Parametric Sensitivity in Chemical Systems
Published on 13. March 1999
Book
Hardback
358 pages
978-0-521-62171-7 (ISBN)
Description
The behavior of a chemical system is affected by many physicochemical parameters. The sensitivity of the system's behavior to changes in parameters is known as parametric sensitivity. When a system operates in a parametrically sensitive region, its performance becomes unreliable and changes sharply with small variations in parameters. Thus, it would be of great value to predict sensitivity behavior in chemical systems. This book is the first to provide a thorough treatment of the concept of parametric sensitivity and the mathematical tool it generated, sensitivity analysis. The emphasis is on applications to real situations. The book begins with definitions of various sensitivity indices and describes the numerical techniques used for their evaluation. Extensively illustrated chapters discuss sensitivity analysis in a variety of chemical reactors - batch, tubular, continuous-flow, fixed-bed - and in combustion systems, air pollution, and metabolic processes. Chemical engineers, chemists, graduate students, and researchers will welcome this valuable resource.
Reviews / Votes
'There is something in this remarkable book to stimulate everyone with an interest in the behavior of chemical systems, including chemists and chemical, mechanical, aerospace, and environmental engineers.' Current Engineering Practice 'This book does an admirable job presenting the basic concepts, showing the variations and peculiarities arising in different applications, and comparing the authors' method of normalized sensitivity with known results in the literature. I like this book because it is comprehensive, it has examples I can use in class, and the road field is summarised in one place ... will take an important place on my bookshelf.' SIAM ReviewMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 263 mm
Width: 185 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
975 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-62171-7 (9780521621717)
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Arvind Varma | Massimo Morbidelli | Hua Wu
Parametric Sensitivity in Chemical Systems
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09/2005
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Additional editions
Arvind Varma | Massimo Morbidelli | Hua Wu
Parametric Sensitivity in Chemical Systems
Book
09/2005
Cambridge University Press
€90.20
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Content
Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Introduction to sensitivity analysis; 3. Thermal explosion in batch reactors; 4. Runaway in tubular reactors; 5. Parametric sensitivity in continuous-flow stirred tank reactors; 6. Runaway in fixed-bed catalytic reactors; 7. Parametric sensitivity and ignition phenomena in combustion systems; 8. Sensitivity analysis in mechanistic study and model reduction; 9. Sensitivity analysis in air pollution; 10. Sensitivity analysis in metabolic processes; Index.