole Européenne d’Ingénieurs en Génie des Matériaux), two state–run institutions of higher education. He received his PhD degree in 2008 and got a permanent position in France after a one-year research stay in Rafiqul Gani’s team at the DTU (Danish Technical University). He has authored or co-authored more than 70 research papers. His research interests include thermodynamic modeling of solid and fluid systems, computational thermodynamics as well as product design applied to thermodynamic cycles.
Affiliations and expertise
University of Lorraine, Nancy, FranceRead Thermodynamic Models for Chemical Engineering on ScienceDirect