Using Aspen Plus in Thermodynamics Instruction: A Step-by-Step Guide

Using Aspen Plus in Thermodynamics Instruction: A Step-by-Step Guide

<p>A step-by-step guide for students (and faculty) on the use of Aspen in teaching thermodynamics</p> <p>• Easily-accessible modern computational techniques opening up new vistas in teaching thermodynamics<br />A range of applications of Aspen Plus in the prediction and calculation of thermodynamic properties and phase behavior using the state-of-the art methods<br />• Encourages students to develop engineering insight by doing repetitive calculations with changes in parameters and/or models<br />• Calculations and application examples in a step-by-step manner designed for out-of-classroom self               study<br />• Makes it possible to easily integrate Aspen Plus into thermodynamics courses without using in-class time<br />• Stresses the application of thermodynamics to real problems</p>