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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The author wishes to acknowledge the help, assistance, and of others, have been valuable and the author duly acknowl-
encouragement received from many organizations, which edges their inputs.
include, specifically, American Institute of Chemical Involvement and review of the content of the book by
Engineers and John Wiley for accepting the book for pub- Dr. Paul M. Mathias of Fluor Corporation, who happened to
lication. Equipment manufacturers, who include Swenson be one of the authors to Perry’s Chemical Engineers’ Hand-
Technology, Spirax Sarco, Alfa Laval, Sulzer, Koch-Knight, book, has been particularly valuable. He has been very
Koch-Glitsch, Pace Engineering, and other industrial orga- considerate in offering valuable suggestions and comments
nizations. Acknowledgments are due to professional bodies during the process of preparation of the book. He readily
such as Gas Processors Suppliers Association, Hydraulic agreed to write Foreword for the book unhesitatingly. The
Institute, Cheresources, Society of Automotive Engineers, author is very much indebted to him.
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygie- Ms. Haeja Han of AIChE, Bob Esposito, Michael
nists, Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers Association, and Leventhal, and Rosalyn Farkas of John Wiley, Sanchari Sil
American Membrane Technology Association whose liter- and Joseph Varghese of Thomson Digital and others at
ature is of help in making the book toward realizing the goal AIChE and John Wiley have been very helpful in processing
of making it practice-oriented. the contents of the book and making it more presentable.
Encouragement and support received from Sri K. V. Special appreciation is due to all of them. The author duly
Vishnu Raju, Chairman, Sri Vishnu Educational Society, acknowledges the help received from D. V. S. S. Prasad of
Faculty, Associates, Alumni, and Students from Panjab Shanna Technologies (India) Private Limited, Srinivas Vadla
University, B. V. R. Institute of Technology, B. S. University and their Associates in Graphics Work.
of Technology, Libya, and several other institutions provided Patience and tolerance by my wife Bangaramma, computer
the necessary motivation to write the book, which the author and other inputs by my son Prasad, daughter Anuradha,
wishes to acknowledge. granddaughter Suhasa, and daughter-in-law Usha have made
Comments from several individuals, who include Dr. J. M. me to accomplish my work and they deserve my appreciation.
Alford, Chairman of AIChE New Books Committee, Peer
Reviewers, Academic and Industry Professionals, and scores K. S. N. RAJU

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