Equilibrium-Stage Separation Operations in Chemical Engineering

Separation Processes. Equipment for Multiphase Contracting. Thermodynamic Equilibrium Diagrams. Phase Equilibria from Equations of State. Equilibrium Properties from Activity Coefficient Correlations. Specification of Design Variables. Equilibrium Flash Vaporization and Partial Condensation. Graphical Multistage Calculations by the McCabe-Thiele Method. Batch Distillation. Graphical Multistage Calculations by the Ponchon-Savarit Method. Extraction Calculations by Triangular Diagrams. Approximate Methods for Multicomponent, Multistage Separations. Stage Capacity and Efficiency. Synthesis of Separation Sequences. Rigorous Methods for Multicomponent, Multistage Separations. Continuous Differential Contacting Operations: Gas Absorption. Energy Conservation and Thermodynamic Efficiency. Appendixes. Index.