Mass Transfer: Principles and Operations

The book offers a complete treatment of extraction operations and discusses the principles and applications of separation and transport processes. It explains different methods of purifying raw materials and separating desirable products from undesirable ones. The book deals with diffusional transport of components within a phase or from one phase to another and gives a thorough discussion on mass transfer operations, namely, direct contact of two immiscible or partially miscible phases, phases separated by membrane, and direct contact of miscible phases. Besides, the book also focuses on some of the common problems frequently faced by engineers working in chemical processes and allied industries. The text is intended for a course on mass transfer, transport and separation processes undertaken by the undergraduate and postgraduate students of chemical engineering.