This book summarizes the available information in six known areas of reactive separation: reaction/distillation, reaction/extraction, reaction/absorption, reaction/adsorption, reaction/membrane, and reaction/crystallization.

The last twenty five years have been a period of tremendous growth in the field of reaction separation technology. This has been vitally important to engineers as advances in the unique field of reactive separation processes (the normally disjunct unit operations of reaction and separation into a single, similtaneous operation) have the potential to create huge savings in energy and capital costs, as well as increased reaction efficiency.
This book offers a comprehensive overview of different methods used commercially for this process as well as those methods still in experimental analysis. It includes illustrations to guide the reader to understanding the more complex concepts as well as the fundamentals. For the first time in any book, all six known areas of reactive separation are discussed. The book's structure places emphasis primarily on applications, but fundamental principles and technical considerations in industry are also recognised for each technology. The six individual reaction separation processes are illustrated using numerous documented research and development studies which describe their respective applications.
Reactive Separation Processes will offer guidance in problem-solving and serve to generate further inventive and novel ideas for industrial application. As a problem-solving tool and a single source reference it will prove invaluable.