Computational methods for process simulation / W. Fred Ramirez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramirez, W. Fred, 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chemical processes--Mathematical models.

Chemical processes.

Chemical processes--Data processing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (473 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Boston : Butterworths, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Process Modelling and simulation have proved to be extremely successful engineering tools for the design and optimisation of physical, chemical and biochemical processes. The use of simulation has expanded rapidly over the last two decades because of the availability of large high-speed computers and indeed has become even more widespread with the rise of the desk-top PC resources now available to nearly every engineer and student.In the chemical industry large, realistic non-linear problems are routinely solved with the aid of computer simulation. This has a number of benefits, incl

Contents:

Front Cover; Computational Methods for Process Simulation; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Definition of the Problem; Mathematical Modeling of the Process; Equation Organization; Computation; Interpretation of Results; Limitations of Process Simulation; Usefulness of Process Simulation; Reference; Chapter 1. Development of Macroscopic Mass, Energy, and Momentum Balances; 1.1 Conservation of Total Mass; 1.2 Conservation of Component i; 1.3 Method of Working Problems; 1.4 Conservation of Total Energy; 1.5 Method of Working Problems

1.6 Mechanical Energy Balance1.7 Conservation of Momentum; Problems; References; Chapter 2. Steady-State Lumped Systems; 2.1 Methods; 2.2 Simultaneous Solution of Linear Equations; 2.3 Solution of Nonlinear Equations; 2.4 Structural Analysis and Solution of Systems of Algebraic Equations; Problems; References; Chapter 3. Unsteady-State Lumped Systems; 3.1 Single Step Algorithms for Numerical Integration; 3.2 Basic Stirred Tank Modeling; 3.3 Multistep Methods; 3.4 Stirred Tanks with Flow Rates a Function of Level; 3.5 Enclosed Tank Vessel; 3.6 Stirred Tank with Heating Jacket

3.7 Energy Balances with Variable Properties3.8 Tanks with Multicomponent Feeds; 3.9 Stiff Differential Equations; 3.10 Catalytic Fluidized Beds; Problems; References; Chapter 4. Reaction-Kinetic Systems; 4.1 Chlorination of Benzene; 4.2 Autocatalytic Reactions; 4.3 Temperature Effects in Stirred Tank Reactors; Problems; References; Chapter 5. Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Operations; 5.1 Boiling in an Open Vessel; 5.2 Boiling in a Jacketed Vessel (Boiler); 5.3 Multicomponent Boiling-Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium; 5.4 Batch Distillation; 5.5 Binary Distillation Columns

5.6 Multicomponent Distillation ColumnsProblems; References; Chapter 6. Microscopic Balances; 6.1 Conservation of Total Mass (Equation of Continuity); 6.2 Conservation of Component i; 6.3 Dispersion Description; 6.4 Method of Working Problems; 6.5 Stagnant Film Diffusion; 6.6 Conservation of Momentum (Equation of Motion); 6.7 Dispersion Description; 6.8 Pipe Flow of a Newtonian Fluid; 6.9 Development of Microscopic Mechanical Energy Equation and Its Application; 6.10 Pipeline Gas Flow; 6.11 Development of Microscopic Thermal Energy Balance and Its Application

6.12 Heat Conduction Through Composite Cylindrical Walls6.13 Heat Conduction with Chemical Heat Source; 6.14 Mathematical Modeling for a Styrene Monomer Tubular Reactor; Problems; References; Chapter 7. Solution of Split Boundary-Value Problems; 7.1 Digital Implementation of Shooting Techniques: Tubular Reactor with Dispersion; 7.2 A Generalized Shooting Technique; 7.3 Superposition Principle and Linear Boundary-Value Problems; 7.4 Superposition Principle: Radial Temperature Gradients in an Annular Chemical Reactor; 7.5 Quasilinearization

7.6 Nonlinear Tubular Reactor with Dispersion: Quasilinearization Solution

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-03460-6

9786611034603

0-08-052969-0

OCLC:

476102726