Suggested Reading

A nice introduction to chemical engineering calculations is provided by Felder, R. M., and R. Rousseau, Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes, 2nd ed. Wiley, New York (1986).

Excellent discussions of the issues involved in modeling a mixing tank, incorporating density effects and energy balances, is provided in the following two books: Denn, M. M., Process Modeling, Longman, New York (1986); Russell, T.R. F., and M. M. Denn, Introduction to Chemical Engineering Analysis, Wiley, New York (1971).

An introduction to chemical reaction engineering is Fogler, H. S., Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, 3rd ed., Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ (1999).

An excellent textbook for an introduction to chemical engineering thermodynamics is Smith, J. M., H. C. Van Ness, and M. M. Abbott, Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, 6th ed., McGraw-Hill, New York (2001).

A more detailed discussion of process dynamics is provided in the textbook Bequette, B.W., Process Dynamics: Modeling, Analysis and Simulation, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ (1998).

The reaction of ethylene oxide and water to form ethylene glycol is discussed in Fogler, H. S., Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, 2nd ed., Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ (1992).