Using Aspen Plus in Thermodynamics Instruction

Stanley I. Sandler is the H. B. du Pont Professor of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Delaware.  He is also the founding director of its Center for Molecular and Engineering Thermodynamics. He is the author of approximately 400 refereed papers, mostly on thermodynamics and several on education. He is the sole author of the popular textbook “Chemical and Engineering Thermodynamics” (first three editions) and now “Chemical, Biochemical and Engineering Thermodynamics” (4th edition), as well as the author or editor of 7 other books. He is the former editor of the AIChE Journal, a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, and a fellow of the AIChE and the IChemE. In addition, he has received the Professional Progress, Warren K. Lewis, and Founders Awards from the AIChE and a number of international awards.

• Preface viiAn Introduction for Students ix1. Getting Started with Aspen Plus® 1Problems 92. Two Simple Simulations 10Problems 343. Pure Component Property Analysis 36Problems 554. The NIST ThermoData Engine (TDE) 56Problems 645. Vapor–Liquid Equilibrium Calculations Using Activity Coefficient Models 665.1 Property Analysis Method 695.2 The Simulation Method 805.3 Regression of Binary VLE Data with Activity Coefficient Models 89Problems 1156. Vapor–Liquid Equilibrium Calculations Using an Equation of State 1196.1 The Property Analysis Method 1206.2 The Simulation Method 1226.3 Regression of Binary VLE Data with an Equation of State 129Problems 1427. Regression of Liquid–Liquid Equilibrium (LLE) Data and Vapor–Liquid–Liquid Equilibrium (VLLE) and Predictions 1447.1 Liquid–Liquid Data Regression 1447.2 The Prediction of Liquid–Liquid and Vapor–Liquid–Liquid Equilibrium 1587.3 High Pressure Vapor–Liquid–Liquid Equilibrium 167Problems 1738. The Property Methods Assistant and Property Estimation 1758.1 The Property Methods Assistant 1758.2 Property Estimation 1828.3 Regressing Infinite Dilution Activity Coefficient Data 188Problems 2019. Chemical Reaction Equilibrium in Aspen Plus® 203Problems 22910. Shortcut Distillation Calculations 233Problems 25011. A Rigorous Distillation Calculation: RadFrac 252Problems 27112. Liquid–Liquid Extraction 272Problems 28613. Sensitivity Analysis: A Tool for Repetitive Calculations 287Problems 30414. Electrolyte Solutions 305Problems 337Index 339