industrial gas
handbook
gas separation
and purification
As a practicing engineer in the field of industrial gases for the past 65 years, 40 with L’Air Liquide, and another 25 as a private consultant on an international basis, I have encountered only seven textbooks worldwide compiled for our industry, even though the industry is over 100 years old. Of the seven, five were edited by university professors or academic research scientists. The sixth was written in 1989 by a process manager of an industrial company in England which almost filled the bill, but not quite. Those were published in England, one in France, two in the United States, and one in Russia. With the possible exception of the one on process cycles published in England, the rest were heavy on the theoretical side and did not serve the majority of the engineers’ need for applied technology.
The purpose of this manuscript, based on many years of field experience, is not so much for physicists or scientists who occasionally may require data relating to cryogenics and gas recovery, but for practicing engineers to help them master the fundamentals and advances in the field of industrial gas separation and purification.
In planning the breadth of this manuscript the following colleagues were most helpful: Ted Pawulski. A former director of process design for separation units for Air Liquide in North America, now a private consultant, who reviewed the technical aspects of the text with diligence, patience, and made important suggestions.
Nat Matlin. A graduate chemist and a polished copywriter by profession who went over the manuscript with a fine tooth comb. He was able to simplify the presentation and ease the flow of reading. To that end, he eliminated much of the technobabble so prevalent in current engineering reports.
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