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New Course: ABE 201. Thermodynamics in Biological Systems IEngineering Faculty Document No. 28-03 January, 2004 TO: Engineering Faculty FROM: The Faculty of Agricultural and Biological Engineering RE: New Undergraduate Course The faculty of the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering has approved the following new course. This action is now submitted to the Engineering Faculty with a recommendation for approval. ABE 201 – Thermodynamics in Biological Systems I Sem. 1, Class 3, cr. 3. Prerequisite: CHM 116, or equivalent and Co-requisites: BIO 295E, BIO 295F Thermodynamic principles associated with biological systems and
processing of biological materials.
Emphasis on the first law of thermodynamics. Fundamentals of steady-state mass and energy
balances for reacting and non-reacting processes including multiple unit
operations emphasizing living systems and bioprocessing. Applications of the first law conservation of
energy to biological systems, energy conversion systems, and the environmental
impacts of energy production.
Development of engineering problem solving skills via MathCad and MatLab software. Reasons: A background in thermodynamic principles is essential to understanding
biological and biochemical processes.
This course is the first in a consecutive two course series in biological
thermodynamics. _____________________________________ Vince F. Bralts Head, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering ABE 201 –
Thermodynamics in Biological Systems I Sem. 1, Class 3, cr.
3. Prerequisites CHM 116, MA 166 or equivalent. Corequisites BIO 295E, BIO 295F or permission of
instructor Description Thermodynamic principles associated with
biological systems and processing of biological materials. Emphasis on the first law of
thermodynamics. Fundamentals of steady-state
mass and energy balances for reacting and non-reacting processes including
multiple unit operations emphasizing living systems and bioprocessing. Applications of the first law conservation of
energy to biological systems, energy conversion systems, and the environmental
impacts of energy production.
Development of engineering problem solving skills via MathCad and MatLab software. Textbook
and/or other required material Felder, Richard M. and Rousseau, Ronald W. Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes.
John Wiley & Sons ISBN 0-471-53478-1
“Thermodynamics in Biological Systems I” Course Handouts Course
Learning Objectives: Successful completion of this thermodynamics
in biological systems course will enable students to: 1.
Analyze problems and use a systematic
approach to problem solving in the engineering of biological systems 2.
Develop mass balances for systems with and
without biochemical reactions for in vivo
and in vitro biological systems 3.
Characterize the properties of solids,
liquids, and gases common to biological systems 4.
Estimate gas/vapor properties using gas laws
5.
Understanding the relationships between
pressure, partial pressure, and humidity 6.
Apply the basic thermodynamic concepts to
quantify phase and chemical equilibrium parameters for food and biological
systems 7.
Use models to predict the physical behavior
of materials at equilibrium in multicomponent,
multiphase systems 8.
Use computational software to solve problems
in biological systems Course
Outline Week 1-2 Introduction,
dimensions/units,
material properties (density, temperature, pressure, etc.) 3-4 First Law of Thermodynamics,
material balances, degrees of freedom analysis. Material balances for
bioprocesses with multiple unit operations and recycle. 5-6 Material balances with chemical
reactions, respiration (without energy balance), glycolysis-glucogenesis
(without energy balance). Material
balances with chemical equilibrium, pH and buffer equilibrium, pKa and hemoglobin/O2 equilibrium. 7-8 Gas and vapor characterization.
ideal gas mixtures/ideal solutions, Raoults Law;
phase diagrams; dew point and bubble point calculations; multicomponent
systems; Henry's law; Lewis Randall rule.
9-10 Introduction to energy balances.
Quantifying energy, state properties, enthalpy, isothermal systems, adiabatic
systems, tables of thermodynamic properties. 11-12 Energy balances continued. Sensible heat and heat capacities. Estimating heat capacities of biological
materials, phase changes and latent heat, phase diagrams, psychometrics. 13-14 Energy balances on reactive systems.
Heat of reaction, heat of formation. 15 Cycles and transduction of
energy. Refrigeration cycles, Carnot engines. |
