Soviet-Bloc Research and Development in Fluid Separation Techniques: Absorption, Adsorption, Distillation, and Extraction

摘要

A search of the Soviet-Bloc literature for the period 1960 to early 1964 uncovered more than 700 references to papers relating to various aspects of the general subject of separation of fluids by chemical engineering techniques. About 40 per cent of the Soviet papers found relate to absorption and adsorption, about 30 per cent to distillation, and about 15 per cent to solvent extraction, with the remainder scattered over miscellaneous subjects such as diffusion, centrifugation, evaporation, etc. Therefore, it was decided to concentrate the study on the first four subjects representing approximately 85 per cent of the Soviet publications in this field. It may be concluded that the U.S.S.R. is committed to a large and comprehensive effort in the areas of fluid separation discussed separately. The large number of authors involved suggests that the Soviets consider these areas of sufficient importance to justify the efforts of many of their technical personnel. A general conclusion is that the Soviets lag several years behind the U. S. and other Western countries in the industrial applications of fluidseparation techniques. (Author)