Design and Operation of Thermally-driven Column Systems for Multicomponent Separations: Review of binary distillation; Design for multicomponent distillation; Short-cut design methods; Rigorous staged-separation methods; Design of column internals; Techniques for difficult separations.<br/><br/>Design and Operation of Low-energy Alternative Multicomponent Separations. <br/>I Adsorption Systems: adsorbent materials; adsorption isotherms and kinetic data; batch versus continuous systems; mathematical modelling approaches.<br/>II Ion Exchange Separations.,<br/>III Membrane Separation Processes and Systems.<br/><br/>Evaporator Design and Operation: Single versus multiple effect... -- Course Website