Introductory Videos/Handouts for the Software
Also, please visit the Screencasts Page for videos that provide examples for particular textbook sections.
These tutorials pertain to software that can be downloaded as described on the Software Page.
MATLAB
- Lira's Quick Reference Guide to MATLAB. (linked to the latest version)
- Matlab Solvers and Function Fitting Using Optimization. (3/14/12)
- Overview of MATLAB Folders and Navigation (YouTube, Lira)(watch this before any of the other MATLAB videos below).
- Using the MATLAB debugger. (YouTube, Lira) (5/1/13)
- Publish MATLAB code with Graphics Output to html to Word. (6 min, msu) (2/2/15)
- Running textbook MATLAB code in Octave and SciLab - how to setup and what to expect. (1/11/2015)
MATLAB for Pure Fluids
- Using the Matlab/Props folder to find property values. (YouTube, Lira)
- Using the Matlab/Psat folder to find vapor pressures, saturation temperatures, and Antoine coefficients. (YouTube, Lira)
- Using the Matlab/Chap07/Preos.m to run the Peng Robinson equation for PVT properties of pure fluids. (YouTube, Lira)
- Using the Matlab/Chap08-09/PreosProps.m to run the Peng Robinson equation for thermodynamic properties of pure fluids. (YouTube, Lira) (3/6/13)
Excel For Pure Fluids
- Advanced Features in Excel - Solver, Names, Matrix Manipulation. (5/1/12)
- Finding/Enabling Excel Solver.
- (Section 2.10) Using VLookup with Props.xlsx (1) (6min, uakron.edu)
- (Section 2.10) Shortcut Estimation of Antoine Coefficients (2) (6min, uakron.edu)
- (Section 7.6) Using Excel Solver for PVT and Psat (4:42, msu.edu)
- (Section 7.6) Using a macro to build a table of Z vs. Pr in Excel (14:40, msu.edu)
- (Section 8.8) Preos.xlsx, Intoductory Example for propane OVC cycle. (15min, Elliott)
- (Section 8.8) Preos.xlsx, Liquefaction of Methane. (8min, Elliott)
Excel For Mixtures
- (Section 3.6) Iterating Process Mass Balances in Excel (5min, uakron.edu)
- (Section 3.6) Process Energy Balances in Excel (5min, uakron.edu) (see also Section 2.11)
- (Section 10.2) Generating a Pxy Phase Diagram for a Binary Ideal Solution (3) (11min, uakron.edu)
- (Section 10.4) Multicomponent VLE for Ideal Solutions (9) (19min, uakron.edu)
- (Section 11.2) Generating a Pxy Phase Diagram for a Binary Solution Using the Margules 1-parameter (M1) model (4a) (9min,uakron.edu)
- (Section 12.3) Conceptual foundations of M1/MAB, Scatchard-Hildebrand, and SSCED models (4b) (9min, uakron.edu)
- (Section 11.2) Generating a Binary Pxy Diagram for the M1+MAB model (4c) (6min, uakron.edu)
- (Section 11.2) Generating a Binary Txy Diagram for the M1+MAB model (5) (14min, uakron.edu)
- (Section 14.4) Generating a Binary LLE Diagram for the M1+MAB model (6) (10min, uakron.edu)
- (Section 14.10) Generating a Binary SLE Phase Diagram for the M1 model (7) (7min, uakron.edu)
- (Section 12.3) Generating a Pxy Diagram: M1 to Scatchard-Hildebrand model (8a) (6min, uakron.edu)
- (Section 12.5) Generating a Pxy Diagram: Scatchard-Hildebrand to SSCED model (8b) (6min, uakron.edu)
- (Section 14.4) Generating a VLLE Txy Diagram with the SSCED model (8c) (6min, uakron.edu)
- (Section 12.7) Multicomponent VLE for the M1/MAB model (10a) (19min, uakron.edu)
- (Section 11.6) Generating a Binary Pxy Diagram for the M2 model (6min, uakron.edu)
- (Section 11.9) Fitting Pxy data with Excel and Validation of the M2 model (9min, msu.edu)
- (Section 11.12) Henry's Law and Gas Solubility: Estimation and Validation using the M1 model (16min, uakron.edu)
- (Section 12.7) Multicomponent VLE for the M2 model (10min, uakron.edu)
- (Section 13.4) Binary VLE with UniQuac (7min, uakron.edu)
- (Section 13.5) Binary VLE with UniFac (7min, uakron.edu)
- (Section 14.9) Supplement on Iteration of LLE with Excel and Matlab. Hints on converging LLE using Excel with the method presented in the textbook.
- (Section 15.4) PRMix.xlsx - Tutorial on use for bubble pressure (msu.edu) (10:06). Solution of Ex. 15.6.
- (Section 15.4) PRMix.xlsx - Tutorial on use for model validation (uakron.edu) (11min). Optimizing Kij from experimental data.
- (Section 17.7-8) Temperature dependence of Ka (6 min, msu.edu)
- (Section 17.12) Process calculations for adiabatic reactors (9min, uakron.edu)
Aspen
- How to create a compressor in Aspen using a template. (YouTube, Lira)
- Aspen, entering components and viewing mixture parameters. (YouTube, Lira)
- Aspen, reviewing binary parameters, model form, and plotting VLE. (YouTube, Lira)
- Aspen, configuring for electrolytes. (YouTube, Lira)
ChemCAD
- How to draw a Process Flow Diagram (PFD) in ChemCAD. (16min, uakron)