Industrial Separation Processes

From the Contents: Introduction- Characteristics of Separation Processes: Significance of Separations - Characteristics - Industrial Separation Methods - Inherent Selectivities - Course ObjectivesEquilibrium Based Molecular Separations- Evaporation and Distillation: Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium - Evaporation - Distillation - Advanced Distillation Techniques- Absorption and Stripping: Applications - Gas Equilibria - Design Procedures - Industrial Absorbers- General Design of Gas-Liquid Contactors: Mass transfer in gas-liquid systems - Plate Columns - Packed Columns - Efficiency - Basic Design- Liquid-Liquid Extraction: Liquid-Liquid Equilibrium - Extraction Schemes - Countercurrent Extractions - Industrial ExtractorsRate Controlled Molecular Separations- Adsorption and Ion Exchange: Adsorbents - Adsorption Fundamentals - Fixed Bed Adsorption - Basic Adsorption Cycles - Ion Exchange- Drying: Humidity - Moisture in Solids - Drying Mechanisms - Classification of Drying Operations- Crystallization: Fundamentals - Crystal Characteristics - Solution Crystallization - Crystallizer Modeling- Other Crystallization TechniquesMechanical Separation Technology- Sedimentation & Settling: Mechanisms - Gravity - Centrifugal - Electrostatic - Basic Design - Equipment- Filtration: Fundamentals - Equipment - Filter Media - Centrifugal - Interceptive- Membrane Filtration: Membrane Selection - Membrane Filtration - Flux Equations and Selectivity - Concentration Polarization - ModulesSpecial Topics- Separation Method Selection: Determining Factors - Feasibility - Liquid Mixtures - Gas Mixtures - Solid-Liquid SystemsAppendixAnswers to Exercises