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CHME 6081

Advanced Separation Processes

4 credits · Graduate

Fall 2026

Topics

  • Separation-process design
  • Sedimentation
  • Thickeners and clarifiers
  • Particle-size distributions
  • Centrifuges
  • Cyclones
  • Filtration
  • Membranes
  • Reverse osmosis
  • Adsorption
  • Ion exchange
  • Chromatographic separation
  • Mathcad calculations

Readings

  • J.D. Seader, Ernest J. Henley and D. Keith Roper, Separation Process Principles: Chemical and Biochemical Operations, any edition.
    Recommended / optional / reference
  • W. McCabe, J. Smith and P. Harriott, Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, any edition.
    Recommended / optional / reference
  • Allen H. Hersel, Daniel H. Lepek and Christie John Geankoplis, Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles, any edition.
    Recommended / optional / reference
  • Perry’s Chemical Engineers’ Handbook, any edition.
    Recommended / optional / reference
  • Brent Maxfield, Essential PTC Mathcad Prime 3.0: A Guide for New and Current Users, Elsevier, 2014.
    Recommended / optional / reference
Sources