1st Edition

Numerical Calculations for Process Engineering Using Excel VBA

By Chi M. Phan Copyright 2024
158 Pages 31 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

158 Pages 31 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

158 Pages 31 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Numerical Calculations for Process Engineering Using Excel VBA provides numerical treatment of process engineering problems with VBA programming and Excel spreadsheets. The problems are solving material and energy balances, optimising reactors and modelling multiple-factor processes. The book includes both basic and advanced codes for numerical calculations. The basic methods are presented in... Read more
1. Introduction to Excel and VBA  2. Roots of an Equation  3. Applications of Roots of an Equation  4. One-Dimensional Optimisation  5. Linear Programming  6. Roots of Systems of Linear Equations  7. Application of Systems of Linear Equations  8. Solving Systems of Non-Linear Equations  9. Solving Ordinary Differential Equations  10. Applications of ODEs  11. Integration  12. Network Analysis

Biography

Chi M. Phan (PhD, BEng) has taught in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Curtin University for over 15 years. He has taught classes in process analysis, process calculations, process modelling and simulations. In addition to Curtin University, he taught at the University of Newcastle (Australia) and the University of Hyogo (Japan). He has developed many numerical models for his research in surface science.