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Man, after 4 years its done – No more exams left to get the university diploma in chemical engineering! Just the internship and diploma thesis is open
So lets summarize. I just finished my 8th semester with the last three (oral) exams namely in “Membrane Separation Technology“, “Thermal Seperation Processes II” and “Solvent Concepts for Catalytic Processes“. It turned out that finding books to dig into those subjects are pretty hard to find. So here is my suggestion what books & papers might be helpful to get a broad overview:

Membrane Seperation Processes (Prof. König):

• Rautenbach, R.; Melin, T.: Membranverfahren; Springer, Berlin, 2003
• Kraume, M.; Peters, T.: Entwicklungen und Pespektiven druckgetriebener Membranverfahren; CIT 77(2005), 5, S. 473-485
• Strathmann, H.: Die Elektrodialyse; CIT 56(1984), 3, S. 214-220
• Wijmans, J.G.; Baker, R.W.: The solution-diffusion model; Jour. Mem. Science, 107(1995), S. 1-121

Solvent Concepts for Catalytic Processes (Prof. Wasserscheid):

• Curzons, A.D.: Solvent Selection Guide; Clean Prod. and Proc., 1(1999), S. 82-90
• Endres, A.; Maas, G.: Die flourige Phase; CIUZ, 34(2000), 6, S. 382-393
• Schulz, H.: Short history and present Trends of Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis; Applied Cat. A, 186(1999), S. 3-12
• Reichardt, C.: Der Lösungsmitteleinfluß auf chemische Reaktionen; CIUZ, 15(1984), 5, S. 139-148
• Röper, M.: Homogene Katalyse in der chemischen Industrie; CIUZ, 40(2006), S. 126-135
• Wasserscheid, P.: Ionische Flüssigkeiten; CIUZ, 37(2003), 1, S. 52-63

Thermal Seperation Processes II (Prof. Arlt):

• Sattler, K.: Thermische Trennverfahren; Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2001
• Stichlmair, J.; Fair, J.: Distillation; Wiley-VCH, New York, 1998
• Mersmann, A.; Stichlmair, J.; Kind, M.: Thermische Verfahrenstechnik, Springer, Berlin, 2005
• Goedecke, R.: Fluidverfahrenstechnik; Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2006
• Deckert, P.; Arlt, W.: Simulierte Gegenstromchromatographie; CIT 66 (1994), 10, S. 1334-1340
• Birtigh, A.; Brunner, G: Abscheidung aus überkritischen Gasen; CIT 67 (1995), 7, S. 829-835
• Brunner, G.: Hochdruckverfahrenstechnik; CIT 75 (2003), 10, S. 1430-1433
• Schulte, M.; Kinkel, J.: Simulierte Gegenstromchromatographie; CIT 68 (1996), S. 670-683
• Stichlmair, J.: Zerlegung von Dreistoffgemischen durch Rektifikation; CIT 60 (1988), 19, S. 747-754 (Excellent!!!)
• Frey, T.; Stichlmair, J.: Thermodynamische Grundlagen der Reaktivdestillation; CIT 70 (1998), S. 1373-1381
• Storti, G.: Robust Design of Binary Countercurrent Seperation Processes; AiChE Journal 39 (1993), 3, S. 471-492

Most of these articles are reviews on this specific topic. They had been selected by just searching by Google Scholar. During my thesis (topic was: Measurement of partition coefficients of drug-like-solutes in micellar systems by ultrafiltration) this spring / summer it turned out to be way more useful than the (expensive) SciFinder. Especially the BiBTeX Export functionality really kicks ass (Just activate it by Scholar-Preferences)!