Author's purpose is "to provide a vehicle for teaching, either through a formal course or through self-study, the techniques of, and principles of equipment design for, the mass-transfer operations of chemical engineering." As before, these operations are largely the responsibility of the chemical engineer, but increasingly practitioners of other engineering disciplines are finding them necessary for their work. This is especially true for those engaged in pollution control and environment protection, where separation processes predominate, and in, for example, extractive metallurgy, where more sophisticated and diverse methods of separation are increasingly relied upon.

This didactic approach to the principles and modeling of mass transfer as it is needed in modern industrial processes is unique in combining a step-by-step introduction to all important fundamentals with the most recent applications. Based upon the renowned author's successful new modeling method as used for the O-18 process, the exemplary exercises included in the text are fact-proven, taken directly from existing chemical plants. Fascinating reading for chemists, graduate students, chemical and process engineers, as well as thermodynamics physicists.

About the Book: Salient features: A number of Complex problems along with the solutions are provided Objective type questions for self-evaluation and better understanding of the subject Problems related to the practical aspects of the subject have been worked out Checking the authenticity of dimensional homogeneity in case of all derived equations Validation of numerical solutions by cross checking Plenty of graded exercise problems from simple to complex situations are included Variety of questions have been included for the clear grasping of the basic principles Redrawing of all the figures for more clarity and understanding Radiation shape factor charts and Heisler charts have also been included Essential tables are included The basic topics have been elaborately discussed Presented in a more better and fresher way Contents: An Overview of Heat Transfer Steady State Conduction Conduction with Heat Generation Heat Transfer with Extended Surfaces (FINS) Two Dimensional Steady Heat Conduction Transient Heat Conduction Convection Convective Heat Transfer Practical Correlation Flow Over Surfaces Forced Convection Natural Convection Phase Change Processes Boiling, Condensation, Freezing and Melting Heat Exchangers Thermal Radiation Mass Transfer