Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes: Recent Achievements in Wastewater and Water Treatments

Water is the most valuable resource for all human development. With increasing global population the demand for water increases whereas the sources of clean water are decreasing. recycling and reuse of wastewater has become an imperative which demands the development of new, efficient and environmentally friendly treatment methods.

Current Trends and Future Developments in (Bio-) Membranes: Recent Achievements in Wastewater and Water Treatments provides a comprehensive coverage of the existing wastewater treatment including, but not exclusively, membrane-based methods. The book presents most common used methods compares and evaluates them depending on their particular application. It illustrates many aspects of the various treatment systems used in water and wastewater purification and lists the advantages of membrane-based methods to non-membrane based technologies. This book focuses on introducing, applications, advantages/disadvantages, evaluating of membrane-based technologies and comparing it with other non-membrane based systems. It also analyses the various limitations of each method. Hence, the book is a key reference text for R&D managers in industry interested in the development of water/waste treatment technologies as well as academic researchers and postgraduate students working in the wider area of the strategic treatment, separation and purification processes.

Provides the state-of-the-art of water and wastewater treatments by various technologies Describes novel and emerging technologies for waste/water treatmentDiscusses a number of case studies of popular applicationsOffers an economic evaluation of various technologies

1. Achievements in ultraviolet irradiation technologies for waste and water treatment 2. Achievements in advanced oxidation technologies for waste and water treatment 3. Achievements in ion Exchange technologies for waste and water treatment 4. Achievements in biological technologies for waste and water treatment 5. Achievements in low pressure membrane processes (MF and UF) for waste and water treatment 6. Achievements in high pressure membrane processes (NF and RO) for waste and water treatment 7. Achievements in Electrodialysis processes for waste and water treatment 8. Achievements in pervaporation processes for waste and water treatment 9. Achievements in membrane bioreactors for waste and water treatment 10. Achievements in membrane distillation processes for waste and water treatment 11. Achievements in hybrid processes for waste and water treatment 12. Economic evaluation of waste and water treatment technologies