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Numerical methods are vital to the practice of chemical engineering, allowing for the solution of real-world problems. Written in a concise and practical format, this textbook introduces readers to the numerical methods required in the discipline of chemical engineering and enables them to validate their solutions using both Python and Simulink.
List of contents
1. Introduction. 2. Numerical Solutions of Linear Systems. 3. Bracketing Numerical Methods for Solving Systems of Nonlinear Equations. 4. Open Numerical Methods for Solving Systems of Nonlinear Equations. 5. Initial Value Problem Differential Equations. 6. Numerical Integration of Definite Functions. 7. Numerical Solution of Ordinary Differential Equations. 8. Simultaneous Systems of Differential Equations. 9. Boundary Value Problems Ordinary Differential Equations. Appendix A. Appendix B.
About the author
Nayef Ghasem is a professor of chemical engineering at the United Arab Emirates University, where he teaches undergraduate courses in process modeling and simulation, natural gas processing, reactor design in chemical engineering, and graduate and undergraduate courses in chemical engineering. He has published primarily in modeling and simulation, bifurcation theory, polymer reaction engineering, advanced control, and CO2 absorption in gas-liquid membrane contactors. He is the author of 3 other CRC Press books, Principles of Chemical Engineering Processes: Material and Energy Balances, Computer Methods in Chemical Engineering, and Modeling and Simulation of Chemical Process Systems. He is a senior member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).
Summary
Numerical methods are vital to the practice of chemical engineering, allowing for the solution of real-world problems. Written in a concise and practical format, this textbook introduces readers to the numerical methods required in the discipline of chemical engineering and enables them to validate their solutions using both Python and Simulink.
