A Step by Step Approach to the Modeling of Chemical Engineering Processes

Teaches even lower undergraduate students how to develop mathematical models by using an easy step-by-step approach

Uses the basic yet powerful tool Excel to simulate Chemical Engineering Processes

Shows how to model and simulate either simple or complex systems in a very straightforward way compared to what is available in competing literature

Autorentext

Liliane Lona has degree (1991), master's (1994) and PhD (1996) in Chemical Engineering from the University of Campinas (Unicamp). She developed postdoctoral studies at the Institute for Polymer Research at the University of Waterloo - Canada (2002). Her master's and PhD were related to modelling and simulation of petrochemical processes and her post-doctoral studies in the area of modelling, simulation and optimization of polymerization reactors. In 1996 Liliane became professor at School of Chemical Engineering - Unicamp and in 2010 she became full professor in the area of analysis and simulation of chemical process. Liliane Lona taught for more than 20 times an undergraduate course related to the area of this book. She supervised dozens of grade and undergraduate students in the modeling and simulation area, and many of this works received awards, such as i) BRASKEM/ Brazilian Association of Chemical Engineering Award (2007), ii) Petrobras Award Pipeline Technology (2000 and 2003), iii) Regional Council of Chemistry Award (2000). Liliane published many scientific papers in qualified journals and was postgraduate coordinator (2006-2010) and Director (2010-2014) of the Chemical Engineering School - Unicamp.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 The Recipe to Build a Mathematical Model.- Chapter 3 Lumped-Parameters Models.- Chapter 4 Distributed-Parameters Models.- Chapter 5 Solving Algebraic Equations System.- Chapter 6 Solving Ordinary Differential Equations System.- Chapter 7 Solving Partial Differential Equations System.- Appendix 1.- Appendix 2.- Index.