Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Modeling of mass-exchange units for environmental applications -- Synthesis of mass-exchange networks: a graphical approach -- Graphical techniques for mass integration with mass-exchange interception -- Synthesis of mass-exchange networks -- an algebraic approach -- Synthesis of mass-exchange networks: a mathematical programming approach -- Mathematical optimization techniques for mass integration -- Synthesis of reactive mass-exchange networks -- Combining heat integration with mass integration -- Synthesis of heat-induced separation network for condensation of volatile organic compounds -- Design of membrane-separation systems -- Environmentally benign chemistry and species. CD-ROM contains: Mass Exchange Network (MEN) software package and LINGO.