Accession Number:

AD0738057

Title:

Sensitivity Analysis in Chemical Thermodynamics,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Bigelow,J. H.
• Shapiro,N. Z.

Report Date:

1971-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

19.0

Abstract:

The problem of finding the equilibrium or steadystate composition of a chemical system may be formulated as a constrained extremum problem. One often wishes to compute not only the composition, but also its dependence on the parameters of the system. This sensitivity analysis is described. Author

Descriptors:

• (*CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM
• *THERMODYNAMICS)
• MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING
• PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

Subject Categories:

• Physical Chemistry

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE