Separation and Purification Technology

by Norman Li

Overview

This book provides a sampler of developments in separation and purification technology, focusing on the application of membrane-based separations in biotechnology, commercial applications of emulsion liquid membranes, and economic evaluation of membrane technology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367450274
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	12/18/2020
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Norman N. Li is the Director of Engineered Products and Process Technology at Allied-Signal, Inc.'s Research Center in Des Plaines, Illinois. He is the holder of numerous patents, editor of a multi-volume book, and author of about 120 scientific publications on the topics of crystallization, extraction, blood oxygenation, water treatment, and enzyme, liquid, and polymeric membranes. The recipient of the American Chemical Society's Award in Separation Science and Technology and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers' Alpha Chi Sigma Award for Chemical Engineering Research, Dr. Li received the Ph.D. degree (1963) in chemical engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey. Dr. Li is a member of the National Academy of Engineering of the United States.

Joseph M. Calo is Professor of Engineering at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. The coeditor of three books, his research interests are in the areas of chemical reaction engineering and applied chemical kinetics, especially as regards gas-solid reactions and energy production. Dr. Calo received the B. S.Ch. E. degree (1966) from the Newark College of Engineering, New Jersey, and the Ph.D. degree (1970) in chemical engineering from Princeton University, New Jersey.

Table of Contents

Preface iii

Contributors vii

1 Economic Assessment of Membrane Processes H. Strathmann 1

2 Separation of Unsaturates by Complexing with Nonaqueous Solutions of Cuprous Salts George C. Blytas 19

3 Olefin Recovery and Purification via Silver Complexation George E. Keller Arthur E. Marcinkowsky Surendra K. Verma Kenneth Dale Williamson 59

4 Immobilized Bioadsorbents for Dissolved Metals Charles D. Scott James N. Petersen 85

5 Membrane Separations in the Recovery of Biofuels and Biochemicals: An Update Review Stephen A. Leeper 99

6 Commercial Applications of Emulsion Liquid Membranes Robert P. Cahn Norman N. Li 195

7 Evaluation of Mass Transfer Coefficients from Single-Drop Models in Pulsed Sieve-Plate Extraction Columns Qian Yu Weiyang Fei Lei Xia Jiading Wang 213

8 Liquid Waste Concentration by Electrodialysis Remy Audinos 229

Index 303