Separation Process Principles [Hardcover]

J. D. Seader (Author), Ernest J. Henley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 23, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0471586269 | ISBN-13: 978-0471586265 | Edition: 1

The Seader and Henley textbook is similar in its approach to that used to teach chemical reaction engineering, which typically covers reactor design based on material balances, energy balances, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, mass transfer, physical and chemical equilibrium, and reaction kinetics. Seader and Henley stress the viewpoint of unifying the rate-based approach and the equilibrium-based approach in a course that systematically proceeds through the separation operations after initial chapters on the fundamentals of diffusion and mass transfer (Ch.3) and on physical equilibrium (Ch. 2). This text is a major expansion of the successful 1981 Henley/Seader text, Equilibrium Stage Separation Operations in Chemical Engineering.

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"...an excellent book by two talented and distinguished American academics." (Chemical Engineering Research, July 2000)

From the Publisher

This book examines rate-based and equilibrium-based approaches to separation operations. It describes the fundamentals of all separation operations of commercial interest and includes theory and application examples in each chapter as well as over 600 exercises.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 920 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (January 23, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471586269
• ISBN-13: 978-0471586265
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,027,096 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A keeper!, February 12, 2000

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This review is from: Separation Process Principles (Hardcover)

I thouroughly enjoy reading this book. The first chapters set up a framework for separations technologies. The rest of the book adds the important details. The first three chapters provide an excellent review of thermodynamics and mass transfer. In fact, I finally understood fugacity and how to estimate activity from equations of state after reading this book. The authors also incorporate principles of energy conservation not found in similar books. The topics include emmerging technologies in reactive distillation, membranes, and adsporption. Many HW problems are set-up for solution on process simulators. There are several chapters on advanced separations that will make this a valuable resource for lif-long learning. I wish I could have access to the chapters on solids processing - if they are anything like the rest of the book they would be useful. I will _NOT_ sell this book back at the end of the year. It's a keeper!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Aspen heavy, June 30, 2006

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J. Wester "Former Student" (Salt Lake City, UT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Separation Process Principles (Hardcover)

During my final year of undergrad coursework I used this textbook for my design courses. The good thing is Dr. Seader was the professor for my second design course. As a teacher I think he is great with an ability to effectively communicate theory and its practical application without getting caught up in the details. Unfortunately I felt this textbook tries to consolidate the knowledge he has gained in his career resulting in a very dense book. Some problems are solved using direct calculations but a large amount are done using Aspen (a program no one in my class had used) which I felt didn't adequately help develop sequential problem solving skills. The costing analysis theory is good but most of us used Peters & Timerhaus for homework. If you work with Aspen or want a detailed book this will satisfy your desires.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars incredibly thorough, but difficult to wade through, October 11, 2002

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"phatrob" (Las Cruces, NM United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Separation Process Principles (Hardcover)

As my professor for this class put it, "the good news is that this book is incredibly thorough. the bad news is that it's incredibly thorough." tough for an introductory text on the subject, mainly because the notation is different from most other books i've used, and the style of writing is not quite as straightforward as could be hoped. if i could add one thing to this book, it would be a general overview in each chapter -- the authors just jump into each topic without introducing the bigger picture, so it's easy to wonder "why are we doing this calculation?" then again, maybe a professor could take that role during lecture. as another reviewer noted, this book does have an excellent review of thermo and mass transfer; it was only during this class that i started to really understand these two subects in any kind of depth.