ChE 204 THERMODYNAMICS-I
SPRING 2014 / SECTION 06
Instructor: Prof. Dr. Tülay Özbelge (Building D, Room 102)
e-mail:tozbelge@metu:edu.tr
T. Asst. : Emine Kayahan (Building C, Room 105)
e-mail: ekayahan@metu.edu.tr
Schedule: Tuesday 8:40-9:40 Lectures, Z-119
Friday10:40-11:40 Lectures, Z-119
Textbook: Milo D. Koretsky, 2013, “Engineering and Chemical Thermodynamics”, 2rd Ed.,
John Wiley& Sons Inc., USA.
Supplementary References
1. Smith, J.M., Van Ness, H.C., 2001. “Introduction to Chemical Engineering
Thermodynamics”,6th Ed., McGraw-Hill, New York.
2. Van Wylen, G.J., Sonntag, R.E., Borgnakke C., 1994. “Fundamentals of Classical
Thermodynamics”, 4th Ed., Wiley, New York.
3. Çengel, Y.A., Boles, M.A., 1994. “Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach”,2nd Ed.,
McGraw-Hill, New York
4. Levenspiel, O., 1996. “Understanding Engineering Thermodynamics”, Prentice Hall,
New Jersey.
5. Horan, M.J., Shapiro, H.N., 1993. “Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics”, 2nd
Ed., Wiley, New York.
6. Winnick, J., 1997. “Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics”, Wiley, New York.
7. Sandler S., 1998. “Chemical and Engineering Thermodynamics”, 3rd Ed., Wiley, New
York.
Grading
At the end of the semester, weighted grade of a student will be calculated as follows:
Midterm I: 25%
Midterm II: 25%
Homework and Quizzes: 15%
Final: 35%
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Attendance has utmost importance. A student having an attendance of less than 70% will
be given a grade of NA and will fail the course.
Students are expected (i) to attend each and every lecture, (ii) to ask questions about the subject
material and to participate in the class discussion without hesitation and (iii) to review and
understand the previous lecture’s material before coming to each class, for better performance in
their quizzes and exams.
Policies & Procedures
 A web page has been constructed for the course. All the course materials (syllabus,
homework assignments, etc.) will be made available on the web page. You need to
visit the site on a regular basis to get recent homework assignments and other relevant
announcements.
 If an open-book exam is given MT’s will be open-text book, and closed or open-class
notes (no photocopies, only your own handwritten notes and class handouts). It is your
responsibility to understand the exam questions. If you have difficulty with English,
you may bring a dictionary with you.
 Starting from the first week of the semester ATTEND all the lectures, be sure that you
understood the subject of the lecture, otherwise do not hesitate to ASK QUESTIONS
during the lecture, be sure to REVIEW the material of the previous lecture before you
come to the class, otherwise you will have difficulty to understand the lecture.
 If you miss an exam with a certified medical excuse, you may take a makeup exam at
a designated time near the end of the semester. It will be CHALLENGING!
 You must work in groups of three on the required homework. The groups will be
formed such that each group will contain at least one student with a cumulative
grade point average (CGPA) of 2.00 or higher. However, each group may contain
no more than two students with a CGPA of 3.00 or higher. One group member will
be designated the leader for each assignment. The leader will be responsible for
coordinating the work and making sure everyone in the group understands all the
problem solutions before they are handed in. After being a group leader, an
individual may not be leader again until everyone else in the group has held the
position.
 Required homework will be due at the beginning of the period on the due date - one
solution set per group. Use A-4 size paper and one side of each page. Follow the
format provided below:
- Problem statement
- Given
- Find
- Schematic
- System
- Physical properties and equilibrium data
- Assumptions
- Analysis
In drawing graphs, each and every graph that you drawshould have a title to identify it
Coordinate axes should be named accordingly (e.g., pressure vs. temperature etc. the
Units should not be forgotten.)
If a student’s name appears on a solution set, it certifies that he/she has participated in
solving the problems and understood all the solutions. If this turns out not to be the
case, both the student in question and the group leader will be considered to have
cheated and will be dealt with accordingly.
To get an AA in this course, you must attempt and do satisfactory work on all
homework problems in addition to getting the necessary weighted average grade on
tests.
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Late homework will be accepted up to one week after the due date and will
receive a maximum grade of 60 %. However, if a group abuses this privilege
by routinely handing in homework late, the privilege will be withdrawn.
 There will be a gray area between each two letter grades in the final distribution, so
that two students getting the same weighted average could get different letter grades. If
you are in one of these gray areas, whether you get the higher or lower grade depends
on three factors:
a) Class attendance and participation in class,
b) Your performance on homework problems,
c) Whether your midterm exams and homework performance has been improving
(your grade goes up) or declining (it goes down).
SAMPLE HOMEWORK
TITLE PAGE
Ch.E. 204
THERMODYNAMICS-I
HOMEWORK: 1
(Date due: Feb. 28, 2014)
Submitted by : Group C
Group Leader:………….
Group Members:…………
Submitted to : Prof. Dr. A. Tülay Özbelge
Asst. Emine Kayahan