Essentials of Chemical Reaction Engineering

New Software Available for Living Example Problems

The example problems that use an ODE solver are referred to as “Living Example Problems” because students can download solution codes from the website directly onto their own computers and vary various parameters to explore the problem and carry out a sensitivity analysis.

Codes are available in Polymath™, Matlab™, Wolfram CDF™, and Aspen Tech™.

INVESTIGATING AND LEARNING TRENDS IN CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING USING WOLFRAM CDF PLAYER

Visit the website at: www.umich.edu/~essen/Essentials of Chemical Reaction Engineering by H. Scott Fogler, ©2010 Pearson Education, ISBN 0137146124

This is the Essentials of Chemical Reaction Engineering homepage.

Accessing the Living Example Problems

This is the Objectives page for Chapter 5.

This is the Living Example Problems page for Chapter 5.

The screenshots above show how you can get to the Living Example Problems from the homepage. The backside of this pamphlet demonstrates how to use Wolfram CDF Player™ effectively.

Getting the most out of using Wolfram CDF PlayerTM

Download Wolfram CDF Player™ for free at www.wolfram.com/cdf-player/

Work through and familiarize yourself with Living Example Problems from the textbook or website. The Living Example Problem displayed below is Problem 12-3 on page 584 and explores a PBR with variable coolant temperature.

Download and run the Wolfram CDF Player™ Living Example Problem code from the website and explore the e�ects of various parameters to explore the problem. The graphs below show the e�ects of changing the coolant temperature, TC , on the conversion pro�le through a PBR.

The effects of changing the coolant temperature, TC , on the conversion profile through a PBR with a co-currentcooling can be effectively explored by simply adjusting the value of TC using a slider, as shown with in the diagrams above.

The Living Example Problem icon in the text signifies that solution codes are are available online atwww.umich.edu/~essen/. This particular example can be found in Chapter 12, problem 12-3 on page 584 in thetext Essentials of Chemical Reaction Engineering.

This pamphlet was designed by Arthur Shih and H. Scott Fogler, with input from Gustav Sandborgh.

Visit the website at: www.umich.edu/~essen/Essentials of Chemical Reaction Engineering by H. Scott Fogler, ©2010 Pearson Education, ISBN 0137146124

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