Overview

This book provides the reader with a self-study, step-by-step guide to doing thermodynamic calculations in Aspen Plus® (Version 8.x). This is done by providing actual screen shots of the Aspen Plus interface to solve example problems of various types, including vapor-liquid, liquid-liquid, vapor-liquid-liquid and chemical reaction equilibria, and simple applications to liquefaction, distillation and liquid-liquid extraction. Because it has been designed for self-study use, it is meant to be assigned to students to use out of class, and not as an in-class textbook. It does not attempt to teach the basics of thermodynamics; it stresses the application of thermodynamics to realistic problems.