
Comprehensive Membrane Science and Engineering
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Key Features
- Covers membrane science theory and economics, as well as applications ranging from chemical purification and natural gas enrichment to potable water
- Includes contributions and case studies from internationally recognized experts and from up-and-coming researchers working in this multi-billion dollar field
- Takes a unique, multidisciplinary approach that stimulates research in hybrid technologies for current (and future) life-saving applications (artificial organs, drug delivery)
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Table of Contents
Book 1: Basic aspects of membrane science and engineeringSECTION 1: ROLE AND FUNCTION OF BIOLOGICAL AND ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANES
1.1 Biological membranes and biomimetic artificial membranes
Lidietta GIORNO, Rosalinda MAZZEI, Enrico DRIOLI1.2 Functionalized Membranes for Sorption, Separation and Reaction: An Overview
Abhay R. LADHE, Jian XU, Aaron M. HOLLMAN, Vasile SMULEAC, Dibakar BHATTACHARYYASECTION 2: FUNDAMENTALS FOR TRANSPORT PHENOMENA IN MEMBRANE
2.1 Modelling and simulation of membrane structure and transport properties
Vasilis BURGANOS2.2 Fundamentals of transport phenomena in polymer membranes
Donald R. PAULSECTION 3: BASIC ASPECTS FOR POLYMERIC AND INORGANIC MEMBRANE PREPARATION
3.1 Basic aspects in polymeric membrane preparation
Enrico DRIOLI, Heiner STRATHMANN, Lidietta GIORNO3.2 Advanced polymeric and organic-inorganic membranes for pressure driven processes
Suzana P. NUNES, Klaus-Viktor PEINEMANN3.3 Norbornene polymers as material for membrane gas separation
Yuri YAMPOLSKII3.4 Amorphous perfluoropolymer membranes
Vincenzo ARCELLA, P. TONIOLO, M. AVATANEO, A. GHIELMI, G. MARCHIONNI3.5 Plasma membranes
Stéphanie ROUALDES, Vincent ROUESSAC, Jean DURAND3.6 Membranes preparation using supercritical fluids
Ernesto REVERCHON, Stefano CARDEA3.7 Basic aspects in inorganic membrane preparation
Anita BUEKENHOUDT, Andrei KOVALEVSKI, Jan LUYTEN, Frans SNIJKERS3.8 Ceramic hollow fibre membranes and their applications
Kang LI3.9 Preparation of carbon membranes for gas separation
Ahmad Fauzi ISMAIL3.10 Carbon nanotube membranes: A new frontier in membrane science
Mainak MAJUMDER, Pulickel M. AJAYANSECTION 4: MEMBRANE CHARACTERIZATION
4.1 Characterization of Filtration Membranes
Pierre AIMAR4.2 The use of atomic force microscopy in membrane characterisation
Nidal HILAL, Daniel JOHNSONBook 2: Membrane operations in molecular separations
SECTION 1: REVERSE OSMOSIS AND NANOFILTRATION
1.1 Fundamentals in Reverse Osmosis
Gunnar JONSSON, Francesca MACEDONIO1.2 Preparation of Industrial RO, NF Membranes and Their Membrane Modules and Applications
Masaru KURIHARA, Hiroki TOMIOKA1.3 Current and emerging developments in desalination with Reverse Osmosis membrane systems
Jean-Christophe SCHROTTER, Sophie RAPENNE, Jerome LEPARC, Pierre-Jean REMIZE, Stellio CASAS1.4 Transport phenomena in nanofiltration membranes
Serena BANDINI, Luigi BRUNI1.5 Nanofiltration operations in non-aqueous systems Ludmila G. PEEVA, Sairam MALLADI, Andrew LIVINGSTON
SECTION 2: ULTRAFILTRATION AND MICROFILTRATION
2.1 Ultrafiltration: fundamentals and engineering
Herb LUTZ2.2 Fundamentals on crossflow microfiltration
Robert FIELDSECTION 3: GAS SEPARATION
3.1 Polymeric membranes for gas separation
Eric Favre3.2 Membranes for recovery of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
Klaus Ohlrogge, Jan WIND, Torsten BRINKMANNSECTION 4: PERVAPORATION
