Advanced Molecular Separations

Mastering Molecular Separations is a textbook on separation technology and covers molecular separations of fluid streams. Traditional fluid separations like distillation, absorption, stripping and liquid extraction are covered, but also other industrial separations that include solid separating agents such as adsorptions and membranes. The title hints to the graduate level of the text. As such, the textbook could be used in combination with the undergraduate book on Industrial Separations by De Haan and Bosch. After the introductory chapter on separation processes and brief coverage of shortcut methods for estimation of equipment sizes and energy consumption, the first chapters treat molecular properties and thermodynamic models that are often used in simulation software. These chapters, aiming at understanding of solvent/sorbent choices and when and why certain models best apply precede technology specific chapters that treat the concept and design approaches for that technology, allowing the students to design each of these unit operations on the conceptual level and compare the technologies on equipment size and energy consumption.