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Title:	A computer solution for absorbers and strippers using the Newton-Raphson iterative method
Author:	Lukach, Robert J.
View Online:	njit-etd1973-022 (xii, 277 pages ~ 13.2 MB pdf)
Department:	Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry
Degree:	Master of Science
Program:	Chemical Engineering
Document Type:	Thesis
Advisory Committee:	Roche, Edward Charles, Jr. (Committee chair) McCormick, John E. (Committee member) Bart, Ernest N. (Committee member)
Date:	1973-06
Keywords:	Absorption -- Computer programs
Availability:	Unrestricted
Abstract:	The solution of absorber or stripper calculations by traditional methods can be a tedious, time consuming, if not a completely fruitless procedure. Hence a computer solution of these calculations is both desirable and, as the complexity of chemical process plants increases, necessary. The component oriented Newton-Raphson procedure was programed to perform this calculation, and makes full use of the material and enthalpy balance equations to perform the iterative equilibrium stage calculations. A Newton-Raphson stage oriented method was also developed as a verification program to check the solutions obtained from the Newton-Raphson component oriented procedure.