Separation Process Engineering: Includes Mass Transfer Analysis

The Definitive, Learner-Friendly Guide to Chemical Engineering  Separations--Extensively Updated, Including a New Chapter on Melt  Crystallization

Efficient separation processes are crucial to  addressing many societal problems, from developing new medicines to  improving energy efficiency and reducing emissions. Separation Process  Engineering, Fifth Edition, is the most comprehensive, accessible guide  to modern separation processes and the fundamentals of mass transfer. In  this completely updated edition, Phillip C. Wankat teaches each key  concept through detailed, realistic examples using actual data--with  up-to-date simulation practice, spreadsheet-based exercises, and  references.

Wankat thoroughly covers each separation process,  including flash, column, and batch distillation; exact calculations and  shortcut methods for multicomponent distillation; staged and packed  column design; absorption; stripping; and more. His extensive  discussions of mass transfer and diffusion enable faculty to teach  separations and mass transfer in a single course. And detailed material  on liquid-liquid extraction, adsorption, chromatography, and ion  exchange prepares students for advanced work.

New and updated  content includes melt crystallization, steam distillation, residue curve  analysis, batch washing, the Shanks system for percolation leaching,  eutectic systems, forward osmosis, microfiltration, and hybrid  separations. A full chapter discusses economics and energy conservation,  including updated equipment costs. Over 300 new and updated homework  problems are presented, all extensively tested in undergraduate courses  at Purdue University. New chapter on melt crystallization: solid-liquid  phase equilibrium, suspension, static and falling film layer approaches,  and 34 questions and problemsNew binary VLE equations and updated  content on simultaneous solutionsNew coverage of safety and fire  hazardsNew material on steam distillation, simple multi-component batch  distillation, and residue curve analysisExpanded discussion of tray  efficiencies, packed column design, and energy reduction in  distillationNew coverage of two hybrid extraction with distillation, and  the Kremser equation in fractional extractionAdded sections on deicing  with eutectic systems, eutectic freeze concentration, and scale-upNew  sections on forward osmosis and microfiltrationExpanded advanced content  on adsorption and ion exchange including updated instructions for eight  detailed Aspen Chromatography labsDiscussion of membrane separations,  including gas permeation, reverse osmosis, ultrafiltration,  pervaporation, and applicationsThirteen up-to-date Aspen Plus process  simulation labs, adaptable to any simulatorThis guide reflects an  up-to-date understanding of how modern students learn: designed,  organized, and written to be exceptionally clear and easy to use. It  presents detailed examples in a clear, standard format, using real data  to solve actual engineering problems, preparing students for their  future careers.