Select Thermodynamic Models for Process Simulation

The selection of the most adequate thermodynamic model in a process simulation is an issue that most process engineers have to face sooner or later. This book, conceived as a practical guide, aims at providing adequate answers by analyzing the questions to be answered. The analysis (first chapter) yields three keys that are further discussed in three different chapters. The fourth chapter illustrates the phase behavior and makes model recommendations for the most significant industrial systems. A decision tree is provided at the end of this chapter. In the last chapter, the key questions are reviewed for a number of typical processes. This book is intended for process engineers who are not specialists in thermodynamics, but are confronted with this kind of problems and need a reference book, as well as process engineering students who will find an original approach to thermodynamics, complementary to traditional lectures.

Jean-Charles de Hemptinne graduated from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL) and has a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He obtained a national accreditation to conduct research from Lyon 1 University, and is active at IFP Energies Nouvelles since 1991. He is responsible for the Thermodynamics teaching unit at IFP School and recently was appointed IFP School Professor and Tuck foundation chair for thermodynamics for biofuels.Jean-Marie Ledanois obtained his engineering diploma from IFP School and his PhD from Ecole Centrale de Paris. He recently retired as full professor from the Simon Bolivar University in Caracas (Venezuela) and has spent a year as a visiting professor at IFP Energies Nouvelles.