The Definitive‎,‎ Fully Updated Guide to Separation Process Engineering‎-Now with a Thorough Introduction to Mass Transfer Analysis Separation Process Engineering‎,‎ Third Edition‎,‎ is the most comprehensive‎,‎ accessible guide available on modern separation processes and the fundamentals of mass transfer‎.‎ Phillip C‎.‎ Wankat teaches each key concept through detailed‎,‎ realistic examples using real data‎-including up‎-to‎-date simulation practice and new spreadsheet‎-based exercises‎.‎ Wankat thoroughly covers each of today‎'‎s leading approaches‎,‎ including flash‎,‎ column‎,‎ and batch distillation‎;‎ exact calculations and shortcut methods for multicomponent distillation‎;‎ staged and packed column design‎;‎ absorption‎;‎ stripping‎;‎ and more‎.‎ In this edition‎,‎ he also presents the latest design methods for liquid‎-liquid extraction‎.‎ This edition contains the most detailed coverage available of membrane separations and of sorption separations ‎(‎adsorption‎,‎ chromatography‎,‎ and ion exchange‎)‎‎.‎ Updated with new techniques and references throughout‎,‎ Separation Process Engineering‎,‎ Third Edition‎,‎ also contains more than 300 new homework problems‎,‎ each tested in the author‎'‎s Purdue University classes‎.‎ Coverage includes * Modular‎,‎ up‎-to‎-date process simulation examples and homework problems‎,‎ based on Aspen Plus and easily adaptable to any simulator * Extensive new coverage of mass transfer and diffusion‎,‎ including both Fickian and Maxwell‎-Stefan approaches * Detailed discussions of liquid‎-liquid extraction‎,‎ including McCabe‎-Thiele‎,‎ triangle and computer simulation analyses‎;‎ mixer‎-settler design‎;‎ Karr columns‎;‎ and related mass transfer analyses * Thorough introductions to adsorption‎,‎ chromatography‎,‎ and ion exchange‎-designed to prepare students for advanced work in these areas * Complete coverage of membrane separations‎,‎ including gas permeation‎,‎ reverse osmosis‎,‎ ultrafiltration‎,‎ pervaporation‎,‎ and key applications * A full chapter on economics and energy conservation in distillation * Excel spreadsheets offering additional practice with problems in distillation‎,‎ diffusion‎,‎ mass transfer‎,‎ and membrane separation