Separations have played a major role in the history of chemical engineering and will continue to be important. Since separations have always been the major cost item in the process industries, they have always been a critical key to successful commercialization. Many separation processes such as distillation, adsorption, chromatography and filtration were used long before they were understood. First, the history of separation processes will be reviewed. Next, we will discuss the current teaching of separation processes. The final part of the talk will explore predictions for the future of applications, teaching and research funding in separation processes.
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