Separation of Molecules, Macromolecules and Particles
Principles, Phenomena and Processes

A modern separation process textbook written for advanced undergraduate and graduate level courses in chemical engineering.

Kamalesh K. Sirkar (Author)

9780521895736, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 16 January 2014

909 pages, 450 b/w illus. 50 tables 300 exercises
25.2 x 19.2 x 4.2 cm, 2.15 kg

'This advanced textbook provides students and professionals with a unique and thought-provoking approach to learning separation principles and processes. Professor Sirkar has leveraged his years of experience as a separation scientist and membrane separation specialist, to provide the reader with a clearly written textbook full of multiple examples pulled from all applications of separations, including contemporary bioseparations. Compared to other separations textbooks, Professor Sirkar's textbook is holistically different in its approach to teaching separations, yet provides the reader with a rich learning experience. Chemical engineering students and practicing professionals will find much to learn by reading this textbook.' Daniel Lepek, The Cooper Union

Providing chemical engineering undergraduate and graduate students with a basic understanding of how separation of a mixture of molecules, macromolecules or particles is achieved, this textbook is a comprehensive introduction to the engineering science of separation. • Students learn how to apply their knowledge to determine the separation achieved in a given device or process • Real-world examples are taken from biotechnology, chemical, food, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and pollution control industries • Worked examples, elementary separator designs and chapter-end problems are provided, giving students a practical understanding of separation. The textbook systematically develops different separation processes by considering the forces causing the separation and how this separation is influenced by the patterns of bulk flow in the separation device. Readers will be able to take this knowledge and apply it to their own future studies and research in separation and purification. Online resources include solutions to the exercises and guidance for computer simulations.

Introduction
1. Description of separation in a closed system
2. Description of separation in open separators
3. Physicochemical basis for separation
4. Separation in a closed vessel
5. Effect of chemical reaction on separation
6. Open separators: bulk flow parallel to force and continuous stirred tank separators
7. Separation in bulk flow of feed-containing phase perpendicular to the direction of the force
8. Bulk flow of two phases/regions perpendicular to the direction(s) of the force(s)
9. Cascades
10. Energy required for separation
11. Common separation sequences.

Subject Areas: Chemical engineering [TDCB], Biochemical engineering [TC], Chemistry [PN]