Readings

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Reading assignments in the table below are from the required course text:

Amazon logo Seader, J. D., and Ernest J. Henley. Separation Process Principles. New York, NY: Wiley, 1998. ISBN: 9780471586265.


Lec # Topics readings
1 Introduction
2 Flash Calculations Chapter 1, pp. 1-14.

Chapter 4, pp. 163-184.
3 Cascades, Distillation Columns Chapter 5, pp. 232-233, 246-253.
4 McCabe-Thiele Analysis Chapter 7, pp. 355-374.
5 Multiple Feeds and Side Streams Chapter 7, pp. 387-390.
6 Multicomponent Distillation
7 Column Design Chapter 7, pp. 382-384.

Chapter 6, pp. 305-310.
8 Packed Column Distillation Chapter 7, pp. 398-404.
9 Other Equilibrium Processes
10 Distillation Summary and Review
11 Membrane Processes Chapter 1, pp. 15-27.

Chapter 14, pp. 713-725.
12 Tubular Membranes Chapter 14, pp. 745-746.
13 Design of Membrane Systems
14 Design of Membrane Systems (cont.)
15 Design of Membrane Systems (cont.)
16 Electrodialysis and Electrophoresis
17 Adsorption Chapter 15, pp. 811-831.
18 Equilibrium and Kinetic and Mass Transfer Effects Chapter 15, pp. 831-848.
19 Adsorption (cont.)
20 Chromatography
21 Design of Chromatography Systems
22 Examples of Chromatography
23 Examples of Chromatography (cont.)
24 Review Equilibrium Processes
25 Review Rate Processes