Matlab-Based Computations of Chemical Engineering Principles - Al-Malah, Kamal I M

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Résumé :

Acknowledgments xi

About the Companion Website xiii

1 What is Chemical Engineering? 1

1.1 Chemical Engineering Industrial Processes 1

1.2 What Chemical Engineers Can Do 11

1.2.1 What is a Duty? 11

1.2.2 What is a Task? 11

1.3 Duties and Tasks Tailored to a Chemical Engineer's Job 11

1.4 Introduction to MATLAB 17

1.4.1 What is MATLAB? 17

1.4.2 Benefits of Using MATLAB for Chemical Engineers 17

1.4.3 Setting up MATLAB 17

1.4.4 The MATLAB Graphic User Interface (GUI) 18

1.5 Basic MATLAB Operations 19

1.5.1 Numbers, Variables, and Data Types 19

1.5.2 Performing Basic Mathematical Operations 20

1.6 Built-in Mathematical Functions 21

1.7 Creating and Manipulating Vectors 23

1.7.1 Creating Row Vectors 23

1.7.2 Creating Column Vectors 23

1.7.3 Accessing Elements 24

1.7.4 Vectorized Operations 25

1.7.5 Common Vector Operations 25

1.8 Creating and Manipulating Matrices 25

1.8.1 Indexing in Matrices: Accessing Elements with Precision 25

1.8.2 Matrix Operations 26

1.9 Introduction to Scripts and Functions 28

1.10 Data Analysis and Visualization 29

1.11 Data Manipulation Techniques 31

1.12 Creating Basic Plots (Scatter Plot and Line Plot) 33

End of Chapter Problems 36

2 Measurement, Analysis, and Presentation of Engineering Data 41

2.1 Dimensions and Units 41

2.2 Units Conversion 42

2.3 Systems of Units 43

2.4 MATLAB for SI/AE Conversion 45

2.5 Force and Weight 47

2.6 Accuracy and Precision: A Closer Look 49

2.6.1 Accuracy 49

2.6.2 Precision 50

2.6.3 Measurements Scenarios of Accuracy and Precision 50

2.7 Mystery of Errors: Types and Their Impact 51

2.7.1 Random (Indeterminate) Errors 51

2.7.1.1 Characteristics of Random Errors 51

2.7.2 Systematic Errors (Determinate Errors) 52

2.7.2.1 Systematic Errors Based on Source (Origin) 52

2.7.2.2 Constant Systematic Errors 52

2.7.2.3 Proportional Systematic Errors 52

2.7.3 Gross Errors 53

2.8 Significant Figures: Rules of Multiplication, Addition, and Rounding Off Numbers 54

2.8.1 Significant Figures 54

2.8.2 Rule for Multiplication and Division of Quantities with Different Significant Figures 56

2.8.3 Rule for Addition and Subtraction of Quantities with Different Significant Figures 56

2.8.4 Rounding Off Numbers Ending in 5 57

2.9 Dimensional Homogeneity and Dimensionless Quantities 57

2.10 Chemical Process Data: Measurement, Analysis, and Presentation 58

2.10.1 Random Variations in a Process Variable Measurement 59

2.10.2 MATLAB for Sample Statistics: Mean (X), Standard Deviation (S), and Range (R) 61

2.10.3 Relative S (Coefficient of Variation) 68

2.10.4 MATLAB Two-point Linear Interpolation 69

2.10.5 MATLAB Linear Regression 71

2.10.5.1 Method of Least Squares 71

End of Chapter Problems 86

Reference 93

3 Precision Measurement: Instruments for Process Variables 95

3.1 Mass and Volume 95

3.1.1 MATLAB Code for Searching and Presenting Density of Liquids and Solids 96

3.2 Mass and Volumetric Fluid Flow Rate 99

3.3 Fluid Flow Rate Measurement 100

3.3.1 Rota Meter 100

3.3.2 Differential Pressure Flow Meters 101

3.3.2.1 Orifice Meter 101

3.3.2.2 Venturi Meter 102

3.3.2.3 Flow Nozzle 103

3.3.3 Positive Displacement Flow Meters 103

3.3.4 Mechanical Flow Meters 104

3.3.4.1 Turbine Flow Meter 105

3.3.4.2 Nutating Disk Flow Meter 105

3.3.5 Other Type...

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Dr. Kamal I.M. Al-Malah is a Professor of Chemical Engineering. He holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees, all in chemical/biochemical engineering from Oregon State University. He currently researches the modeling, simulation, optimization, machine learning, and deep learning aspects of physical/biophysical systems and characterization of molecular properties within the fields of chemical, biochemical, pharmaceutical, and food engineering. He is sole author of four other textbooks with renowned science and engineering book publishers....