Introduction to equilibrium staged and other separations, including distillation, adsorption, absorption, membrane and chromatographic based separations, Unifying fundamental relations and concepts are emphasized. Equilibrium-stage operations 2. Introduction to multicomponent distillation. Diffusion and mass transfer between phases. Adsorption and an introduction to chromatography.
Membrane separation processes.
Three 1 hour classes each week. Three credits toward the engineering topics portion of the professional component. This course satisfies Level 3 in Bloom s Taxonomy of educational objectives.