ASEE Chemical Engineering Division Summer School 2007
Recent Advances in Chemical Engineering Problem Solving
Mordechai Shacham, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel
Michael B. Cutlip, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Connecticut, U-3222, Storrs, CT 06269-3222
Workshop Instructions: Please click on the PDF document link to view the PowerPoint presentation for the Introduction and for each particular Example Problem. The files can be downloaded and saved with a right mouse click from the links given in each problem. A left mouse click should open the problem in both Polymath (.pol files) and EXCEL (.XLS files) if these software packages are available on your computer.
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Subject |
Duration |
Presenter |
Introduction |
Historical Perspective on Numerical Problem Solving |
20 min |
Shacham |
Introduction |
POLYMATH |
10 min | Cutlip |
Example 1 |
Molar Volume and Compressibility Factor from Redlich-Kwong Equation (Prob 4.1)* Sequential Calculations with POLYMATH and Excel, Parametric Studies with Excel |
20 min |
Cutlip |
Example 2 |
Calculation of the Flow Rate in A Pipeline (Prob. 5.2)* Solution of a Single Nonlinear (Implicit) Algebraic Equation with POLYMATH and MATLAB, Parametric Studies with MATLAB Files: Example2_A.POL Example2_B1.mª Example2_B2.mª ª - Use right mouse click to save MATLAB file. |
20 min |
Shacham |
Example 3 |
Regression of Data ("Heat of Hardening" - Polymath Regression Example 4) Correlation of the Physical Properties of Ethane (Prob. 4.4)* Multiple Linear, Polynomial and Nonlinear Regression with Statistical Analysis Files: PolymathRegressionExample4.pol CpEthane.pol VPEthane.pol WagnerEq.pol |
25 min |
Shacham |
Example 4 |
Adiabatic Operation of a Tubular Reactor for Cracking of Acetone (Prob. 4.3)* Solution of a System of ODEs with POLYMATH and Excel, Parametric Studies with Excel Files: Example-4.POL Example-4.xls |
15 min |
Cutlip |
Example 5 |
Complex Chemical Equilibrium (Probs. 6.6 and 7.13)* Solution of a System of Nonlinear Algebraic Equations (NLE) with POLYMATH and MATLAB, Parametric Studies with MATLAB Files: Example5A.pol Example5B.pol Example5B.mª Example5C.pol ª - Use right mouse click to save MATLAB file |
? min |
Shacham |
Example 6 |
Simultaneous Multicomponent Diffusion of Gases (Prob. 10.8) Solution of a System of ODEs with POLYMATH and MATLAB, Boundary Value Iterations with MATLAB Files: Example6.pol MultDiffusA.mª MultDiffusB.mª ª - Use right mouse click to save MATLAB file. |
? min |
Shacham |
Misc. Problems |
Brief Review of Problem Types not Discussed in Detail: Stiff ODEs, DAEs, PDEs, Parameter Estimation, Nonlinear Programming, Multiple Model – Multiple Algorithm Problems |
? min |
Shacham |
Summary |
Conclusions and Discussion |
5 min |
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*Cutlip, M. B. and Shacham, M., Problem Solving in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering with Polymath, Excel, and MATLAB, 2nd ed., Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2007.