The comprehensive‎,‎ unified‎,‎ up‎-to‎-date guide to transport and separation processes Today‎,‎ chemical engineering professionals need a thorough understanding of momentum‎,‎ heat‎,‎ and mass transfer processes‎,‎ as well as separation processes‎.‎ Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles‎,‎ Fourth Edition offers a unified and up‎-to‎-date treatment of all these topics‎.‎ Thoroughly updated to reflect the field‎'‎s latest methods and applications‎,‎ it covers both fundamental principles and practical applications‎.‎ Part 1 covers the essential principles underlying transport processes‎:‎ momentum transfer‎;‎ steady‎-state and unsteady‎-state heat transfer‎;‎ and mass transfer‎,‎ including both unsteady‎-state and convective mass transfer‎.‎ Part 2 covers key separation processes‎,‎ including evaporation‎,‎ drying‎,‎ humidification‎,‎ absorption‎,‎ distillation‎,‎ adsorption‎,‎ ion exchange‎,‎ extraction‎,‎ leaching‎,‎ crystallization‎,‎ dialysis‎,‎ gas membrane separation‎,‎ reverse osmosis‎,‎ filtration‎,‎ ultrafiltration‎,‎ microfiltration‎,‎ settling‎,‎ centrifugal separation‎,‎ and more‎.‎ This edition‎'‎s extensive updates and enhancements include‎:‎ A more thorough coverage of momentum‎,‎ heat‎,‎ and mass transport processes Detailed new coverage of separation process applications Greatly expanded coverage of momentum transfer‎,‎ including fluidized beds and non‎-Newtonian fluids More detailed discussions of mass transfer‎,‎ absorption‎,‎ distillation‎,‎ liquid‎-liquid extraction‎,‎ and crystallization Extensive new coverage of membrane separation processes and gas‎-membrane theory Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles‎,‎ Fourth Edition also features more than 240 example problems and over 550 homework problems reflecting the field‎'‎s current methods and applications‎.‎