Mass Transfer Operations

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The objective of this course is to present the principles of mass transfer and their application to separation and purification processes. The course develops rate expressions for mass transfer in multiphase, multicomponent systems based on diffusion and convective processes. Starting with Fick's law and macroscopic balances the course moves to the design of large scale separation processes including equilibrium stage and continuous separations for the separation and purification of chemical compounds. Specific separation operations analyzed include distillation, absorption, extraction, membrane units, adsorption. The course also introduces the use of modern software tools in the design of such processes.