The following books have been authored or co-authored by Steve Tarleton. Illustrations, practical advice and worked examples are presented throughout. Many of the technologies and theories described have been incorporated into the companion Filter Design Software.
Dictionary of Filtration and Separation
Over 1500 precise definitions of terms for solid/liquid separation, air/gas/dust separations, filter media, contamination control etc. – from Abatement and Abrasion to Zone Settling and Zwitterion – plus a list of abbreviations and acronyms. Fully cross-referenced and illustrated by over 400 diagrams and photographs.
​
The aim is to provide a source of reference for all practitioners of filtration and separation, and a valuable educational and training resource.
Solid/Liquid Separation: Principles of Industrial Filtration
In this book a comprehensive coverage of the scientific and engineering basis for solid/liquid separation processes are presented in an approachable style.
​
Chapters:
-
Introduction
-
Fluid dynamic background to filtration processes
-
Gravity clarification and thickening
-
Filtration (cake formation)
-
Cake deliquoring
-
Cake washing
-
Expression (cake compression deliquoring)
-
Membrane filtration
Solid/Liquid Separation: Scale-up of Industrial Equipment
A practical book on ways to approach solid/liquid separation problems and applications of equipment or its scale-up. The book collects together the test procedures used in different sectors of industry, identifies the types of tests carried out and what might typically be done with the resulting data when faced with a new application. The procedures described are based on established industrial practice methods.
​
Chapters:
-
Solid/liquid separation selection
-
Chemical pretreatment
-
Deep bed filters
-
Membrane filters
-
Pressure filters
-
Vacuum filters
-
Filtering centrifuges
-
Sedimenting centrifuges
Solid/Liquid Separation: Equipment Selection and Process Design
This book provides detailed information on filtration equipment and media which allows the reader to consider the pretreatment of suspensions, selection of the most appropriate equipment for the task, data analysis and the subsequent design of the processes involved for particular separations.
​
Chapters:
-
Solid/liquid separation equipment
-
Filter media
-
Pretreatment of suspensions
-
Data acquisition, analysis and scale-up
-
Selection, data analysis and simulation by computer software
-
Process design for batch separation
-
Process design for continuous separations
Progress in Filtration and Separation
The book contains reference content on fundamentals, core principles, technologies, processes, and applications. It gives detailed coverage of the latest technologies and research, models, applications and standards, practical implementations, case studies, best practice, and process selection. Extensive worked examples are included.
Chapters:
-
Hydrocyclones
-
Dynamic filtration with rotating or vibrating membranes
-
Membrane distillation
-
Pervaporation
-
Liquid membrane filters
-
Electrodialysis
-
Magnetic separations
-
Electric field assisted separations
-
Ultrasonic field assisted separations
-
Ion exchange
-
Hot gas filters
-
Air tabling
-
Gas-gas membrane separations
-
Surface area measurement
-
Particle characterisation by image analysis
-
Turbidity measurement
-
Capillary suction time use and measurement
Particle Separations by Filtration and Separation, chapter in Production, Handling and Characterisation...
This book presents techniques and methods that have been developed by material scientists, chemists, chemical engineers and physicists for the commercial production of particulate materials, ranging from the millimetre to the nanometre scale.
​
The scope includes the physical and chemical background, experimental optimization of equipment and procedures, as well as an outlook on future methods.
​
Chapters:
-
Introduction
-
Industrial aspects of crystallization
-
Wet colloid synthesis: Precipitation and dispersion
-
Granulation and tabletting
-
Particulate flow and agglomeration in food extrusion
-
Comminution
-
Atomization, spraying and nebulization
-
Emulsification: Established and future technologies
-
Mixing of solid materials
-
Particle separations by filtration and sedimentation
-
Flotation
-
Classification
-
Storage and discharge of bulk solids
-
Solids transport and handling
-
Sampling and characterization of bulk particulate materials
Ultrasonically Assisted Separation Processes, chapter in Ultrasound in Food Processing
This book addresses the future development of ultrasound in food processing, covering both high power (material altering) and low power (non-destructive testing) applications. Leading work is presented for a non-expert audience, so that people in industry and academia can make informed decisions about future research and the adoption of ultrasound techniques.
​
Chapters:
-
Controlling overfilling in food processing
-
'Off the shelf' ultrasound instrumentation
-
Rapid determination of food material properties
-
Ultrasound process tomography
-
Particle sizing of emulsions using spectrometry
-
Power ultrasound in food processing
-
Applications of airborne power ultrasound to processing
-
Power ultrasound in cleaning... in the poultry industry
-
The principles of cavitation
-
Ultrasound: a new opportunity for food preservation
-
Ultrasonically assisted separation processes
-
Ultrasound monitoring of shelf life in food emulsions
-
Ultrasound and the computer modelling of food
-
An introduction to ultrasonic food cutting
Filtration: Equipment Selection, Modelling and Process Simulation
Currently out of print
​
Chapters:
-
Introduction
-
Fluid dynamic background to filtration processes
-
Filter cake formation
-
Filter cake deliquoring
-
Filter cake washing
-
Expression (cake compression deliquoring)
-
Solid/liquid separation equipment
-
Filter media
-
Pretreatment of suspensions
-
Solid/liquid separation equipment selection
-
Process design equations and filter cycle calculations
