Process Analysis and Simulation in Chemical Engineering [Hardcover]

This book offers a comprehensive coverage of process simulation and flowsheeting, useful for undergraduate students of Chemical Engineering and Process Engineering as theoretical and practical support in Process Design, Process Simulation, Process Engineering, Plant Design, and Process Control courses. The main concepts related to process simulation and application tools are presented and discussed in the framework of typical problems found in engineering design. The topics presented in the chapters are organized in an inductive way, starting from the more simplistic simulations up to some complex problems.Preface Chapter 1 Process Simulation in Chemical Engineering 1.1. Introduction 1.2. Chemical process simulators 1.3. Types of process simulators 1.3.1. Simultaneous or Equation oriented simulators 1.3.2. Hybrid simulators 1.3.3. Aspen Plus? and Aspen Hysys? 1.4. Applications of process simulation 1.4.1. Computer-aided design 1.4.2. Process optimization 1.4.3. Solution of operating problems 1.4.4. Other applications 1.5. Convergence Analysis 1.5.1. Convergence Methods (Babu, 2004 ; Dimian, 2003 ; Seider, Seader & Lewin, 2004) 1.5.2. Problems with simple recycles 1.5.3. Partitioning and topological analysis 1.5.4. Nested recycles 1.6. Introductory example 1.6.1. Problem description 1.6.2. Simulation using Aspen HYSYS? 1.6.3. Simulation using Aspen Plus? 1.7. Sensitivity Analysis 1.7.1. Sensitivity Analysis in Aspen Plus? 1.7.2. Sensitivity Analysis in Aspen HYSYS? 1.8. Design specifications 1.9. Summary 1.10. Problems Chapter 2 Thermodynamic and property models 2.1. Introduction 2.2. Ideal model 2.3. Equations of State 2.4. Activity coefficient models 2.5. Special Models 2.5.1. Polymeric systems 2.5.2. Electrolytic System 2.6. Integration of the activity models with equations of the state 2.7. Selection of thermodynamic model 2.8. Example of property model selection 2.9. Example of phase diagram 2.10. Example of parameter adjustment 2.11. Hypothetical componentslS,