Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Contents vii
4. 1 Characteristics of separation processes 1
5. 2 Evaporation and distillation 15
6. 3 Absorption and stripping 53
7. 4 General design of gas/liquid contactors 77
8. 5 Liquid-liquid extraction 111
9. 6 Adsorption and ion exchange 143
10. 7 Drying of solids 177
11. 8 Crystallization and precipitation 207
12. 9 Sedimentation and settling 241
13. 10 Filtration 271
14. 11 Membrane filtration 301
15. 12 Separation method selection 325
16. Appendix
17. Answers to exercises 351
18. References and further reading 359
19. Index 363