The aim of this course is to provide theoretical knowledge and the necessary computational methodological tools in the following broad areas: Study of Process Feasibility and Energy Efficiency, Determination of Thermophysical Properties of Pure Fluids.

Units included: Forms of Energy. Phase diagrams of pure substances.  First Law of Thermodynamics for closed and open systems.  Second Law of Thermodynamics. Principles of operation of thermal and cooling cycles. Calculations of entropic changes. Lost work. TdS equations. Fundamental equation. Available energy . Legendre transformations. Thermodynamic potentials, Helmholtz and Gibbs energies. Expression of thermodynamic derivatives as functions of measurable sizes. Simple thermodynamic calculations in processes with ideal gases. Thermodynamic analysis of simple power cycles. Complex power cycles. Thermodynamic analysis of cooling cycles. Volumetric behavior of pure substances. Other physical properties. Calculation of thermodynamic properties. Deviation functions. Chemical potential.