Mathematical Modeling: A Chemical Engineer's PerspectiveMathematical modeling is the art and craft of building a system of equations that is both sufficiently complex to do justice to physical reality and sufficiently simple to give real insight into the situation. Mathematical Modeling: A Chemical Engineer's Perspective provides an elementary introduction to the craft by one of the century's most distinguished practitioners. Though the book is written from a chemical engineering viewpoint, the principles and pitfalls are common to all mathematical modeling of physical systems. Seventeen of the author's frequently cited papers are reprinted to illustrate applications to convective diffusion, formal chemical kinetics, heat and mass transfer, and the philosophy of modeling. An essay of acknowledgments, asides, and footnotes captures personal reflections on academic life and personalities.
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... move wittingly through a volume, which, though necessarily diverse, is still coherent. I am indebted to George Stephanopoulos, an ancien ami and the co-editor of this series, for suggesting a format that would bring together the various ...
... moves with speed v. Note that 6 = L/v. Let c(z, t) be the concentration of the reactant at a distance z from the entrance, where the feed concentration is cin. We can proceed in two ways at this point: applying the general balance F + G ...
... moves through the bed.” Shape factors of a different sort are involved in the Taylor dispersion problem. With parabolic flow at mean speed U through a cylindrical tube of radius R, Taylor found that the longitudinal dispersion of a ...
... moves the state away from the line, it will move back to the line, but not necessarily to the point from which it was disturbed. Thus if the dilution rate were to fluctuate, 46 CHAPTER 3/SOLVING THE EQUATIONS.
... insulating layer on the outside. With the various resistances to heat and mass transfer in series and the assumption that the burning front moves slowly, each form of resistance contributes an 50 CHAPTER 3/SOLVING THE EQUATIONS.
Contents
MATTER | 105 |
MISCELLANEA | 417 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 455 |
INDEX OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND COAUTHORS | 467 |
SUBJECT INDEX TO THE PAPERS IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY | 469 |
INDEX | 473 |