MEMBRANE PROCESSES - Table of Contents

REVERSE OSMOSIS : INTRODUCTION

Historical Development

Principle of Reverse Osmosis

Technical and Economical Relevance of Reverse Osmosis

MEMBRANE DISTILLATION

Fundamentals of Membrane Distillation

Membranes for Membrane Distillation

Process and Equipment in Membrane Distillation

Membrane Distillation Applications

Integrated Membrane Distillation Systems

PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF REVERSE OSMOSIS

Theory

Basic Water Chemistry

Process Considerations

Pretreatment

Process design

Post-treatment

Brine Disposal

Auxiliary Equipment

Operation and Maintenance

Costs

PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF LARGE-SCALE REVERSE OSMOSIS APPLICATIONS

Seawater Desalination

Brackish Water Desalination

Wastewater Treatment

Other Applications of Reverse Osmosis

REVERSE OSMOSIS PROCESS AND SYSTEM DESIGN

General Considerations

Basic Reverse Osmosis Plant Construction

Basic Principles Involved in Reverse Osmosis Process

Feedwater Pre-and Productwater Post-Treatment Procedures

Operational Problems of Reverse Osmosis System

Instrumentation and Automation

HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS

Health Hazards of Reverse Osmosis Water Desalination

Reverse Osmosis Effect on the Environment

PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ION-EXCHANGE MEMBRANE

Classification of Ion-Exchange Membranes

Preparation of Ion-Exchange Membranes

Characterization of Ion-Exchange Membranes

Properties of Commercial Ion-Exchange Membranes

PERVAPORATION

Fundamentals of Pervaporation

Membranes and Modules

Process and Equipment Design

Applications of Pervaporation

Conclusions and Future Directions

MODELING AND CALCULATION OF PRESSURE-DRIVEN MEMBRANE PROCESSES

General Framework and Formulation of the Problem

Concentration Polarisation

Accumulation of Gel or Porous Precipitate on Membrane Surface

Transport through Porous Membranes Matrix

Modeling Driving Force

SURVEY OF THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO MODELING PRESSURE-DIVEN MEMBRANE PROCESSES (SUBMODELS FOR TRANSPORT IN PHASES)

Modelling Hydrodynamic Field

Modelling Concentration Field

Modelling Cake or Gel Layer Growth and Accumulation

HOLLOW-FIBER MEMBRANES

Properties

Processing

Sorbent Fibers

PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MICRO- AND ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANES

Preparation of Micro-and Ultrafiltration Membranes

Characterization of Micro- and Ultrafiltration Membranes

DIALYSIS AND DIFFUSION DIALYSIS

The Principle of the Process and Fundamentals

Technical and Economic Relevance

Membranes

Process and Equipment Design

Process Costs, Operational Problems, and Limitations of the Process

Applications

Supplier Industry

DONNAN DIALYSIS

Principles and Fundamentals

Technical and Economic Relevance

Membrane and System Development

Process and Equipment Design

Process Costs, Operational Problems, and Limitations of the Process

Applications

Supplier Industry

MEMBRANE SEPERATION TECHNOLOGIES

History

Definition and Classification

Performance Parameters

Membrane Separation Processes where the Driving Force is Pressure

Membrane Separation Processes where the driving force is Partial Pressure

Membrane Process where the Driving Force is Difference in Electrical Potential

Other Membrane Processes

HISTORY AND CURRENT STATUS OF MEMBRANE DESALINATION PROCESSES

RO Process Fundamentals

Feedwater Contaminants

General Characteristics of Membranes

RO Process Terminology

History of Membrane Technology

Effect of Operating Variables on Membrane Parameters

Feed Water Pretreatment & Permeate Post-Treatment

Membrane Module Configurations

Membrane Fouling & Membrane Cleaning

Energy Requirements of Membrane Technology

Economics of RO Plants

Operational Performance and Design Features of Large Seawater RO Plants

CO2 Emissions for Typical RO Plants

Recent Development in Membrane Technology

Boron, Arsenic and Organic Compound Removal

CONCENTRATION OF LIQUID FOODS

Physical Properties of Liquid Foods

Concentration by Evaporation

Concentration with Membranes

Combined Technologies in the Concentration of Liquid Foods

Freeze Concentration

MASS TRANSFER OPERATION–MEMBRANE SEPARATIONS

An overview on the most industrialized membrane separation processes and emerging applications

Sustainable growth and integrated membrane operations

MASS TRANSFER OPERATIONS: HYBRID MEMBRANE PROCESSES

Hybrid Membrane Desalination Systems

Integrated Membrane Systems in Agrofood Industry

Hybrid Membrane Operations for Wastewater Treatment

Integrated Membrane Operations in Gas Separation

Integration of Molecular Separation and Chemical/Energy Conversion