Multistage Separation Processes, Third Edition

Multistage Separation Processes provides chemical engineers with solid information and reaches beyond fundamental principles to focus on intuitive understanding and practical interpretation. It presents numerous examples from a variety of applications, effectively demonstrating the performance of processes under varying conditions and the relationship among the different operating variables. This third edition presents a significant amount of new information, including new chapters on membrane separations, dialysis, reverse osmosis, ion exchange, chromatographic separations, dynamic behavior, and multivariable control issues.

Table of Contents:
Preface THERMODYNAMICS AND PHASE EQUILIBRIA Thermodynamic Fundamentals PVT Behavior of Fluids Phase Equilibria Enthalpy Characterizing Petroleum Fractions Nomenclature References Problems THE EQUILIBRIUM STAGE Phase Behavior Performance of the Equilibrium Stage Solution Methods FUNDAMENTALS OF MULTISTAGE SEPARATION Cascaded Stages Distillation Basics Absorption/Stripping Basics MATERIAL BALANCES IN MULTICOMPONENT SEPARATION Mathematical Model Types of Column Specifications BINARY DISTILLATION: PRINCIPLES Column Section Total Column Column Solution with Mass and Enthalpy Balances BINARY DISTILLATION: APPLICATIONS Parameters Affecting Column Performance Parameter Interactions in Fixed Configuration Columns Design Strategies Guided by Graphical Representation MULTICOMPONENT SEPARATION: CONVENTIONAL DISTILLATION Characteristics of Multicomponent Separation Factors Affecting Separation Specifying Column Performance Number of Trays and Feed Location ABSORPTION AND STRIPPING Thermal Effects Liquid-to-Vapor Ratios Number of Stages Performance Specifications Graphical Representation COMPLEX DISTILLATION AND MULTIPLE COLUMN PROCESSES Multiple Feeds Multiple Products Side Heaters/Coolers and Pumparounds Multiple Column Processes SPECIAL DISTILLATION PROCESSES Azeotropic and Extractive Distillation Three-Phase Distillation Reactive Multistage Separation LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION AND SUPERCRITICAL EXTRACTION Extraction Fundamentals and Terminology Graphical Representation Extraction Equipment Supercritical Extraction SHORTCUT METHODS Columns at Total Reflux Minimum Reflux Ratio Column Design and Performance Analysis Modular Shortcut Methods RIGOROUS EQUILIBRIUM METHODS Model Description Steady State Solution Methods Chemical Reactions in Multistage Separation Three-Phase Distillation Liquid-Liquid Extraction Convergence by Dynamic Iteration Column Dynamics TRAY HYDRAULICS, RATE-BASED ANALYSIS, TRAY EFFICIENCY Tray Hydraulics Rate-Based Analysis Tray Efficiency PACKED COLUMNS Continuous Differential Mass Transfer Rate of Mass Transfer Mass Transfer in Packed Columns Packed Column Design CONTROL AND OPTIMIZATION OF SEPARATION PROCESSES Multi-Loop Controllers Dynamic Predictive Multivariable Control Model-Based Control and Optimization BATCH DISTILLATION Principles of Batch Distillation Solution Methods MEMBRANE SEPARATION OPERATIONS General Membrane Separation Process Performance of Membrane Separators Applications INDEX *Contains Nomenclature, References, and Problems sections at the end of each chapter