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Non-conventional Unit Operations

Solving Practical Issues

  • Features C++ detailed codes at the end of each chapter to improve readers’ programming skills
  • Represents a concise compendium of unit operations in chemical plants rarely grouped in the same textbook
  • Includes practical examples as well as solutions for each chapter to allow readers to test their acquired skills

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)

Part of the book sub series: PoliMI SpringerBriefs (BRIEFSPOLIMI)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Heating and Cooling Operations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Pinch Technology

      • Alessandro Di Pretoro, Flavio Manenti
      Pages 3-11
    3. Heat Pumps

      • Alessandro Di Pretoro, Flavio Manenti
      Pages 13-18
    4. Cooling Towers

      • Alessandro Di Pretoro, Flavio Manenti
      Pages 19-31
  3. Non-conventional Separation Units

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 33-33
    2. Multiple-Effect Evaporation

      • Alessandro Di Pretoro, Flavio Manenti
      Pages 35-46
    3. Filtration

      • Alessandro Di Pretoro, Flavio Manenti
      Pages 47-57
    4. Drying

      • Alessandro Di Pretoro, Flavio Manenti
      Pages 59-64
    5. Spray Drying

      • Alessandro Di Pretoro, Flavio Manenti
      Pages 65-74
    6. Lyophilization

      • Alessandro Di Pretoro, Flavio Manenti
      Pages 75-84
    7. Gas-Solid Separation

      • Alessandro Di Pretoro, Flavio Manenti
      Pages 85-88
    8. Centrifugal Sedimentation

      • Alessandro Di Pretoro, Flavio Manenti
      Pages 89-93
    9. Centrifugal Decantation

      • Alessandro Di Pretoro, Flavio Manenti
      Pages 95-99
    10. Membrane Separation

      • Alessandro Di Pretoro, Flavio Manenti
      Pages 101-108
    11. Crystallization

      • Alessandro Di Pretoro, Flavio Manenti
      Pages 109-114
  4. Back Matter

    Pages 115-115

About this book

This volume presents both methodologies and numerical applications for the design of non-conventional unit operations in chemical processes and plants, which are rarely studied in depth at an academic level but have wide applications in the industrial sector. The first part discusses the design, comparison and optimization of heating and cooling operations that are different from simple heat exchange. The second and larger part offers a brief but effective overview of non-conventional separation processes, mainly focusing on the heterogeneous phases. Based on sample case studies, it extrapolates the process model equations and includes the numerical solution in order to provide a straightforward application example. The end of each chapter features a C++ code implementation to solve the ODE or nonlinear equations system using the BzzMath library.


Authors and Affiliations

  • CMIC, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Alessandro Di Pretoro, Flavio Manenti

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