
Principles of Filtration
Chi Tien(Author)
Elsevier (Publisher)
Published on 29. February 2012
Book
Hardback
360 pages
978-0-444-56366-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book covers filtration in various modes of operation for both solid/gas and solid/liquid suspensions. It provides the necessary knowledge and background information to prepare and equip persons who are interested in serious filtration work. It is a useful reference/text for students and practicing engineers. It can also be adopted as an advanced text book for various engineering courses in chemical, environmental, mechanical and metallurgical engineering.The book presents analysis and treatment of filtration processes employing different filter media operating in various modes for both gas/solid and liquid/solid systems.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Chemical engineers, membrane technologists, water engineers, environmental engineers, civil engineers
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
Illustrations
Illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 200 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
882 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-444-56366-8 (9780444563668)
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Person
Chi Tien (BSc., National Taiwan University, 1952; MSc., 1954; PhD., Northwestern University, 1958) is professor emeritus of chemical engineering at Syracuse University. During his teaching career, Professor Tien also taught at the University of Tulsa, University of Windsor, National University of Singapore, and Nanyang Technological University. In addition, he had visiting appointments with University of Leeds, Karlsruhe University, and University of Duisburg-Essen. For over 60 years, Professor Tien has been actively engaged in fluid/particle separation and adsorption research and has published widely. He authored and coauthored a number of books including Granular Filtration of Aerosols and Hydrosols, 1st Ed. (Butterworths), Adsorption Calculations and Modeling (Butterworths-Heinemann), Kinetics of Metal Ion Adsorption from Aqueous Solutions: Models, Algorithms, and Applications (with S. Yiacoumi, Kluwer Academic Publisher), Introduction to Cake Filtration: Analyses, Experiments, and Applications (Elsevier), Granular Filtration of Aerosols and Hydrosols, 2nd Ed. (with B. V. Ramaro, Elsevier), and Principles of Filtration (Elsevier).
Author
Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA
Content
Preface1. IntroductionPart I: Cake Filtration2. Cake Formation and Growth3. Post-Treatment Processes of Cake Filtration4. Fabric Filtration of Gas-Solid MixturesPart II: Deep Bed Filtration5. Deep Bed Filtration: Description and Analysis6. Particle Deposition Mechanisms, Predictions, Determination and Correlations of Filter Coefficient/Collector Efficiency7. Deep Bed Filtration ModelsIndex