Front Matter i-xiv
Executive Summary 1-5
1 Introduction 6-12
2 Chemical Industry 13-27
3 Petroleum Industry 28-35
4 Cross-Cutting Issues for the Chemical and Petroleum Refining Industries 36-50
5 Aluminum Industry 51-58
6 Steel Industry 59-67
7 Metal Casting Industry 68-73
8 Glass Industry 74-78
9 Forest Products Industry 79-86
10 Cross-Cutting Issues for the Materials Processing Industries 87-96 (skim)
11 Conclusions and Recommendations 97-104
References 105-110
Appendix A: Biographies of Panel Members 111-113

Description

Separation processes or processes that use physical, chemical, or electrical forces to isolate or concentrate selected constituents of a mixture are essential to the chemical, petroleum refining, and materials processing industries.

In this volume, an expert panel reviews the separation process needs of seven industries and identifies technologies that hold promise for meeting these needs, as well as key technologies that could enable separations. In addition, the book recommends criteria for the selection of separations research projects for the Department of Energy's Office of Industrial Technology