UMBC - Douglas D. Frey - Separation Processes Course

· Design Steam Strippers for Water Treatment An excellent review of wastewater treatment using steam stripping written by Jose Bravo. This article appeared in Chemical Engineering Progress (vol. 90(12), 56-63, Dec. 1994) and is provided courtesy of the Separations Division of AIChE

· Solve wastewater problems with liquid-liquid extraction This article from Chemical Engineering Progress (vol. 92(4), 56-63, April, 1996) on wastewater treatment using liquid extraction was written by Roger Cusak and is provided courtesy of the Separations Division of AIChE

· Two-Section KSB Equations Taken from “Separation Processes” by C. J. King

· Regular Solution Theory and its Use for Solvent Selection Taken from “Separation Processes” by C. J. King

Tutorials:

Tutorials on Distillation, Absorption, Stripping, and Related Processes:

· Distillation: An Introduction

· APV Handbook on Distillation An excellent summary of the industrial perspective on distillation technology

· Thermodynamics Tutorial at the University of Newcastle This basic tutorial includes a section on distillation and the McCabe Thiele analysis.

· Distillation Column Articles from the Cheresource.com

· Designing a Separation Process without VLE Data This Powerpoint tutorial/presentation came from the Koch Modular Process Systems website given below. It's a good example of how engineers in industry approach separation process design.

· Design of Liquid-Liquid Extraction Processes This tutorial is from taken from the Chemical Engineers Resource Page, whose website is given below

· Design of Packed Absorption and Stripping Towers This tutorial is taken from the Chemical Engineers Resource Page, whose website is given below

Tutorials on Steam Heating, Reboilers, Heat Exchangers, and Steam Traps:

· Steam Heating and Steam Traps

· Operation of Thermosiphon Reboilers This tutorial is taken from the plant design course taught by Daniel Lewin at Technion

· Heat Exchanger Design This tutorial is taken from the plant design course taught by Daniel Lewin at Technion

Tutorials on the Description Rule:

· The Description Rule Taken from Chapter 1 of “Computation of Multistage Separation Processes” by Hanson, Duffin, and Somerville

Tutorials on Adsorption and Ion Exchange:

· Adsorbent Selection from Adsorption Research Inc.

· Adsorber Design form Adsorption Research Inc.

· Basics of Adsorption from the International Adsorption Society

· Ion Exchange Basics from Remco Engineering

Tutorials on Drying, Evaporation, and Lyophilization:

· APV Handbook on Drying

· APV Handbook on Evaporation

· Freeze Drying and Lyophilization

Tutorials on Bioseparations:

· Electrophoresis Tutorial from San Diego State University

· Centrifugation Tutorial from San Diego State University

· Basic Liquid Chromatography On-line Textbook

Tutorials on Software:

· MS Excel tutorial at the University of South Dakota

· MS Excel Solver Tutorial

· Library of MATLAB tutorials at LSU

· MATLAB tutorial at the University of Florida

· MATLAB tutorial at the University of Utah

· MATLAB tutorial at the University of New Hamshire

Tutorials on Problem Solving:

· Thoughts on Problem Solving Need inspiration? Try this

Websites for Companies Involved in Separation Processes:

· ACS Separations and Mass-Transfer Products Column packings for absorbers and strippers

· Adsorption Research Inc. Consulting company that specializes in adsorption processes

· Air Products Inc. Purified gases and gas purification equipment

· APV Separation Processes Evaporation, drying, distillation, and membrane filtration in the dairy, food, chemical and pharmaceutical industries

· Applied Separations Inc. Supercritical fluid and pressurized solvent extraction systems

· Cuddon Engineering Freeze drying equipment

· Danish Separation Systems (DSS) Membrane technology and processes

· Dow Inc.: Liquid Separations Membranes and ion exchange resins

· Fractionation Research, Inc.

· GEA Process Engineering Inc. Spray drying, membrane filtration, evaporation

· GE Water Technologies Reverse osmosis and ultrafiltration processes

· Hydranautics Inc. Membranes

· Jaeger Produces Tower Packings and Column Internals Lots of technical information on column packings for absorbers, strippers, and distillation columns

· Koch Modular Process Systems Distillation, extraction, absorption and stripping processes. The section on Past Projects has lots of pictures of industrial equipment

· Koch-Glitsch, Inc. Packed tower internals, structured packings, random packings, and trays for absorbers, strippers, and distillation columns. Try out their free column design software.

