• Maximizes student understanding with worked-out problems and solutions, a glossary, and a bibliography of supporting resources;

• Explains concepts of mass and energy balance applied to engineering systems in a simple and understandable manner without digression into tangential subject areas;

• Reinforces student understanding with many real life examples from relevant industries;

• Includes an introduction to exergy.

Maximizes student understanding with worked-out problems and solutions, a glossary, and a bibliography of supporting resources; Explains concepts of mass and energy balance applied to engineering systems in a simple and understandable manner without digression into tangential subject areas; Reinforces student understanding with many real life examples from relevant industries; Includes an introduction to exergy.

Autorentext
Dr. Zhongchao Tan is Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering; theDepartment of Chemical Engineering, by cross appointment; and the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, also by cross appointment at University of Waterloo. Dr. S. Ali Ashrafizadeh is Assistant Professor of Energy Engineering at the University of Waterloo.

Inhalt
Introduction and Basic Concepts.- Process and Process Variables.- Material Balance.- Basic Fluid Mechanics.- Energy Balance.- Simultaneous Material and Energy Balances.- Mass & Energy Balances for System with Nanoparticles.- Appendices.- Index.-