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Separation Process Technology

S. Basu
Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Separation Processes in Manufacturing


Clean air

separation

Recycle contaminant

Impurity
Effluent
separation

air

separation

Reactor

Raw
materials

By-products

Products
recycle
Effluent water
separation

Clean water

Recycle contaminant

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Crude Refining

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Ethylene to Ethanol

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Distillation
Sedimentation
Solvent extraction
Adsorption
Membrane separation

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Separation of Propylene
and Propane

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Structured Packing
Column

Structured Material

Typical Plate Column Internal

Bubble cap
perforation

Valve cap

Plate design

Tray with valve cap

Random Packing
Material

Liquid-liquid Extraction

Typical liq-liq
extraction process
Ib/h

Extractor

Settler

Fluid-Fluid
Contacting Column

Membrane Separation

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Polyimide
polystyrene
Polysulfone
PTFE
polycarbonate

Membrane shapes

Membrane module

Adsorption

Ion-exchange
-SO3-H+

adsorbate

-NH3+OHWater demineralization

Ion-exchange resins

Activated carbon
Activated alumina
Silica gel
Molecular sieve zeolite

Gas bulk separation O2 / N2


Gas purification removal of org. from vent stream
Liquid purification decolourisation of water
Liquid bulk separation n-paraffins, iso-paraffins

Crystalline inorganic polymers of aluminosilicates


ZSM 4A - Na12[(AlO2)12 (SiO2)12] - 3.8 - H2O, CO2 removal, air separation

Pressure swing adsorption (PSA)


Temp swing adsorption (TSA)

Soldac Process

Adsorption fluidized bed


Desorption moving bed

Thickener
Solid Removal

Drying

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Tech. Maturity
and
Future Scope

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