1. Y. A. Liu, editor, Proceedings of Magnetic Desulfurization of
Coal Symposium, special issue on magnetic separation, IEEE
Transactions on Magnetics, 146 pages, published by the Institute
of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the Institute of Electrical
and Electronic Engineers, Inc., New York, September, 1976.
2. Y. A. Liu, editor, Industrial Applications of Magnetic Separation,
209 pages, IEEE Publication No. 78CH1447-2 MAG, Institute of Electrical
and Electronic Engineers, Inc., New York, 1979.
3. Y. A. Liu, editor, Physical Cleaning of Coal: Present and Developing
Methods, 552 pages (with Chapter 4, pages 133 to 254 written by
Liu himself), Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 1982.
Note: The following review comments appear in the international
journal, Coal Preparation, in its January 1986 issue:
- This book is a valuable new edition to those few, all too limited
modern texts which deal with the preparation of coal...
- It will undoubtly prove to be an important reference book for
those scientists, engineers, and students who have a particular interest
in this emerging and important area of coal preparation....
4. Y. A. Liu, Henry A. McGee, Jr. and W. Robert Epperly, editors, Recent
Developments in Chemical Process and Plant Design, 509 pages
(with Chapter 6, pages 147 to 260, written by Liu himself), Wiley, New
York, New York, 1987.
Note: Chemical Engineering Science gives the following
review comments of this book in its October 1988 issue:
- This excellently produced volume....
- The presentation of this text is excellent....
- The aims of providing both an introduction to important development
in process plant design and a "state?of?the?art" survey
are achieved in a most impressive way....
- This book represents a massive step forward in this important
and expanding area....
5. Thomas E. Quantrille and Y. A. Liu, Artificial Intelligence
in Chemical Engineering, 609 pages, Academic Press, San Diego,
CA, 1991.
Note: This volume is the first AI textbook in chemical engineering.
Chemical Engineering Magazine gives the following review
comments in its May 1992 issue:
- At long last, here is a comprehensive, yet very readable, exposition
of the emerging science of artificial intelligence (AI) as it relates
to the practice of chemical engineering. This book is a must reading
for any serious student of AI in the chemical process industries.
- This book belongs to a class by itself in providing a thorough
coverage of the fundamentals of AI, and illustrating their applications
with concrete examples from the CPI. Above all, it is a pleasure to
read, unlike, alas, most other books on this fascinating subject.
An equally positive published review appears in the December 1992
issue of the AIChE Journal.
6. Thomas E. Quantrille and Y. A. Liu, Artificial Intelligence
in Chemical Engineering, Chinese edition, 637 pages, China Petrochemical
Press, Beijing, China, 1994.
7. D. Richard Baughman and Y. A. Liu, Neural Networks in Bioprocessing
and Chemical Engineering, 488 pages, Academic Press, Inc., San Diego,
CA, 1995.
Note: This volume is the first neural network textbook in bioprocessing
and in chemical engineering.
8. James G. Mann and Y. A. Liu, Industrial Water Reuse and Wastewater
Minimization, 524 pages, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1999.
Note: This is the first textbook on industrial water reuse and
wastewater minimization in chemical and environmental engineering. George
E. Keller and Paul. F. Bryan, "Process Engineering Moving in New
Directions", Chemical Engineering Progress, pp. 41-50, January
issue (2000), gives the following review comments:
"An extremely important aspect of process design for overall
waste minimization is water reuse and wastewater minimization. A new
book, Mann and Liu (1999), covers this area very well, and gives many
industrial examples. It includes recent work on the water-pinch technology
(which is akin to heat-exchanger network technology) for determining
the absolute minimum amount of fresh-water makeup to a process. Application
of the methods described in this book potentially can cut both the
overall investment and operating cost of a process, as well as reduce
fresh-water usage. In the future, the approach described here should
become a key element in any comprehensive process-design effort".
9. James G. Mann and Y. A. Liu, Industrial Water Reuse and Wastewater
Minimization. Chinese Edition, 449 pages, China Petrochemical Press,
Beijing, China, 2001. Foreword by Mr. Xianghong Cao, Professor Mooson
Kwauk and Professor Jiading Wang.
