Fortran Programs For Chemical Process Design, Analysis, And Simulation

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This book gives engineers the fundamental theories, equations, and computer programs (including source codes) that provide a ready way to analyze and solve a wide range of process engineering problems.

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Fortran Programs for Chemical Process Design, Analysis, and Simulation by A. Kayode Coker • ISBN: 0884152804 • Pub. Date: January 1995 • Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology Books Acknowledgments I wish to express my profound gratitude to Professor E.N. Bromhead for his constructive criticism of Chapter Six. His enormous help and directions in developing the screen handling software on the pressure drop calculation for single-phase incompressible fluids are greatly appreciated. It has been a privilege to have worked with him. I am grateful to Dr. C.J. Mumford for his critical reviews of some chapters in the text. His expertise, suggestions, and encouragement are greatly appreciated. Sincere thanks to Dr. M.C. Jones for his valued comments and suggestions of Chapter Four. Permissions have been obtained to reproduce the works published by some organizations and companies. I acknowledge and thank the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the Institution of Chemical Engineers (U.K.), Chemical Engineering (Mc-Graw Hill), Oil & Gas Journal, Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers' Association, American Petroleum Institute, John Wiley & Sons, Nutter Engineering, PROCEDE, and many other organizations that provided materials for this book. Sincere gratitude to Joyce Alff for her directions and wonderful editing of the book. Finally, very special thanks to Bill Lowe, Editor-inChief (Book Division), Gulf Publishing Company. A. Kayode Coker viii Preface The increased use of personal computers by engineers has greatly revolutionized and expedited the design of process plants and equipment in the chemical process industries. In addition, t