Publisher's Synopsis
This text is based on a one-day symposium at UMIST, Manchester, in May 1994 and organized by the IChemE North Western Branch. Contributions review current technology, potential developments and practical applications of five widely-used separation processes.;This book presents a survey of a number of separation processes. It starts with a broad overview of separations which highlights some current ideas and challenges. A number of specific separation processes are then considered. Some are traditional - distillation, crystallization and drying - and here the authors emphasize new approaches and applications in fundamental understanding and equipment design. Others - adsorption and the spectrum of bioseparation - are newer and changing very rapidly. Here the authors concentrate on recent developments and achievements, looking forward to the opportunities that exist for new applications.
