Providing chemical engineering undergraduate and graduate students with a basic understanding of how separation of a mixture of molecules, macromolecules or particles is achieved, this textbook is a comprehensive introduction to the engineering science of separation. - Students learn how to apply their knowledge to determine the separation achieved in a given device or process. - Real-world examples are taken from biotechnology, chemical, food, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and pollution control industries. - Worked examples, elementary separator designs and chapter-end problems, giving...