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Progress in Filtration and Separation contains reference content on fundamentals, core principles, technologies, processes, and applications. It gives detailed coverage of the latest technologies and research, models, applications and standards, practical implementations, case studies, best practice, and process selection. Extensive worked examples are included that cover basic calculations through to process design, including the effects of key variables. Techniques and topics covered include pervaporation, electrodialysis, ion exchange, magnetic (LIMS, HIMS, HGMS), ultrasonic, and more.

  • Solves the needs of university based researchers and R&D engineers in industry for high-level overviews of sub-topics within the solid-liquid separation field
  • Provides insight and understanding of new technologies and methods
  • Combines the expertise of several separations experts

Table of Contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. List of Contributors
  6. Chapter One. Hydrocyclones
    1. Nomenclature
    2. 1. Background
    3. 2. Basic Design
    4. 3. Characterization of Performance
    5. 4. Hydrocyclone Models
    6. 5. Scale-up and Design
    7. 6. Monitoring and Control of Hydrocyclones
    8. 7. Future Developments
  7. Section One. Membrane filters
    1. Chapter Two. Dynamic Filtration with Rotating Disks, and Rotating or Vibrating Membranes
    2. 1. Introduction
    3. 2. Review of Industrial Dynamic Filtration Modules
    4. 3. Calculations of Internal Fluid Dynamics in Various Dynamic Filtration Modules
    5. 4. Recent Applications of Dynamic Filtration and Industrial Case Studies
    6. 5. Discussion
    7. 6. Conclusions
    8. Chapter Three. Membrane Distillation (MD)
    9. 1. Membrane Distillation Separation Technology and Its Variants
    10. 2. MD Modules and Fluid Flow
    11. 3. MD Applications: Filtration and Separation
    12. 4. Tips, Remarks, and Future Directions in MD
    13. Chapter Four. Pervaporation
    14. 1. Introduction
    15. 2. Fundamentals of Pervaporation
    16. 3. Pervaporation Membranes
    17. 4. Hydrophilic Pervaporation: Applications in Dehydration
    18. 5. Hydrophobic Pervaporation
    19. 6. Organophilic Pervaporation
    20. 7. Hybrid Systems
    21. 8. Ethanol Purification and Production of Bio-Ethanol
    22. 9. Pervaporation Membrane Reactors
    23. 10. Conclusions
    24. Chapter Five. Liquid – Membrane Filters
    25. 1. Introduction
    26. 2. Theoretical Background of Solute Transport through LM
    27. 3. Mechanism of Transport of Solute in LM-Based Separation
    28. 4. Types of Transport of Solute in LM-Based Separation
    29. 5. Carrier
    30. 6. Solvents
    31. 7. Types of LM
    32. 8. Operational Issues Related to LM-Based Separation Unit
    33. 9. Case Study
    34. Chapter Six. Electrodialysis
    35. 1. Introduction
    36. 2. Electrodialyzer
    37. 3. Continuous (SINGLE-PASS) Electrodialysis Program
    38. 4. Batch Electrodialysis Program
    39. 5. Feed-and-Bleed Electrodialysis Program
  8. Section Two. Force field assisted separators
    1. Chapter Seven. Magnetic Techniques for Mineral Processing
    2. 1. Introduction to Magnetic Separation
    3. 2. Magnetic Separation Techniques
    4. 3. Case Studies on Magnetic Separations
    5. 4. Future Trends in Magnetic Separation
    6. 5. Conclusions
    7. Chapter Eight. Electric (Electro/Dielectro-Phoretic)—Force Field Assisted Separators
    8. Nomenclature
    9. 1. Introduction
    10. 2. Electrophoretic and Electroosmotic Treatments
    11. 3. Dielectrophoretic Treatment
    12. 4. Comparison of Electrically Assisted Separation Processes
    13. 5. Conclusions
    14. Chapter Nine. Ultrasonic
    15. 1. Introduction
    16. 2. Origin of Ultrasonically Induced Effects
    17. 3. Standing Wave Separation
    18. 4. Ultrasound Assisted Sieving
    19. 5. Polishing Filtration
    20. 6. Sludge Dewatering
    21. 7. Membrane Filtration
  9. Section Three. Membranes
    1. Chapter Ten. Ion Exchange
    2. 1. Ion Exchange Process
    3. 2. Ion Exchange Materials
    4. 3. Industrial Applications of Ion Exchange Processes
    5. Chapter Eleven. Hot Gas Filters
    6. 1. Introduction
    7. 2. Hot Gas Filtration—Advantages/Disadvantages
    8. 3. Filter Media for Hot Gas Filtration
    9. 4. Surface Filtration and Hot Gas Filter Element Cleaning
    10. 5. Hot Gas Filter Design
    11. 6. Applications
    12. 7. Conclusions
    13. Chapter Twelve. Air Tabling—A Dry Gravity Solid–Solid Separation Technique
    14. Nomenclature
    15. 1. Introduction
    16. 2. Applications of Air Tabling
    17. 3. Apparatus
    18. 4. Principles of Air Tabling
    19. 5. Case Study: Air Tabling of PVC/PP Mixture
    20. 6. Performance Curve of Air Tabling
    21. Chapter Thirteen. Gas–Gas Separation by Membranes
    22. Nomenclature
    23. Indices
    24. 1. Introduction
    25. 2. Membrane Modules for Gas Separation
    26. 3. Process Design
    27. 4. Applications of Gas Permeation Processes
    28. Chapter Fourteen. Surface Area: Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET)
    29. 1. Introduction
    30. 2. Gas–Solid Interface
    31. 3. Surface Adsorption Phenomena
    32. 4. BET Surface Area Measurements
    33. 5. Sample Preparation
    34. 6. Volumetric Gas Adsorption Technique
    35. 7. Gravimetric Dynamic Vapour Sorption Technique
    36. 8. Chromatographic Adsorption Technique
    37. 9. Summary
    38. Chapter Fifteen. Particle Shape Characterization by Image Analysis
    39. Nomenclature
    40. 1. Introduction
    41. 2. Image Acquisition
    42. 3. Image Treatment
    43. 4. Basic Size Descriptors
    44. 5. Shape Descriptors
    45. 6. Twinned Crystals and Agglomerates
    46. 7. Fractal-like Particles
    47. 8. Biological Particles
    48. 9. Case of In situ Images
    49. 10. Selection of Magnification
    50. 11. Distributions
    51. 12. 3D Shape
    52. 13. Conclusions
    53. Chapter Sixteen. Turbidity: Measurement of Filtrate and Supernatant Quality?
    54. 1. Importance of Particulates in Process and Municipal Waters
    55. 2. Advantages of Turbidity Measurements
    56. 3. Turbidity as Surrogate for Particle Concentrations
    57. 4. Principles of Turbidity Measurement
    58. 5. Turbidity Instruments
    59. 6. Instrument Calibration
    60. 7. Techniques for Accurate Turbidity Measurements
    61. Chapter Seventeen. Capillary Suction Time (CST)
    62. 1. Introduction
    63. 2. Methods
    64. 3. Factors Affecting CST Measurements
    65. 4. Examples of CST use
    66. 5. Conclusions
  10. Index
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