This document describes a process simulation course for undergraduate chemical engineering students. The course aims to go beyond using commercial simulators as "sophisticated calculators" by requiring students to build process models in MATLAB. Students start with simple steady-state models and progress to dynamic and non-isothermal systems. They learn to use property data from DIPPR to develop unit operation modules as MATLAB functions. The course emphasizes understanding physical phenomena, developing computational algorithms, and gaining experience with nonlinear equation solving. Tablet PCs are used to assist teaching complex modeling concepts.

Mordechai Shacham, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel Michael B. Cutlip, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA PDF

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