Numerical Methods for Chemical Engineers Using Excel, VBA, and MATLAB
Victor J. Law, Tulane University
CRC Press, Inc., 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4665-7940-8;
Language: English
Numerical Methods for Chemical Engineers Using Excel, VBA, and MATLAB focuses on nonlinear equations, Visual Basic®, linear algebra, ordinary differential equations, regression analysis, partial differential equations, and mathematical programming methods. The VBA programming environment comes with Excel® and greatly enhances the capabilities of Excel spreadsheets. While there is no perfect programming system, teaching the combination discussed in the text offers knowledge in a widely available program that is commonly used (Excel) as well as a glimpse at a popular academic software package (MATLAB).
Each chapter contains examples that show in detail how a particular numerical method or programming methodology can be implemented in Excel and/or VBA (or MATLAB in chapter 10). Most of the examples and problems presented in the text are related to chemical and biomolecular engineering and cover a broad range of application areas including thermodynamics, fluid flow, heat transfer, mass transfer, reaction kinetics, reactor design, process design, and process control. The chapters feature "Did You Know" boxes, used to remind readers of Excel features. The text also contains end-of-chapter exercises, with solutions provided.
MATLAB is introduced in the final chapter, hopefully making it easier to learn after studying the programming tools in previous chapters.
