Academic Catalog

CHE550 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS

Course Code: 5630550
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Chemical Engineering
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. HAYRETTÝN YÜCEL
Offered Semester: Fall Semesters.

Course Content

Macroscopic balances and elementary formulation of physical problems. Application of complex variable theory and Laplace transforms. Rigorous application of partial differential equations. Matrices and their application to staged processes. Vectors and tensors. Coordinate systems. Calculus of variations, including some optimization methods. Application of these methods to chemical engineering problems.