MATLAB Applications in Chemical Engineering

Chapter 1: Solution of a System of Linear Equations 1
1.1 Properties of linear equation systems and the relevant MATLAB commands 1
1.2 Chemical engineering examples 10
1.3 Exercises 43
1.4 Summary of the MATLAB commands related to this chapter 48

Chapter 2: Solution of Nonlinear Equations 51
2.1 Relevant MATLAB commands and the Simulink solution interface 51
2.2 Chemical engineering examples 70
2.3 Exercises 103
2.4 Summary of MATLAB commands related to this chapter 122


Chapter 3: Interpolation, Differentiation, and Integration 125
3.1 Interpolation commands in MATLAB 125
3.2 Numerical differentiation 131
3.3 Numerical integration 153
3.4 Chemical engineering examples 157
3.5 Exercises 183
3.6 Summary of the MATLAB commands related to this chapter 195

Chapter 4: Numerical Solution of Ordinary Differential
Equations 197
4.1 Initial value problems for ordinary differential equations 197
4.2 Higher-order ordinary differential equations 222
4.3 Stiff differential equations 227
4.4 Differential-algebraic equation system 232
4.5 Boundary-valued ordinary differential equations 236
4.6 Chemical engineering examples 254
4.7 Exercises 285
4.8 Summary of the MATLAB commands related to this chapter 308

Chapter 5: Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations
311
5.1 Classifications of PDEs 311
5.2 The MATLAB PDE toolbox 316
5.3 Chemical engineering examples 341
5.4 Exercises 388
5.5 Summary of the MATLAB commands related to this chapter 397
Chapter 6: Process Optimization 399
6.1 The optimization problem and the relevant MATLAB commands 399
6.2 Chemical engineering examples 448
6.3 Exercises 481
6.4 Summary of the MATLAB commands related to this chapter 501

Chapter 7: Parameter Estimation 503
7.1 Parameter estimation using the least-squares method 503
7.2 Chemical engineering examples 517
7.3 Exercises 549
7.4 Summary of the MATLAB commands related to this chapter 560
References 563
Index 569

陳奇中 終身特聘教授

學歷 / 國立成功大學化工博士

研究領域 / 程序控制、製程設計、程序模擬與最適化、人工智慧技術發展與應用

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現任職於國立金門大學通識教育中心並兼任行政副校長一職。在教育界服務之資歷已超過30年，期間曾於美國加州大學聖塔芭芭拉分校擔任客座教授，亦曾於麻省理工學院擔任訪問學者。迄今已發表超過一百五十篇以MATLAB完成的學術期刊論文、會議論文和技術報告，並編著有「金門學概論」、「金門自然生態綜覽」、「通識領袖學思集」、「MATLAB程式設計與工程應用」等書籍。

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