Description
The author is considered one of the great chemical engineers of his time. His reputation derives from his mastery of all phases of the subject matter, his clarity of thought, and his ability to reduce complex problems to their essential core elements. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, Washington, DC, USA, and has won numerous national awards including every award offered by the Electrochemical Society, USA. His motto, as known by his colleagues, is "do it right the first time." He has been teaching undergraduate and graduate core subject courses at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), USA, since joining the faculty in 1966. His method is to write out, in long form, everything he expects to convey to his class on a subject on any given day. He has maintained and updated his lecture notes from notepad to computer throughout his career. This book is an exact reproduction of those notes.
Table of Contents
Pure Substances
Thermodynamics
The Concept of Temperature
PVT Properties of Gases
Conservation of Energy
Thermal Properties of Gases
The Second Law of Thermodynamics
Thermodynamic Relationships for PVT Systems
Entropy, Irreversibility, Randomness, and Natural Philosophy
The Virial Equation
Surface Systems
Phase Transition and Thermodynamic Diagrams
Work Processes and Cycles
Refrigeration and heat pumps
Multicomponent Systems
Mixtures
PVT Properties of Gas Mixtures
Thermodynamic Relationships
Ideal-Gas Mixtures
The Fugacity Coefficient
Gas-Phase Reactions
Dilute Solutions
Electrolytic Solutions
Liquid Mixtures
About the Authors
John S. Newman is Charles W. Tobias Chair of Electrochemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), USA. Before joining UC Berkeley, he was a senior scientist and principal investigator at the Energy Technologies Area (ETA), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA. He received his BS degree from Northwestern University, Illinois, USA, and MS degree and PhD from UC Berkeley. He has been a recipient of the Onsager Professorship, 2002, of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. His current research focus is on analysis and design of electrochemical systems, with batteries and fuel cells receiving the most attention. He is the author of over 300 technical publications, numerous plenary and invited lectures, and the book Electrochemical Systems.
Vincent S. Battaglia is a research scientist and group lead of Energy Storage and Distributed Resources Division of ETA. He received his BS degree in chemical engineering from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA, and his MS degree and PhD in chemical engineering from UC Berkeley. He joined Argonne National Laboratory, Washington, DC, as a postdoctoral fellow and was later appointed as a chemical engineer, then technical coordinator for DOC PNGV office and coordinator of DOE VTO Battery Research there. He specializes in electrochemical energy storage and conversion and has received the Pacesetter Award from Argonne National Laboratory, the DOE R&D Award, the 2013 R&D 100 Award, and the FMC Corporation external research collaboration award.
Subject Categories
BISAC Subject Codes/Headings:
- SCI010000
- SCIENCE / Biotechnology
- SCI055000
- SCIENCE / Physics
- TEC009070
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mechanical
