"This book provides the reader with a self-study, step-by-step guide to doing thermodynamic calculations in Aspen Plus (Version 8.x). This is done by providing actual screen shots of the Aspen Plus interface to solve example problems of various types, including vapor-liquid, liquid-liquid, vapor-liquid-liquid and chemical reaction equilibria, and simple applications to liquefaction, distillation and liquid-liquid extraction"--
A step-by-step guide for students (and faculty) on the use of Aspen in teaching thermodynamics
• Easily-accessible modern computational techniques opening up new vistas in teaching thermodynamics
A range of applications of Aspen Plus in the prediction and calculation of thermodynamic properties and phase behavior using the state-of-the art methods
• Encourages students to develop engineering insight by doing repetitive calculations with changes in parameters and/or models
• Calculations and application examples in a step-by-step manner designed for out-of-classroom self study
• Makes it possible to easily integrate Aspen Plus into thermodynamics courses without using in-class time
• Stresses the application of thermodynamics to real problems
| Preface |
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| An Introduction for Students |
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1 Getting Started With Aspen Plus® |
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9 | (1) |
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10 | (26) |
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34 | (2) |
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3 Pure Component Property Analysis |
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36 | (20) |
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55 | (1) |
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4 The NIST ThermoData Engine (TDE) |
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56 | (10) |
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64 | (2) |
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5 Vapor--Liquid Equilibrium Calculations Using Activity Coefficient Models |
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5.1 Property Analysis Method |
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69 | (11) |
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5.2 The Simulation Method |
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5.3 Regression of Binary VLE Data with Activity Coefficient Models |
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89 | (30) |
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115 | (4) |
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6 Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Calculations Using an Equation of State |
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119 | (25) |
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6.1 The Property Analysis Method |
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120 | (2) |
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6.2 The Simulation Method |
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122 | (7) |
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6.3 Regression of Binary VLE Data with an Equation of State |
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129 | (15) |
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142 | (2) |
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7 Regression of Liquid--Liquid Equilibrium (LLE) Data and Vapor--Liquid--Liquid Equilibrium (VLLE) and Predictions |
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7.1 Liquid--Liquid Data Regression |
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7.2 The Prediction of Liquid--Liquid and Vapor--Liquid--Liquid Equilibrium |
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158 | (9) |
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7.3 High Pressure Vapor--Liquid--Liquid Equilibrium |
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167 | (8) |
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8 The Property Methods Assistant and Property Estimation |
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8.1 The Property Methods Assistant |
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175 | (7) |
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182 | (6) |
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8.3 Regressing Infinite Dilution Activity Coefficient Data |
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188 | (15) |
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201 | (2) |
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9 Chemical Reaction Equilibrium in Aspen Plus® |
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203 | (30) |
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229 | (4) |
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10 Shortcut Distillation Calculations |
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233 | (19) |
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250 | (2) |
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11 A Rigorous Distillation Calculation: RadFrac |
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252 | (20) |
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271 | (1) |
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12 Liquid-Liquid Extraction |
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272 | (15) |
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286 | (1) |
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13 Sensitivity Analysis: A Tool for Repetitive Calculations |
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287 | (18) |
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304 | (1) |
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305 | (34) |
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Stanley I. Sandler is the H. B. du Pont Professor of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Delaware. He is also the founding director of its Center for Molecular and Engineering Thermodynamics. He is the author of approximately 400 refereed papers, mostly on thermodynamics and several on education. He is the sole author of the popular textbook Chemical and Engineering Thermodynamics (first three editions) and now Chemical, Biochemical and Engineering Thermodynamics (4th edition), as well as the author or editor of 7 other books. He is the former editor of the AIChE Journal, a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, and a fellow of the AIChE and the IChemE. In addition, he has received the Professional Progress, Warren K. Lewis, and Founders Awards from the AIChE and a number of international awards.
