Basic Equations of Mass Transport Through a Membrane Layer

Basic Equations of Mass Transport Through a Membrane Layer offers the important knowledge which is essential for compound separation, product removing, concentration and production in the chemical/biochemical/pharmaceutical /food industries. The book outlines various membrane processes and their applications. It offers a detailed mathematical description of the mass transport, defining the basic mass transport and concentration distribution expressions. It also discusses the process parameters and application of the expressions developed to a variety of industrial applications.

Basic Equations of Mass Transport Through a Membrane Layer provides detailed explanations of the convective-diffusive mass transport both with and without polarization layers in order to assist the reader in predicting process performance and thus facilitate improvement to operation conditions and efficiency. 

Cites and analyses mass transport equations developed for different membrane processes with/without polarization layer (e.g., reverse osmosis, nanofiltration, pressure retarded and forward osmosis, pervaporation, gas separation, membrane reactors, etc.)Analyzes the effect of the biochemical/chemical reactions in presence of convective and diffusive flows in plane and cylindrical spaceDefinesthe mass transfer rate for first- and zero-order reactions in closed mathematical formsIncludes the properties and applications of these topics

1. Membrane Materials, Characterization, and Transport Properties 2. Membrane Materials, Structures, and Modules 3. Mass Transport Through a Membrane Layer 4. Molecular Diffusion 5. Diffusion Through a Plane Membrane Layer 6. Diffusion Accompanied by Chemical Reaction Through a Plane Sheet 7. Diffusive Plus Convective Mass Transport Through a Plane Membrane Layer 8. Diffusive Plus Convective Mass Transport With Chemical Reaction Through a Plane Membrane Layer 9. Diffusion in a Cylindrical Membrane Layer 10. Mass Transport in the Presence of a Fouling Layer 11. Membrane Contactors 12. Transport of Fluid Phase in a Capillary Membrane 13. Membrane Reactor 14. Membrane Bioreactor 15. Nanofiltration 16. Pervaporation 17. Forward Osmosis 18. Membrane Gas Separation 19. Membrane Distillation 20. Reverse Osmosis 21. Pressure-Retarded Osmosis (PRO) Process 22. In Conclusion