Computer Methods in Chemical Engineering

Using several software packages, this text helps students quickly and effectively understand chemical engineering unit operations and solve chemical engineering problems. It focuses on the computer applications of the main unit operation processes in chemical engineering, explains the theory of these units, and shows how to perform hand calculations and verify results obtained from simulation packages such as HYSYS. The book provides numerous real-world examples of chemical engineering processes, including flow in pipes, pumps, compressors, heaters, coolers, reactions, absorption, and distillation extraction.

Principles of Chemical Engineering Processes

Written in a clear, concise style, Principles of Chemical Engineering Processes provides an introduction to the basic principles and calculation techniques that are fundamental to the field. The text focuses on problems in material and energy balances in relation to chemical reactors and introduces software that employs numerical methods to solve these problems.

Upon mastery of this material, readers will be able to:

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