Dr. Amit Keshav is working as Assistant Professor in Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Raipur - 492 010, Chhattisgarh, India. He has received Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR), India. He has published many papers in international/national research journals (more than 22) and attended international and national conferences (more than 40). He worked as lecturer at Seth Jai Parkashand Mukand Lal Instutute of Engineering and Technology (JMIT), Radaur for more than three years and presently working as Assistant Professor at National Institute of Technology, Raipur for last 2 years. He had worked as head of department at JMIT Radaur for a period of more than a year and had set up various labs at both the institutes he had worked. During the last five years he had been involved at various levels in organization of three national level seminars. He is actively involved in research and had been reviewer of many international journal papers. His working areas are Reactive extraction, Vapour liquid equilibria, Process intensification, Food science, Adsorption and CFD. HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS TEXTBOOK The textbook of separation processes covers, the syllabus of B.Tech, M.Tech Chemical, Biochemical, Environment and Energy Engineering. The book illustrates the basic principles as well as advanced separation processes: Supercritical fluid extraction, Pervaporation, Application of membrane modules, Liquid Membrane particularly ionic liquids, Hybrid systems, Reactive extraction with process intensification & its modelling, Adsorption, Biosorption and its modelling, Phyto-sorption, Ion exchange, Chromotography, Catalytic processes. The book also deals with Case studies for better understanding. This book is certainly useful for research scholars who are working in the areas of Chemical, Biochemical, Environment and Energy Engineering.
