Download or read book Essential Thermodynamics written by Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2011-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook covers basic principles of equilibrium behavior for systems of interest to chemical engineering, including elementary microscopic concepts. A strong emphasis is placed on fundamentals: energy conservation in open and closed systems (first law), temperature, entropy and reversibility (second law), fundamental equations, and criteria for equilibrium and stability. These concepts are then applied to the analysis of energy conversion processes, mixing, phase equilibria, and chemical reactions.