Membrane Operations: Innovative Separations and Transformations

The only book dedicated to membrane technology, covering all the different innovative membrane areas from separation to contactors, and regarding them as unit operations in process engineering.
The specific potential of these advanced new operations is analyzed by different experts in the field, with regard to their basic aspects and in particular to their potential application for a sustainable growth and improvement in the quality of life. To this end, much emphasis is placed on the role of membrane engineering as a dominant technology in such areas as water desalination or artificial organs.
The editors are well known and recognized within the community, while the active experience of the authors provides a highly practical, industrially relevant approach to the subject. Topics considered in detail include membranes in fuel cells, membranes in MEMS and OLEDS, as well as integrated membrane systems.

Spis treści:
Introduction.
MOLECULAR SEPARATION.
Molecular Modeling, A Tool fort he Knowledge–Based Design of Polymer–Based Membrane Materials.
Polymeric Membranes for Molecular Separations.
Fundamentals of Membrane Solvent Separation and Pervaporation.
Fundamentals of Membrane Gas Separation.
Fundamentals in Electromembrane Separation Processes.
Fouling in Membrane Processes.
Energy and Environmental Issues and Impacts of Membranes in Industry.
Membrane Gas–Separation: Applications.
CO2 Capture with MembraneSystems.
Seawater and Brackish–Water Desalination with Membrane Operations.
Developments in Membrane Science for Downstream Processing.
Integrated Membrane Processes.
TRANSFORMATION.
Fundamental of Chemical Membrane Reactors.
Mathematical Modeling of Biochemical Membrane Reactors.
Photocatalytic Membrane Reactors in the Conversion or Degradation of Organic Compounds.
Wastewater Treatment by Membrane Bioreactors.
Biochemical Membrane Reactors i n Industrial Processes.
Biomedical Membrane Extracorporeal Devices.
Membranes in Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering.
MEMBRANE CONTACTORS.
Basics in Membrane Contacts.
Membrane Emulsification: Principles and Applications.
Membrane Contactors in Industrial Applications.
Extractive Separations in Contactors with One and Two Immobilized L/L Interfaces: Applications and Perspectives.


Nota biograficzna:
Enrico Drioli is Full Professor at the School of Engineering of the University of Calabria (Italy) and Director of the Institute of Membrane Technology (ITM) of CNR. He is the Honorary President of the European Membrane Society. His main research activities are in the field of Membrane Science and Technology. He is author of more than 460 scientific papers and 16 patents and Member of the Advisory Board of several internationally renowned journals.
Lidietta Giorno is researcher at the Institute on Membrane Technology, ITM–CNR, Italy. Her research experiences include membrane bioengineering, catalytic membranes and biocatalytic membrane reactors, integrated membrane systems for bioseparations and bioconversions, downstream processing based on molecular separation, membrane chirotechnology, membrane emulsifier. She is co–author of two books and some 50 peer reviewed papers. She is currently the President of the European Membrane Society.