Biological reaction engineering: Principles, applications, and modelling with PC simulation - Hardcover

Irving J. Dunn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1560812699 ISBN 13: 9781560812692

Publisher: VCH, 1992

Synopsis

Here, the modeling of dynamic biological engineering processes is presented in a highly understandable way using a unique combination of simplified fundamental theory and direct hands-on computer simulation. Throughout, the mathematics is kept to a minimum, yet the 60 simulation examples supplied on a CD-ROM with this second edition illustrate almost every aspect of biological engineering science. Many of the examples are taken from the authors' own research, and each is described in detail, including the model equations. The programs are written in the modern user-friendly simulation language Berkeley Madonna, which runs on both Windows PC and Power-Macintosh computers. Madonna solves models comprising many ordinary differential equations using very simple programming, yet is so powerful that the model parameters may be defined as "sliders", which allow the effect of their change on the model behavior to be seen almost immediately. Users may include data for curve fitting, and perform sensitivity or multiple runs. The results can be seen simultaneously on multiple-graph windows or by using overlays – resulting in a tremendous learning effect. The authors' extensive experience, both in university teaching and international courses, is reflected in this well-balanced presentation, which is suitable for teachers, students, biochemists and engineers. The result is a greater understanding of the formulation and use of mass balances and kinetics for biological reaction engineering, written in a most stimulating manner.

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A textbook presenting engineers and scientists with the information they need to analyze the behavior of complex biological reactors using mathematical equations and a simulation computer language. Part I treats the fundamentals of modeling (mass balance equations involving reaction kinetics and mass-transfer rates), making them understandable to those new in the field. Part II introduces 45 simulation examples to be used with an included interactive simulator language (ISIM) provided on a diskette and operable on any DOS PC system. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Edition details

• Publisher: VCH
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1560812699
• ISBN 13: 9781560812692
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 438