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Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) Chemical Engineering at Queen's University for their continued support.Much of this work is based on the Phd thesis of GL during which time he would like to gratefully acknowledge the assistance and friendship of fellow graduate students, in particular, Youcef Derbal, Peter Gallant, Ahmad Masoud and Laurie Ricker. Also, GL acknowledges the support and friendship of Steve and Launi Fotopoulos, Karina McInnis, Marino and Debbie Labinaz and Tom Sansom. Lastly, this work could not have been completed without the support of GL's parents Amalia and Emilio. It is to them that this book is dedicated.MG dedicates this book to Mélanie, Samuel and Bonnie. Thank you for your love and support. vContents

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