Finding the Right Book for Chemical Processes

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Undergraduate chemical engineering students often struggle with textbooks that do not clearly connect reading material to corresponding exercises. A common request is for books that present a seamless flow between paragraphs and exercises, allowing for immediate application of concepts. One recommended resource is "Introductory Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics" by J. M. Smith and H. C. Van Ness. This book effectively introduces fundamental thermodynamic concepts and follows them with worked examples, facilitating a smoother transition from theory to practice. This structure may help students better grasp the material and tackle related exercises efficiently.
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Hey there ppl, I'm an undergraduate ChE and most of the time i have problems with books. My problem is that when i read a paragraph and want to continue it with making some excersises, i find it hard to figure out which excersises belong to the paragraph i just read...e.g. Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes... Does anyone know another book of the same standard as this book, but then like the pages are sequenced in such a way the i can read the paragraph and the next page are the excersises pertaining to the paragraph and then the next page starts a new paragraph and the next page are the excersises belonging to that paragraph and so on and so on?

ThnQ so much in advance :biggrin:
 
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One book that I recommend to my students is Introductory Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics by J. M. Smith and H. C. Van Ness. This book takes a slightly different approach than most textbooks in that it starts with the basics of thermodynamics, such as the definition of work, energy, enthalpy, heat capacity, and entropy, and then introduces the equations associated with each concept. After introducing the concepts, the next section of the book provides worked examples that use the equations to solve thermodynamic problems. This approach makes it easy to transition from reading the material to solving problems related to the material.
 

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