ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with theories of chromatography. We can
design or operate chromatographic processes very easily if we
have fundamental knowledge of the theories of chromatography.
Since we do not intend to describe the theories of chromatog-
graphy in detail, only the basic equations and lor the analytical
solutions are given together with the basic idea and the impor-
tant assumptions in the theory. For readers interested in de-
tails of each chromatographic theory, the original papers quoted
in this chapter and the following excellent reviews or books and
references therein give more than adequate coverage (Giddings,
1965; Grushka et al., 1975; Heftman, 1975; Morris and Morris,
1964; Yang and Tsao, 1982). In addition, some of the reviews
or the textbooks for a fixed - bed adsorption process or residence
time distribution will be also helpful in understanding the
theories of chromatography (for example, Lightfoot et al., 1962;
Sherwood et al., 1975; Vermeulen et al., 1984).
