NOVEL SEPARATIONS TECHNIQUES

Subject Code : 06CH833 IA Marks : 25

No. of Lecture Hours/Week : 04 Exam Hours : 03
Total No. of Lecture Hours : 52 Exam Marks : 100

PART - A
UNIT - 1
ADSORPTIVE SEPARATIONS: Review of fundamentals. Mathematical modeling of
column factors. Pressure swing & thermal swing adsorption. Counter current
separations. 6 Hours

UNIT - 2
CHROMATOGRAPHY: Chromatography fundamentals. Different types. Gradient &
affinity chromatography. Design Calculations for chromatographic columns. 7 Hours

UNIT - 3
MEMBRANE SEPARATION PROCESSES: Thermodynamic considerations. Mass
transfer considerations. Design of RO &UF. Ion selective membranes. Micro filtration.
Electro dialysis. Pervaporation. Gaseous separations. 7 Hours

UNIT - 4
EXTERNAL FIELD INDUCED SEPARATIONS: Electric & magnetic field separations.
Centrifugal separations and calculations. 6 Hours

PART - B
UNIT - 5
SURFACTANT BASED SEPARATIONS: Fundamentals. Surfactants at inter phases
and in bulk. Liquid membrane permeation. Foam separations. Micellar separations.
8 Hours
UNIT - 6
SUPER CRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION: Thermodynamics and physico chemical
principles. Process description. Application. Case Study. 8 Hours

UNIT - 7
MECHANICAL –PHYSICAL SEPARATION PROCESS: Introduction, Classification,
Filtration in solid liquid separation. Settling & sedimentation in particle fluid separation.
4 Hours
UNIT - 8
OTHER SEPARATIONS: Separation by thermal diffusion, electrophoresis and
crystallization. 6 Hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Handbook of Separation Process Technology - R. W. Rousseu, John Wiley & Sons-
1987
2. Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology - Kirk-Othmer, John Wiley & sons-2001
3. Rate Controlled Separations.- Phillip C Wankat, Kluwer Academic Pub, 1990.
4. Transportation and Separation Process - Gaenkopolis, Printice Hall, 2003.
5. Large Scale Adsorption Chromatography - P C Wankat, CRC Press, 1986.
6. Reverse Osmosis and Ultra Filtration Process Principle- S. Sourirajan & T.
Matsura,, NRC Publication, Ottawa, 1985.
7. Surfactant Based Separation- T.O. Hatton, Vol 23.
8. Supercritical Fluid Extraction- M A McHugh & V. J. Krukonis,, Butterworth, 1987.