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JOURNAL OF THE TAIWAN INSTITUTE OFCHEMICAL ENGINEERS (J. Taiwan Inst. Chem. Engrs.)

This journal published bi-monthly is devoted to thetheoretical development and research in chemicalengineering and allied branches of engineering andscience. It is an official publication of the TaiwanInstitute of Chemical Engineers.

PUBLISHER

Duu-Jong Lee National Taiwan University

CONSULTING EDITORS

Jyh-Ping Hsu National Taiwan UniversityHsaio-Ping Huang National Taiwan UniversityWei-Ming Lu National Taiwan UniversityYi-Der Tai National Taiwan UniversityWen-Teng Wu National Cheng Kung UniversityYu-Min Yang National Cheng Kung University

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Hsisheng Teng National Cheng Kung University

DEPUTY EDITOR

Dong-Hwang Chen National Cheng Kung University

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Bing-Hung Chen National Cheng Kung UniversityChyi-Tsong Chen Feng Chia UniversityYung-Chih Kuo National Chung Cheng UniversityMei-Jywan Syu National Cheng Kung UniversityJih-Jen Wu National Cheng Kung University

EDITORIAL BOARD

Chieh-Ming Chang National Chung Hsing University

Jo-Shu Chang National Cheng Kung University

Chih-Ming Chen National Chung Hsing University

Min-Sen Chiu National University of Singapore

Cheng-Tung Chou National Central University

Chien-Te Hsieh Yuan Ze University

Chi-Chang Hu National Tsing-Hua University

Ruey-Shin Juang Yuan Ze University

Chien-Liang Lee National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences

Ming-Jer Lee National Taiwan University of

Science and Technology

Hwai-Shen Liu National Taiwan University

Shih-Yuan Lu National Tsing-Hua University

Shau-Wei Tsai Chang Gung University

Kuo-Lun Tung National Taiwan University

Da-Ming Wang National Taiwan University

Index and Abstract InformationArticles published in the J. Taiwan Inst. Chem. Engrs. are indexed and/or abstracted in

• Chemical Abstracts • Science Citation Index • Engineering Index • Theoretical Chemical Engineering Abstracts • Current Biotechnology Abstracts• DOE Energy • Paperchem • Petroleum Exploration/Production

• World Aluminum Abstracts • World Translations • Compendex • Research Alert • Geo Abstracts • Current Contents®/Engineering, Computing and

Technology (CC®/EC & T) • Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Abstract-VtB

Publication Offi ce: c/o Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan

AcknowledgementThis journal is published by fi nancial support from the National Science Council of Taiwan.

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