
Practical Problems and Step-by-Step Solutions for Acing the NCEES FE Chemical Exam
by Ellis Tanaka
Chemical engineering problems on the FE exam are rarely long. They are just easy to start the wrong way.
This workbook trains the first thirty seconds of every problem: identify the balance, draw the boundary, pick the datum, then solve. Instead of memorizing formulas, you build a repeatable attack plan for the NCEES FE Chemical exam. Each chapter opens with the exam mechanics and handbook strategy you need, then moves through mathematics, probability and statistics, engineering sciences and computational tools, chemistry and materials science, material balances, energy balances, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, mass transfer and separation, chemical reaction engineering, process design and economics, and process control, safety, health and environment.
Every solution shows the full arithmetic and names the trap in the attractive wrong answer. You work recycle and purge balances, energy balances with reaction, friction and pump-head problems, vapour-liquid equilibrium, exchanger duty by log-mean and effectiveness methods, distillation stages, and reactor sizing for batch, plug-flow and stirred-tank operation. Two timed full-length papers let you rehearse pacing before exam day, so you walk in knowing how to finish, not just how to calculate.
What you will learn:
For chemical engineering seniors and process engineers sitting the licensure fundamentals exam, this workbook turns scattered review into a focused, timed practice routine. If you want to stop losing points to misread problems and start solving with a repeatable method, this is your training ground.