Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes: Membrane Technology for Water and Wastewater Treatment - Advances and Emerging Processes

Current Trends and Future Developments in Bio-Membranes: Membrane Technology for Water and Wastewater Treatment - Advances and Emerging Processes presents recent advances and a status update on the applications of membrane processes to both urban and industrial wastewater. Specific case studies of membrane technologies are described. Membrane processes have been widely studied, but their application in the wastewater sector is increasing rapidly. The book deals with the applications to the wastewater sector (e.g. MBR, NF, RO, ED) and emerging membrane technologies (e.g. MBfR, MD, FO, MFC). Specific case studies of membrane technology application and relevant wastewaters (e.g. municipal, dairy, oily refinery, etc.) are also discussed.

Presents recent advances of wastewater treatment using membrane processesOutlines novel and emerging membrane technologies, e.g., membrane distillation, forward osmosis and membrane biofilm reactorsIncludes recent developments of more consolidated membrane processes, e.g., membrane biological reactors, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis, etc., either for water treatment or desalinationIncludes interesting and instructive case studies on the application of membrane technologies to various wastewater sources, e.g., municipal, dairy, olive mill, refinery, pulp and paper

Part 1. Advances in novel membrane technologies for water and wastewater 1. Wastewater treatment by membrane distillation 2. Integration of Membranes into Bioelectrochemical Systems for Enhanced Treatment Performance 3. Forward Osmosis for Water Treatment and Desalination 4. Photocatalytic membrane reactors for wastewater treatment 5. Inorganic materials for upcoming water purification membranes 6. Electrodialysis for wastewater treatment – Part I: fundamentals and municipal effluents

Part 2. Advances in membrane technologies for industrial applications 7. Electrodialysis for wastewater treatment – Part II: industrial effluents 8. RO membranes for small scale water purifiers 9. Dairy wastewater treatment by using composite membranes 10. Membrane technology for brewery wastewater treatment