• Separation Process 3 (CPE 312) notes

Mass Transfer

• Introduction to mass transfer operations (by E. Frank Wijn, specialist in distillation tray technology)
• Multicomponent mass transfer (Uni. Utah)

Adsorption

• What is adsorption?

Cyclones

• Overview by 11 Washington State University and 11 University of Idaho students

Distillation

• General
  • Distillation - an introduction is a set of notes that provides a very basic introduction to distillation columns
  • Distillation Group Inc's website contains lots of information, including
    • Q&A on various aspects of distillation
    • Collection of technical articles on distillation
  • Energy Conservation in Distillation - from cheresources.com
• Control
  • Distillation column control design using steady state models - describes the use of steady models to come up with a practicable distillation column control strategy (by Hyprotech)
  • Pressure control of distillation columns by Andrew Sloley
• Design
  • McCabe-Thiele
    • On-line McCabe-Thiele calculation of number of theoretical plates (Stage 1 and above)
    • Calculation of a rectification column - another McCabe-Thiele example from Uni. Koeln, Germany
  • Tower sizing and pricing - an Excel add-in
• Distillation trays, with some nifty photographs (by tray specialist E. Frank Wijn)
  • Introduction to trays, in general
  • Trays, in more detail
  • Calculating distillation tray efficiencies - has plenty of illustrative photos
• Extractive Distillation - a good detailed description of what the method is all about, including the separation of mixtures that form azeotropes. 
• Packed Columns
  • Case studies of the use of packings to improve column performance
• Reactive Distillation
  • Reactive Distillation - an introduction by T.Mashue and H.S. Fogler (UMich)

Gravity Separators

• Oil-Water Separators
  • Oil-Water Separators - good writeup about a particular kind of oil-water separator, but principles apply to other types as well.
  • Oil-Water Separators: which is the best for my business?
  • Description of a below ground oil-water separator and how it works - has good details of use of corrugated plate internals to enhance separation, and the use of baffles to separate entrained solids

Liquid-liquid Extraction

• Basics
• Optimise Liquid-liquid extraction (Chemical Engineers Resource Page)
  

Solid-liquid Separation

• Engineering Aspects of Solid-Liquid Separators - a very good information resource covering filters; centrifuges; clarifiers and air-floatators.

Other Separation Systems

• Ion Exchange
• Membrane Separation Processes - An Overview
• Mist eliminators and knock-out drums

Other Resources

• Modelling Separation Processes - site that relates to the ChemSep design program, but contains lots of useful notes and references.
• Separation processes - lecture notes and links to useful resources, including worked problems and software (maintained by Prof. Douglas Frey of UMBC)
• SM Cheah's Separationprocesses.com contains a variety of information about different separation systems, including some worked examples.