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Design and Synthesis of Membrane Separation Processes provides a novel method of design and synthesis for membrane separation. While the main focus of the book is given to gas separation and pervaporation membranes, the theory has been developed in such a way that it is general and valid for any type of membrane. The method, which uses a graphical technique, allows one to calculate and visualize the change in composition of the retentate (non-permeate) phase. This graphical approach is based on Membrane Residue Curve Maps. One of the strengths of this approach is that it is exactly analogous to the method of Residue Curve Maps that has proved so successful in distillation system synthesis and design.

Mark Peters graduated with both undergraduate and PhD degrees in chemical engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. He has previously worked at Sasol Technology, where he focused on low-temperature Fischer-Tropsch gas-to-liquids conversion. He is currently a separations consultant at the Centre of Material and Process Synthesis (COMPS), based at the University of the Witwatersrand. David Glasser is a Personal Professor of Chemical Engineering and Director of the Centre of Material and Process Synthesis (COMPS) at the University of the Witwatersrand. He has been awarded an A1 rating as a scientist by the National Research Foundation, the central research-funding organization in South Africa, and has authored or coauthored more than a hundred scientific papers. Diane Hildebrandt is the Co-Director for the Centre of Material and Process Synthesis (COMPS) at the University of the Witwatersrand. She has authored or coauthored over seventy scientific papers. She received the Presidents' Award from the Foundation for Research and Development as well as the Distinguished Researcher Award from the University of the Witwatersrand. Shehzaad Kauchali obtained his PhD at the School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand. He is currently a full-time senior academic and the Director of the Gasification Technology and Research Group.

About the Authors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Notation
Introduction
Permeation Modeling
Diffusion Membranes
Membrane Classification
Introduction to Graphical Techniques in Membrane Processes
A thought experiment
Binary Separations
Multi-Component Systems
Properties of Membrane Residue Curve Maps
Stationary Points
Membrane Vector Field
Uni-distribution Lines
The effect of ¿-values on the topology of M-RCM's
Properties of an Existing Selective M-RCM
Concluding Remarks
Application of Membrane Residue Curve Maps to Batch and Continuous Processes
Introduction
Review of previous chapters
Batch Membrane Operation
Permeation Time
Continuous Membrane Operation
Conclusion
Column Profiles for Membrane Column Sections
Introduction to Membrane Column Development
Generalised Column Sections
Theory
Column Section Profiles: Operating Condition 1
Column Section Profiles: Operating Condition 2
Column Section Profiles: Operating Condition 3 & 4
Applications and Conclusion
Novel Graphical Design Methods for Complex Membrane Configurations
Introduction
Column Sections
Complex Membrane Configuration Designs: General
Complex Membrane Configuration Designs: Operating Condition 1
Complex Membrane Configuration Designs: Operating Condition 2
Complex Membrane Configurations: Comparison with Distillation Systems
Hybrid Distillation-Membrane Design
Conclusion
Synthesis and Design of Hybrid Distillation-Membrane Processes
Introduction
Methanol/Butene/MTBE System
Synthesis of a Hybrid Configuration
Design of a hybrid configuration
Conclusion
Concluding Remarks
Conclusions
Recommendations and future work
Design considerations
Challenges for membrane process engineering
References
MemWorX User Manual
System requirements
Installation
Layout of MemWorX
Appearance of Plots
Step by step guide to plot using MemWorX
Tutorial Solutions
Flux Model for PERVAP 1137 Membrane
Proof of Equation for Determining Permeation Time in a Batch Process
Proof of Equation for Determining Permeation Area in a Continuous Process
Proof of the Difference Point Equation
Proof (using analogous method to distillation)
Proof (using mass transfer)
Index
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Membrane Process Design Using Residue Curve Maps

Membrane Process Design Using Residue Curve Maps

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