Material Balance Calculations: A Step-By-Step Explanation with Numerous Worked Examples

Book excerpt: Material balance Calculations is a textbook intended to help students overcome the challenges associated with solving problems in material balance. This book contains numerous solved problems in important areas of chemical engineering material balance. These worked examples will really improve students understanding in the area of mass balance. This book will be useful to students in colleges and other higher institutions of learning. It will also be a useful guide for students of chemistry. The detailed explanations given in this book have been done in order to improve students' material balance calculation skills which is required for proper understanding of chemical engineering calculations. The worked examples in this textbook are presented in a simple, logical and self-explanatory manner that will impart students with the required numerical skills for excelling in chemistry and chemical engineering calculations. Exercises are presented at the end of each topic in order for students to attempt and assess themselves. The topics covered in this book include: MATERIAL BALANCE: INTRODUCTIONBALANCES INVOLVING DRYING/EVAPORATIVE PROCESSESBALANCES INVOLVING MIXING OF SOLUTIONSBALANCES ON SEPARATION PROCESSESBALANCES ON SOLVENT EXTRACTIONPRESSURE IN LIQUIDHUMIDITY AND WATER VAPOUR IN THE AIRThese topics are well simplified with the numerous worked examples explained in a step-by-step order. A thorough study of this textbook will definitely improve your calculation skills in chemical engineering material balance calculations