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10.32

Separation Processes

3-0-6 units · Undergraduate

General principles of separation by equilibrium and rate processes. Staged cascades. Applications to distillation, absorption, adsorption, and membrane processes. Use of material balances, phase equilibria, and diffusion to understand and design separation processes.

Spring 2005

Topics

  • Introduction
  • Flash Calculations
  • Cascades, Distillation Columns
  • McCabe-Thiele Analysis
  • Multiple Feeds and Side Streams
  • Multicomponent Distillation
  • Column Design
  • Packed Column Distillation
  • Other Equilibrium Processes
  • Distillation Summary and Review
  • Membrane Processes
  • Tubular Membranes
  • Design of Membrane Systems
  • Design of Membrane Systems (cont.)
  • Electrodialysis and Electrophoresis
  • Adsorption
  • Equilibrium and Kinetic and Mass Transfer Effects
  • Adsorption (cont.)
  • Chromatography
  • Design of Chromatography Systems
  • Examples of Chromatography
  • Examples of Chromatography (cont.)
  • Review Equilibrium Processes
  • Review Rate Processes

Readings

  • Seader, J. D., and Ernest J. Henley. Separation Process Principles. New York, NY: Wiley, 1998. ISBN: 9780471586265.
    Listed reading
  • Lec #: 2 · Topics: Flash Calculations · readings: Chapter 1, pp. 1-14.
    Reading assignment
  • Chapter 4, pp. 163-184.
    Listed reading
  • Lec #: 3 · Topics: Cascades, Distillation Columns · readings: Chapter 5, pp. 232-233, 246-253.
    Reading assignment
  • Lec #: 4 · Topics: McCabe-Thiele Analysis · readings: Chapter 7, pp. 355-374.
    Reading assignment
  • Lec #: 5 · Topics: Multiple Feeds and Side Streams · readings: Chapter 7, pp. 387-390.
    Reading assignment
  • Lec #: 7 · Topics: Column Design · readings: Chapter 7, pp. 382-384.
    Reading assignment
  • Chapter 6, pp. 305-310.
    Listed reading
  • Lec #: 8 · Topics: Packed Column Distillation · readings: Chapter 7, pp. 398-404.
    Reading assignment
  • Lec #: 11 · Topics: Membrane Processes · readings: Chapter 1, pp. 15-27.
    Reading assignment
  • Chapter 14, pp. 713-725.
    Listed reading
  • Lec #: 12 · Topics: Tubular Membranes · readings: Chapter 14, pp. 745-746.
    Reading assignment
  • Lec #: 17 · Topics: Adsorption · readings: Chapter 15, pp. 811-831.
    Reading assignment
  • Lec #: 18 · Topics: Equilibrium and Kinetic and Mass Transfer Effects · readings: Chapter 15, pp. 831-848.
    Reading assignment
  • Smith, J. M., H. C. Van Ness, and M. M. Abbott. Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics. 6th ed. Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill, 2000. ISBN: 9780072402964.
    Listed reading
  • Incropera, F. P., and D. P. DeWitt. Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer. 5th ed. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2001. ISBN: 9780471386506.
    Listed reading
  • Middleman, S. An Introduction to Mass and Heat Transfer . New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1997. ISBN: 9780471111764.
    Listed reading
  • King, C. J. Separation Processes. 2nd ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1980. ISBN: 9780070346123.
    Listed reading
  • Doherty, M. F., and M. F. Malone. Conceptual Design of Distillation Systems. Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill, 2001. ISBN: 0070174237.
    Listed reading
  • McCabe, W. L., and J. C. Smith. Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering. 3rd ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1976. ISBN: 9780070448254.
    Listed reading
  • Treybal, R. E. Mass Transfer Operations. 3rd ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1980. ISBN: 9780070651760. (Originally published 1955.)
    Listed reading

Prerequisites & course information

Prereq: 10.213 and 10.302 U (Spring) 3-0-6 units

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