2023_24
Educational guide 
School of Chemical Engineering
A A 
english 
Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering (2010)
 Subjects
  COMPUTING IN PROCESS ENGINEERING
   Contents
Topic Sub-topic
Introduction to computing. Structure of a computer.
Hardware elements of a PC.
Operating systems.
Computer networks and the internet.
Programming methodology and technology. Programming languages.
Type of programming.
Description of the basic programming commands (flow control, variables and workspace, ...).
Structured programming. Variables, operations and functions.
Vectors and matrices.
Control structures: loops and bifurcation.
Files and databases. Introduction to files (scripts and functions).
Reading and saving data using files.
Basic concepts of algorithms. Algorithms and convergence.
Graphic representation of the data. Use of different types of graphs in the visualization of theoretical or experimental data.
Regression, errors and propagation. Rounding errors and computational arithmetic.
Solving linear systems. Solving systems of linear equations and application to process engineering problems.
Non-linear algebraic equations. Precision. Fixed-point iteration. Bisection method. Newton-Raphson method. Multivariable Newton-Raphson method.
Polynomials interpolation and data analysis. Representation and adjustment of polynomials. Interpolation and regression methods. Least square approximation. Data analysis functions.