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Chemical Process Equipment - Selection and Design (Revised 2nd Edition) by Couper, James R, Penney, W. Roy, Fair, James R

“…A facility is only as efficient and profitable as the equipment that is in it. This highly influential book is a powerful resource for chemical, process, or…”
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Distillation Studies in a High-Gravity Contactor by Kelleher, Trevour, Fair, James R

“…A high-gravity vapor−liquid contactor (“Higee”) was studied under distillation conditions using a semiworks scale system. The cyclohexane/n-heptane test…”
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Adsorptive separation of propylene-propane mixtures by Jarvelin, Harri, Fair, James R

“…The separation of propylene-propane mixtures is of great commercial importance and is carried out by fractional distillation. It is claimed to be the most…”
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Mass Transfer in Beds of Modern, High-Efficiency Random Packings by Wagner, Ingo, Stichlmair, Johann, Fair, James R

“…A new model has been developed for the prediction and correlation of mass-transfer rates in distillation columns containing random packings. Emphasis is placed…”
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Preparation of Tertiary Amyl Alcohol in a Reactive Distillation Column. 1. Reaction Kinetics, Chemical Equilibrium, and Mass-Transfer Issues by González, J. Castor, Fair, James R

“…The hydration of isoamylenes to produce 2-methyl-2-butanol (tert-amyl alcohol, or TAA) is strongly limited by chemical equilibrium to olefin conversions of…”
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Design Guidelines for Solid-Catalyzed Reactive Distillation Systems by Subawalla, Hoshang, Fair, James R

“…In this paper we discuss design guidelines for solid-catalyzed reactive distillation systems. The guidelines are used to generate initial estimates for column…”
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Liquid-Continuous Distillation by Seibert, A. Frank, Lewis, J. Christopher, Fair, James R

“…Bubble columns, in which a gas is passed up through a head of liquid, have been limited to very low superficial gas velocities. Higher rates, such as those…”
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Structured Packing PerformanceExperimental Evaluation of Two Predictive Models by Fair, James R, Seibert, A. Frank, Behrens, M, Saraber, P. P, Olujic, Z

“…A comprehensive total reflux distillation study of sheet metal structured packings was carried out with the cyclohexane/n-heptane test mixture. The experiments…”
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Separation system synthesis: a knowledge-based approach. 1. Liquid mixture separations by Barnicki, Scott D, Fair, James R

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Distillation Columns Containing Structured Packings:  A Comprehensive Model for Their Performance. 2. Mass-Transfer Model by Rocha, J. Antonio, Bravo, Jose L, Fair, James R

“…This is the second part of a two-part paper dealing with the fluid mechanics and mass transfer in structured packings for distillation column service. The…”
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Separation system synthesis: a knowledge-based approach. 2. Gas/vapor mixtures by Barnicki, Scott D, Fair, James R

“…A description is given for a prototype knowledge-based expert system, the separation synthesis advisor (SSAD), for synthesis of separation sequences for…”
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Distillation columns containing structured packings: a comprehensive model for their performance. 1. Hydraulic models by Rocha, J. Antonio, Bravo, Jose L, Fair, James R

“…A mechanistically-based model has been developed to aid the analysis and design of distillation columns containing structured packings of the corrugated plate…”
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Hydrodynamics and mass transfer in spray and packed liquid-liquid extraction columns by Seibert, A. Frank, Fair, James R

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Parametric analysis of thermal regeneration of adsorption beds by Schork, Joan M, Fair, James R

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Distillation Sieve Trays without Downcomers:  Prediction of Performance Characteristics by Garcia, J. Antonio, Fair, James R

“…A large amount of performance data on larger-scale trays without downcomers has become available recently, and the data have been examined with a view toward…”
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A Fundamental Model for the Prediction of Distillation Sieve Tray Efficiency. 1. Database Development by Garcia, J. Antonio, Fair, James R

“…A mechanistic model has been developed for the prediction of sieve tray point efficiency for both aqueous and hydrocarbon systems. A forerunner of the model…”
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Using an Oldershaw Column for Scale-up by Fair, James R, Seibert, A Frank

“…Foaming. Viewing ports through the vacuum jackets allow observation of the vapor/liquid contacting action, so the Oldershaw can be used to study foaming. In…”
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A Fundamental Model for the Prediction of Distillation Sieve Tray Efficiency. 2. Model Development and Validation by Garcia, J. Antonio, Fair, James R

“…A mechanistic model has been developed for the prediction of sieve tray point efficiency for both aqueous and hydrocarbon systems. A forerunner of the model…”
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Liquid-Side Mass-Transfer Resistance of Structured Packings by Murrieta, Carlos R, Seibert, A. Frank, Fair, James R, Rocha-U, J. Antonio

“…Stripping of oxygen from water using air was performed in four different structured packings. Because the transfer of oxygen to air is easy, the resistance to…”
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Axial Mixing Effects in Packed Gas−Liquid Contactors by Macias-Salinas, Ricardo, Fair, James R

“…The usual assumption of plug flow of gas and liquid in packed columns may not be correct in many instances. If there is departure from this ideal flow case,…”
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