Transport Processes and Unit Operations : 3rd Edition. By C.J. Geankoplis. Prentice-Hall, 1993, 921 pp., ISBN 0 13 930439 8, $U.S.64.00

Abstract

I. TRANSPORT PROCESSES: MOMENTUM, HEAT, AND MASS. 1. Introduction to Engineering Principles and Units. 2. Principles of Momentum Transfer and Overall Balances. 3. Principles of Momentum Transfer and Applications. 4. Principles of Steady-State Heat Transfer. 5. Principles of Unsteady-State Heat Transfer. 6. Principles of Mass Transfer. 7. Principles of Unsteady-State and Convective Mass Transfer. II. UNIT OPERATIONS. 8. Evaporation. 9. Drying of Process Materials. 10. Stage and Continuous Gas-Liquid Separation Processes. 11. Vapor-Liquid Separation Processes. 12. Liquid-Liquid and Liquid-Solid Separation Processes. 13. Membrane Separation Processes. 14. Mechanical-Physical Separation Processes. III. APPENDICES. A1. Fundamental Constants and Conversion Factors. A2. Physical Properties of Water. A3. Physical Properties of Inorganic and Organic Compounds. A4. Physical Properties of Foods and Biological Materials. A5. Properties of Pipes, Tubes, and Screens. Notation. Index.