While instructing the Numerical equipment for Engineers direction over the past 15 years, the writer discovered a necessity for a brand new textbook, person who was once much less uncomplicated, supplied functions and difficulties greater suited to chemical engineers, and contained guide in visible Basic^® for functions (VBA). This ended in six years of constructing educating notes which were more desirable to create the present textbook, Numerical equipment for Chemical Engineers utilizing Excel^®, VBA, and MATLAB^®.

Focusing on Excel provides the benefit of it being more often than not to be had, because it is current on each computer—PC and Mac—that has Microsoft place of work put in. The VBA programming surroundings comes with Excel and vastly complements the functions of Excel spreadsheets. whereas there isn't any ideal programming process, instructing this mixture deals wisdom in a extensively to be had application that's usual (Excel) in addition to a well-liked educational software program package deal (MATLAB). Chapters disguise nonlinear equations, visible uncomplicated, linear algebra, traditional differential equations, regression research, partial differential equations, and mathematical programming methods.

Each bankruptcy includes examples that express intimately how a specific numerical strategy or programming technique will be applied in Excel and/or VBA (or MATLAB in bankruptcy 10). many of the examples and difficulties offered within the textual content are with regards to chemical and biomolecular engineering and canopy a vast diversity of program parts together with thermodynamics, fluid stream, warmth move, mass move, response kinetics, reactor layout, strategy layout, and procedure keep watch over. The chapters function "Did you recognize" containers, used to remind readers of Excel beneficial properties. additionally they comprise end-of-chapter routines, with ideas provided.