Chemical Engineering Communications provides a forum for the publication of manuscripts reporting on results of both basic and applied research in all areas of chemical engineering. The journal's audience includes researchers and practitioners in academia, industry, and government.

Chemical Engineering Communications publishes full-length research articles dealing with completed research projects on subjects such as experimentation (both techniques and data) and new theoretical models. Critical review papers reporting on the current state of the art in topical areas of chemical engineering are also welcome; submission of these is strongly encouraged.

CEC is also a medium for the publication of special issues consisting of groups of articles on a particular theme or honoring a particularly outstanding person.

The scope of the journal reflects the expanding role of chemical engineering in a variety of areas. Research areas include, but are not limited to:

    reactors and reaction engineering
    catalysis
    kinetics
    separation processes
    thermodynamics
    process control
    bioengineering
    fluid mechanics
    transport phenomena
    crystallization
    electrochemical processes
    materials engineering
    waste treatment
    fluidization
    polymer engineering
    nanotechnology
    semiconductor processing
    applied mathematics

All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.

Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106

Editor-in-Chief 
Alison Gill 
Berkeley, California, USA 
E-mail: CEC@ChE-Communications.com 

We mourn the passing of William N. Gill, who served as Editor-in-Chief of CEC for over 35 years. He will be greatly missed.  

Associate Editors 
Samir Bensaid - Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy 
Isaac Chairez - Instituto Politecnico Nacional (UPIBI-IPN), Mexico City, Mexico 
Michael Daramola - University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa 
Nina Paula Goncalves Salau  - Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil 
Jayant Singh - Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208016, India 

Editorial Advisory Board 
P. Carreau - Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal, Quebec 113C 3A7, Canada 
Ali Eftekhari -  Belfast Academy, Belfast BT3 9FG, United Kingdom  
Karen K Gleason - MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA 
Bo Jin - The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia 
Thomas F. Kuech - University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA 
A. B. Mersmann - Technical University, 8000-Munich, Germany 
A. W. Nienow - University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom 
Joel L. Plawsky - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA 
R. G. H. Prince - University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 
Eric Stefan G. Shaqfeh - Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA 
J. Wei - Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 08544, USA