Publisher's Synopsis
This book examines mass transfer resistance in all chemical engineering processes from a single viewpoint. It includes material on multicomponent distillation and extraction, evaporation and condensation, sedimentation and ultracentrifugation, filtration, electrolysis, dialysis, pervaporation, electrodialysis, diffusion in porous catalysts, membrane gas separatiosn, reverse osmosis, ultrafiltration, ion exchange and adsorption. The examples treat diffusion in gases, liquids, electrolyte solutions, porous media, and in swollen polymers.;The authors take the approach that species move with respect to each other due to their potential gradients. The rate of movement is restricted by friction between the species. The approach allows different driving forces and any number of species to be included consistently in mass transfer problems.;A working knowledge of thermodynamics and transport phenomena is assumed. The book shows that multi-component mass transfer can be understood and analyzed without complex mathematics. A large number of worked examples illustrate the text.
