http://hdl.handle.net/10366/138894 2026-04-20T05:37:36Z http://hdl.handle.net/10366/139067 [EN]In this textbook, the work of many years of teaching Introduction to Chemical Processes and Technologies at the University of Salamanca and as Visiting professor of University of Birmingham, University of Leeds, University of Maribor, Universidad de Concepción and Carnegie Mellon University and industrial experience in my position at P&G and consultant for biofuels companies is reflected. I have tried to select a few processes that use all the possible raw materials, air, water, biomass, minerals, and fossil fuels, to produce a number of basic chemicals from oxygen, nitrogen or hydrogen to ammonia, methanol, nitric acid, sulfuric acid, soda ash, sodium chloride, bioethanol, penicillin, FT fuels or biodiesel. Unlike many other references dealing with similar topics, this book is not merely descriptive, but uses chemical engineering principles to analyze the processes that transform the raw materials into products. Therefore, along the text, one can find distillation column analysis (i.e. air separation, ethanol and methanol purification), reactor design (i.e. ammonia converter, SO2 converter, sugars fermentation, biodiesel production, ammonia and methanol synthesis), absorption columns (i.e. ammonia purification, CO2 capture, sulfuric acid production), membrane analysis (i.e. desalination), electrolysis (i.e. water and NaCl), adsorption processes (i.e. air desiccation, PSA), evaporators and crystallizers design, power cycles and complete process analysis (i.e. air liquefaction, nitric acid, sulfuric acid, hydrogen, methanol, ammonia and sodium carbonate production). 2016-07-11T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10366/138893 [EN]The field of chemical engineering is in constant evolution, and access to information technology is changing the way chemical engineering problems are addressed. Inspired by the need for a user-friendly chemical engineering text that demonstrates the real-world applicability of different computer programs, Introduction to Software for Chemical Engineers acquaints readers with the capabilities of various general purpose, mathematical, process modeling and simulation, optimization, and specialized software packages, while explaining how to use the software to solve typical problems in fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer, mass and energy balances, unit operations, reactor engineering, and process and equipment design and control. Employing nitric acid production, methanol and ammonia recycle loops, and SO2 oxidation reactor case studies and other practical examples, Introduction to Software for Chemical Engineers shows how computer packages such as Excel, MATLAB®, Mathcad, CHEMCAD, Aspen HYSYS®, gPROMS, CFD, DEM, GAMS, and AIMMS are used in the design and operation of chemical reactors, distillation columns, cooling towers, and more. Make Introduction to Software for Chemical Engineers your go-to guide and quick reference for the use of computer software in chemical engineering applications. 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z