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A textbook for a graduate or advanced undergraduate course in a chemical engineering curriculum that uses system theory to develop mathematical models for different chemical and biochemical systems. It considers a number of topics usually dealt with in separate courses, among them mass and energy balances, transport phenomena, chemical reaction engineering, mathematical modeling, and process control.
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CONSERVATION EQUATIONS ffND MODELING OF CHEMICfiL fiND BIOCHEMICAL PROCESSES Said S. E. M. Elnashaie Parag Garhyan Auburn University Auburn, Alabama, U.S.A. MARCEL MARCEL DEKKER, INC. TM Copyright n 2003 by Marcel Dekker, Inc. All Rights Reserved. NEW YORK • BASEL Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN: 0-8247-0957-8 This book is printed on acid-free paper. Headquarters Marcel Dekker, Inc. 270 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 tel: 212-696-9000; fax: 212-685-4540 Eastern Hemisphere Distribution Marcel Dekker AG Hutgasse 4, Postfach 812, CH-4001 Basel, Switzerland tel: 41-61-260-6300; fax: 41-61-260-6333 World Wide Web http://www.dekker.com The publisher offers discounts on this book when ordered in bulk quantities. For more information, write to Special Sales/Professional Marketing at the headquarters address above. Copyright Cg2003 by Marcel Dekker, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Neither this book nor any part may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilming, and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Current printing (last digit): 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TM Copyright n 2003 by Marcel Dekker, Inc. All Rights Reserved.