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Title

Equilibrium-Staged Separations Using Matlab and Mathematica
Author

Housam Binous
Organization: KFUPM
Department: Chemical Engineering
URL: http://sites.google.com/site/homepageofdrhousambinous/
Journal / Anthology

Chemical Engineering Education
Year: 2008
Volume: 42
Issue: 2
Page range: 69-89
Description

Abstract: We show a new approach, based on the utilization of Matlab and Mathematica, for solving liquid-liquid extraction and binary distillation problems. In addition, the author shares his experience using these two softwares to teach equilibrium staged separations at the National Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology.
Subjects

*Applied Mathematics
*Engineering > Chemical Engineering
*Wolfram Technology
Keywords

Liquid-liquid extraction, Hunter-Nash diagram, distillation, McCabe-Thiele method
URL

http://cee.che.ufl.edu/Journals/Spring%202008%20v42.1/binous421.html