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This consolidated but versatile textbook provides detailed coverage of all Unit operations and Unit processes employed in process industries in two volumes. An exhaustive coverage of each operation/process has been presented starting from the fundamentals to the most recent advances. The treatment is fully objective and application-oriented with emphasis on simulation design and analysis of each operation/process. Lengthy description of equipment has been avoided. The book blends Unit operations with Unit processes since apart from physical processes (unit operations) chemical processes (reaction kinetics and reactor design) are also covered in full. This volume covers Simultaneous heat and mass transfer Extraction and adsorption Membrane based separation processes and Reaction kinetics and reactor design. The book provides complete study material to students of Chemical Mechanical Metallurgical and Biochemical Engineering and related areas. It would also be a veritable text and reference for teachers practicing engineers professional consultants and research scientists. About the Author C. M. Narayanan received his BSc Engg from Banaras Hindu University ME from Indian Institute of Sciences Bangalore and PhD from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. He has published over 45 research papers in journals of international repute and is the author of two well-known books - Computer Aided Design of Chemical Process Equipment and Mechanical Operations for Chemical Engineers. His fields of interest are transport phenomenon computer aided design energy engineering. Mechanical operations biotechnology and biochemical engineering. He is an honorary software consultant to a large number of chemical industries and is regarded as an established expert on computer aided design and software development. Prof. Narayanan has coordinated several national workshops on CAD and has convened international/national seminars and symposia. He has been to many countries abroad as a visiting scientist and is a life member of many professional societies such as Institution of Engineers (India). Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers. Indian Society for Technical Education and Indian Society for Heat and Mass Transfer. He has been conferred upon Bharat Jyoti Award for his outstanding contribution to research and development particularly in the areas of computer aided design and software development. His name has been included in the international Who Is Who published by the American Biographical Society. USA. B. C. Bhattacharya ex-Head of Department of Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur is known as father of biotechnology at IIT -Kharagpur for establishing Biotechnology Unit for teaching and research. And also a Regional Centre for Biogas Development and Training. He has published over 100 research and design papers in chemical engineering and biotechnology four well-known textbooks in chemical engineering and a monograph on biogas technology. Prof. Bhattacharya visited Germany as DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Fellow and France. UK and USA as a Government of India delegate. He guided a large number of PhD scholars in chemical engineering and biotechnology and possesses a number of patents on the new products and equipment developed. And transferred a few of such technologies to the industries. He is on the board of directors of a few chemical and biochemical industries and has also established a few SSI units. He is a Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India) and a visiting professor at two engineering colleges.