Chemical Engineering Primer with Computer Applications

Taking a highly pragmatic approach to presenting the principles and applications of chemical engineering, Chemical Engineering Primer with Computer Applications offers an easily accessible guide to solving problems using computers. The primer covers the core concepts of chemical engineering, from conservation laws all the way up to chemical kinetics, without heavy stress on theory and is designed to accompany traditional larger core texts. It presents the basic principles and techniques of chemical engineering processes and helps readers identify and solve typical problems. The book's focus is on the use of systematic algorithms that employ numerical methods to solve different chemical engineering problems by describing and transforming the information. Problems are assigned for each chapter, ranging from simple to difficult, allowing readers to gradually build their skills and tackle a broad range of problems.

MATLAB is used to solve many examples, and the 70+ real examples used throughout the book include computer or hand solutions, or in many cases both. Readers will also find a variety of case studies that illustrate the concepts and a downloadable file, which is available on the publisher’s website, that contains fully worked solutions to the book’s problems.