Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering Fundamental Concepts for First-Year Students /

• Main Authors: Simpson, Ricardo (Author), Sastry, Sudhir K. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Biochemical engineering.; Food > Biotechnology.; Mathematical models.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Biochemical Engineering.; Food Science.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics.

This is a unique introductory textbook that covers all aspects of both chemical and bioprocess engineering and provides a thorough grounding in the fundamentals so that the background may be used in future work. Included are more than 400 proposed and solved exercises, each classified by its level o...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Fundamentals of Magnitudes, Units Systems, and Their Applications in Process Engineering
• Fundamentals of Process Control, Communication, and Instrumentation
• Learning from Nature and its Applications in Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering
• Challenging and Solving Problems with Basic Tools, Testing Student's Attitude
• A Glimpse of Thermodynamics and Transport Phenomena
• Fundamentals of Material Balances (Non-reactive Systems)
• Fundamentals of Material Balances (Reactive Systems)
• Fundamentals of Mathematical Modeling, Simulation, and Process Control
• Scale Up in Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering
• Optimization and Chemical/Bioprocess Optimization
• Basic Economic Principles and a Glimpse on How to Take a Decision Among Alternatives.