Content: Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Acknowledgements; About the Author; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1. BASIC INFORMATION; CHAPTER 2. INVESTIGATION OF THE MAIN PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF PACKED BED COLUMNS; CHAPTER 3. INDUSTRIAL PACKINGS; CHAPTER 4. MARANGONI EFFECT AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE MASS TRANSFER IN PACKINGS; CHAPTER 5. MASS TRANSFER IN PACKED BED COLUMNS ACCOMPANIED BY CHEMICAL REACTION; CHAPTER 6. FOULING ON PACKINGS; CHAPTER 7. COLUMN INTERNALS; CHAPTER 8. DISTRIBUTION OF THE LIQUID AND GAS PHASE OVER THE CROSS-SECTION OF A PACKED BED COLUMN; CHAPTER 9. EXAMPLES Abstract: First specialised book on the subject within last decade