Handbook of Separation Process Technology

The book surveys the selection, design and operation of most of the industrially important separation processes. It discusses the underlying principles on which the processes are based and provides illustrative examples of the use of the processes in a modern context. The text features thorough treatment of newer separation processes based on membranes, adsorption, chromatography, ion exchange and chemical complexion. It also includes a review of historically important separation processes such as distillation, absorption, extraction, leaching and crystallization and considers these techniques in light of recent developments affecting themTable of Contents:Part I: General PrinciplesPhase EquilibriaMass Transfer PrinciplesPhase SegregationGeneral Processing ConsiderationsPart II: Individual Separation ProcessesDistillationAbsorption and StrippingExtraction - Organic Chemicals ProcessingExtraction - Metals ProcessingLeaching - Metals ApplicationsLeaching - Organic MaterialsCrystallization OperationsAdsorptionIon ExchangeLarge-Scale ChromatographySeparation Processes Based on Reversible Chemical ComplexionBubble and Foam Separations - Ore FlotationBubble and Foam Separations - Waste TreatmentUltrafiltration and Reverse OsmosisRecent Advances in Liquid Membrane TechnologySeparation of Gaseous Mixtures Using Polymer MembranesMembrane Processes - Dialysis and Electro dialysisSelection of a Separation ProcessIndex