[PDF] MARLAP Manual Volume II: Chapter 14 Separation Techniques

What are the different types of separation processes?

Among the common separation processes are evaporation, distillation, absorption, crystallization, filtration, centrifugation, drying and membrane processes. Separation processes are primarily based on physical means and some on physico-chemical means.

How do you choose the best separation process?

• Make the most difficult and expensive separations last. • Select processes that make use of the greatest differ- ences between the properties of the product and those of its impurities. • Select and sequence processes that exploit different separation driving forces.

What are the design principles of separation?

-The specific separation design may vary depending on what chemicals are being separated, but the basic design principles for a given separation method are always the same. Separations • Separations includes –EihEnrichment -CiConcentration –Purification -Refining –Isolation •Separations are important to chemist & chemical engineers

What is the best textbook on separation processes?

King, C. J., Separation Processes,second ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 1980. Textbook that seeks to integrate knowledge of separation processes and has extensive case studies. McCabe, W. L., J. C. Smith, and P. Harriott, Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, 5th ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 1993.