Industrial Separation Processes: Fundamentals

ISBN-13: 9783110306699 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 384 str.

Andr B. De Haan; Hans Bosch

Opis

Separation processes on an industrial scale comprise well over half of the capital and operating costs. They are basic knowledge in every chemical engineering and process engineering study. This book provides comprehensive and fundamental knowledge of university teaching in this discipline, exercises and solutions.

Spis treści

From the Contents:

Introduction
- Characteristics of Separation Processes: Significance of Separations – Characteristics – Industrial Separation Methods – Inherent Selectivities – Course Objectives
Equilibrium 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 Extractors
Rate 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 Techniques
Mechanical 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 – Modules
Special Topics
- Separation Method Selection: Determining Factors – Feasibility – Liquid Mixtures – Gas Mixtures – Solid-Liquid Systems
Appendix
Answers to Exercises

O autorze

André B. de Haan, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands; Hans Bosch, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.