· Lantec Products Inc. Tower packings for absorbers, strippers, and distillation columns. The section on Case Histories has some interesting discussions of projects.

· Lanxess Ion Exchange Resins

· Nicholson Steam Traps

· PCI Membrane Systems, Inc. Microfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, and reverse osmosis systems

· Praxair Purified gases

· Purolite Inc.: Ion Exchange Resins

· Remco Engineering: Water and wastwater treatment systems Lots of information on ion exchange, reverse osmosis, and ultrafiltration processes

· ResinTech: Manufacturer of Ion Exchange Resins, Activated Carbon, and Selective Ion Exchange Media

· Sulzer Chemtech Packings and trays for columns, fractional crystallization, pervaporation processes. They also have free design software

· SX Kinetics Inc. - Specialists in Solvent Extraction

· The Distillation Group, Inc.

· Voltea Inc. Separation technology for the water and wastewater treatment industry

Databases and Libraries of Information:

· ChemIndustry.com

· Links to Chromatography Websites

· Thermodynamics Educational Sites

· Thermodynamic Data and Properties Calculation Sites on the Web

· DIPPR Student Chemical Database

· AIChE Separations Division This site contains articles from Chemical Engineering Progress on distillation, absorption, membrane processes, adsorption, crystallization, and other separation processes

Free Software

· ChemSep-LITE This website includes the free version of ChemSep, called ChemSep-LITE, which simulates multicomponent distillation. This software was developed by Professor Ross Taylor at Clarkson University

· Software for Binary Distillation Calculations (for MAC only)

· Pressure Swing Adsorption Calculator from James Ritter at the University of South Carolina

· Membrane Process Simulator from Benny Freeman at the University of Texas

· Adsorption and Chromatography Software from John Hubble at the University of Bath Basic programs and MS Excel spreadsheets employing the tanks in series model

· Numerical Data Fitting and Nonlinear Optimization Software. Several very useful programs for nonlinear optimization and data fitting are available from the website of Professor Klaus Schittkowski at the University of Bayreuth.

· FreeCalc.com Assorted online calculators for engineering problems

· Dynamic Simulation of Multicomponent Distillation Excel spreadsheet developed by Professor Douglas Frey at UMBC which simulates the approach to steady state of a multicomponent distillation column when the plate compositions are initially set at arbitrary values. This is also a convenient way to solve the multicomponent steady-state "operating problem"

Derive Mathematical Software

· Derive 5.06 Derive is similar to Mathematica or Maple, but it is much easier to use (and it's much cheaper!). This site has a 30-day trial version available. If you decide you like using Derive, then contact Professor Frey for information about how to obtain version 6 as low-cost shareware.

· Derive Instructional Videos These videos were created by Terrance Etchells at John Moores University

· Derive solver for nonlinear systems of algebraic equations developed by D. D. Frey This very flexible solver for systems of nonlinear algebraic equations employs Newton's method with homotopy and damping options. It is useful for highly non-linear systems of equations of the type that give trouble to the solver in Excel or to the fsolve utility in MATLAB, neither of which have homotopy options.

· Documentation for Derive solver for algebraic systems of equations developed by D. D. Frey

Other Useful Websites

· Separation Processes Course at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne

· Professor Klaus Schittkowski at the University of Bayreuth This website deals with numerical nonlinear optimization and includes some useful free software.

· Separation Processes Course at MIT The "Exams" and "Assignments" sections of this MIT course website contain some useful practice problems.

Online Books for Fun

· The Art of Distillation This book is a little old. Actually, it was originally published in the year 1651 by the alchemist John French.

· The Home Distillation Handbook For the home hobbyist. But be careful, the procedures described in this book are illegal to do in the U.S.

Photographs

· Fall 2007: Class photograph

· Fall 2008: Class photograph

· Fall 2008: Class trip to Millennium Inorganic Chemicals

· Spring 2009: Class trip to GenVec

· Fall 2009: Class photograph