ChemSOF is being developed as a resource for people who want to understand and use chemical engineering calculations. The project brings together practical calculation tools with explanations of the methods, assumptions, and units behind them.
This page explains what is known about the domain’s earlier presence and describes the approach guiding the current project.
Earlier References to ChemSOF
The ChemSOF name and domain have appeared in connection with chemical engineering calculation resources. A paper presented at the 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition included a reference to a ChemSOF page on McCabe–Thiele diagrams, with an access date in December 2015. Historical materials attributed to ChemSOF have also included engineering spreadsheets. peer.asee.org
These references offer a glimpse of the domain’s earlier subject matter. They do not establish the full history of the website, its ownership, or the status of its earlier tools and files. Historical references are provided for context and should not be taken as endorsements of the present project.
The Current Project
The present ChemSOF project is being rebuilt around chemical engineering calculators, worked examples, and supporting guides. Its planned subject areas include heat transfer, fluid flow, material and energy balances, engineering units, thermodynamics, and separation processes.
The aim is to make calculations easier to follow. Where relevant, a resource can explain the input quantities, equations, units, assumptions, sources, and limits that help readers understand the result.
The project is under development. Its coverage and available tools may change as resources are created, reviewed, and improved.
Independence and Editorial Decisions
ChemSOF is intended to operate as an independent resource. Editorial decisions about what to cover and how to explain a method should be guided by relevance to readers, the scope of the calculation, and the quality of the supporting information.
A reference to an organization, software package, publication, or technical source identifies material that readers may find useful. Such a reference does not by itself indicate an affiliation, sponsorship, or endorsement.
If commercial relationships, advertising, sponsorships, or affiliate arrangements become part of the site, ChemSOF aims to disclose them clearly so readers can recognize the nature of those relationships.
Sources and Earlier Materials
Engineering methods often rely on established equations, published correlations, reference data, and the work of other authors. ChemSOF aims to identify relevant sources and distinguish a calculation method from any particular implementation of it.
Earlier ChemSOF files and external resources should be assessed individually for authorship, permissions, technical applicability, and reliability before they are reused. The presence of a historical link alone does not establish that a file is available for republication or that its results are suitable for a current application.
The current project’s relationship to earlier operators and ownership has not been established in the sources reviewed for this page. Additional information can help make that history more complete.
Corrections and Feedback
If you have information about the earlier ChemSOF website, can identify a source that should be credited, or notice an error in a current resource, please use the Contact page. When possible, include the page address, the relevant detail, and a source that helps us review your suggestion.
Historical Reference
“Plotting McCabe-Thiele Diagrams in Microsoft Excel for Non-Ideal Systems,” presented at the 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. The paper’s references include a historical ChemSOF URL. peer.asee.org