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1.6 Other Resources on Separation Process Engineering

Since students have different learning styles, you need to customize the way you use this book to adapt to

your learning style. Of course, you will have to take charge of your learning and do this for yourself. If
you are interested in exploring your learning style, a good place to start is the Index of Learning Styles,
which was developed by Richard M. Felder and Linda K. Silverman. This index is available free on the
Internet at www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/felder/public/ILSpage.html. Alternatively, you may search
on the term “Felder” using a search engine such as Google.
Since students (and professors) have different learning styles, no single approach to teaching or writing a
book can be best for all students. Thus, there will undoubtedly be parts of this book that do not make
sense to you. Many students use other students, then the teaching assistant, and finally the professor as
resources. Fortunately, a number of good textbooks and Web pages exist that can be helpful because their

presentations differ from those in this textbook. Table 1-1 presents a short annotated bibliography of some
of the available handbook and textbook resources. A large number of useful Web sites are available but
are not listed because URLs change rapidly. They can be accessed by searching on the term “separation
processes” using any popular search engine.
Table 1-1. Annotated bibliography of resources on separation process engineering

Belter, P. A., E. L. Cussler, and W.-S. Hu, Bioseparations. Downstream Processing for
Biotechnology, Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1988. Separations textbook with emphasis on
bioseparations.

Cussler, E. L., Diffusion: Mass Transfer in Fluid Systems, 3rd ed., Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge, UK, 2009. Textbook on basics of diffusion and mass transfer with applications to a
variety of separation processes in addition to other applications.

Doherty, M. F., and M. F. Malone, Conceptual Design of Distillation Systems, McGraw-Hill,
New York, 2001. Advanced distillation textbook that uses residue curve maps to analyze complex
distillation processes.
Geankoplis, C. J., Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles, 4th ed., Prentice
Hall PTR, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2003. Unit operations textbook that has expanded coverage of
separation processes and transport phenomena.

Harrison, R. G., P. Todd, S. R. Rudge, and D. P. Petrides, Bioseparations Science and