Computer Programming Examples for Chemical Engineers

Ross, George

ISBN 10: 0444428364 / ISBN 13: 9780444428363

Published by Elsevier, 1987

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Hard cover. Usual ex-library features. The interior is clean and tight. Binding is good. Cover shows slight wear and has library label and tape on spine. 296 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Computer Programming Examples for Chemical Engineers
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0444428364
• ISBN 13: 9780444428363
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Condition: Acceptable
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Book Type: Ex-Library

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Synopsis

Written by a chemical engineer rather than by a computer scientist, this book fills the gap between texts which teach computer languages or programming methods and chemical engineering texts which omit details of writing programs. In order to write a computer program and get it to work, general theoretical principles are not enough; one has to actually do the job. This is done in each case by first taking the reader through a manual calculation, then presenting a computer program to perform the same task. Explanation of how the program operates is given in some detail. Topics discussed in this way include: computer flowsheeting; interpretation and accessing of results and physical data; forward feed multi-effect evaporation; binary distillation; linear programming; introduction to finite differences with simple heat exchanger example; steady state multi-dimensional heat conduction; unsteady state heat conduction; solution of automatic control problems using finite differences. In each case, the necessary theory is fully introduced. The programs are written in BASIC - an easily learnt, moderately powerful language available on both mainframe and desk-top computers.