SEPARATIONS PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ◆ Product Purity E Must meet product specs to be saleable product E Must meet regulatory specs to be disposable(byproducts ◆ fractional Recovery E fractional recovery of all important components must be high enough to make process operable and economic E Generally a trade off between equipment cost and operating penalties(loss of product, disposal costs, etc. 94/99 Separation Operations: Introduction9/4/99 Separation Operations: Introduction 9 SEPARATIONS PERFORMANCE CRITERIA u Product Purity ð Must meet product specs to be saleable (product) ð Must meet regulatory specs to be disposable (byproducts) u Fractional Recovery ð Fractional recovery of all important components must be high enough to make process operable and economic ð Generally a trade off between equipment cost and operating penalties (loss of product, disposal costs, etc.)