4.1 Fundamentals and perspectives for pervaporation
Kazukiyo NAGAI4.2 Selective Membranes For Purification And Separation Of Organic Liquid Mixtures
Tadashi URAGAMI4.3 Supported liquid membranes for pervaporation processes
Daniel GORRI, Ana URTIAGA, Inmaculada ORTIZSECTION 5: DIALYSIS
5.1 Membranes for Dialysis (Medical Applications)
Carina ZWEIGART, Markus NEUBAUER, Markus STORR, Torsten BÖHLER, Bernd KRAUSESECTION 6: ELECTROMEMBRANE PROCESSES
6.1 Electromembrane Processes: Basic Aspects and Applications
Heiner STRATHMANN6.2 Basic aspects in membrane properties for fuel cells
Giulio ALBERTI, Mario CASCIOLA
Book 3: Chemical and biochemical transformations in membrane systems
SECTION 1:BASIC ASPECTS IN MEMBRANE REACTORS1.1 Basic aspects of membrane reactors
Juergen CARO1.2 Computer aided model based design and analysis of hybrid membrane reaction, separation process
Rafiqul GANI, Vipasha SONI, Piotr T MITKOWSKI1.3 Modelling and simulation of catalytic membrane reactors
Giuseppe BARBIERI, Francesco SCURA, Adele BRUNETTI1.4 Multiphase membrane reactors
Renzo DI FELICE, Gustavo CAPANNELLI, Antonio COMITESECTION 2: Catalytic membranes and membrane reactors
2.1 Catalytic membranes and membrane reactors
Enrica FONTANANOVA, Enrico DRIOLI2.2 Pervaporation membrane reactors
Bart VAN DER BRUGGEN2.3 Photocatalytic processes in membrane reactors
Raffaele Molinari, Angela CARUSO, Leonardo PALMISANO2.4 Biocatalytic Membranes and Membrane Bioreactors
Lidietta GIORNO, Rosalinda MAZZEI, Enrico DRIOLISECTION 3:BIOCHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
3.1 Hollow fibre membrane bioreactor technology for tissue engineering and stem cell therapy
H. YE, Zhangfeng CUI, M. J ELLIS, J.B. CHAUDHURI, H. MACEDO, A. MANTALARIS3.2 Membrane approaches for liver and neuronal tissue engineering
Sabrina MORELLI, Simona SALERNO, Antonella Piscioneri, Maria Rende, Carla Campana, Loredana De Bartolo3.3 Separation & Purification of Stem and Blood cells by Porous Polymeric Membranes
Akon HIGUCHIBook 4: Membrane contactors and integrated membrane operations
SECTION 1: BASIC PRINCIPLES OF MEMBRANE CONTACTORS1.1 Basic principles of membrane contactors: membrane distillation and osmotic distillation
Membrane materials and modules for membrane contactors
Efrem CURCIO1.2 Membrane Crystallization Technology
Gianluca DI PROFIO, Efrem CURCIO, Enrico Drioli1.3 Membrane emulsification
Emma PIACENTINI, Lidietta GIORNO, Alberto FIGOLI, Enrico DRIOLI1.4 Liquid membranes
Michael E. VILT, W.S. Winston HO, Norman N. LISECTION 2: INTEGRATED MEMBRANE OPERATIONS IN VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL SECTORS: CASE STUDIES
2.1 Integrated membrane operations in various industrial sectors
Andrzej KOLTUNIEWICZ2.2 Basic aspects and applications of membrane processes in agro-food and bulk biotech industries
Frank LIPNIZKI2.3 Membrane technology: latest applications in the refinery and petrochemical field
Paola BERNARDO, Enrico DRIOLI2.4 Membrane systems for seawater and brackish water desalination
Enrico DRIOLI, Francesca MACEDONIO2.5 Membrane operations in municipal waster treatments
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Product details
- No. of pages: 1570
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier Science 2010
- Published: July 9, 2010
- Imprint: Elsevier Science
- eBook ISBN: 9780080932507
About the Editors
Enrico Drioli

Affiliations and Expertise
Lidietta Giorno

She has been involved in membrane science and engineering research and development for almost twenty years. She is Director of the Institute on Membrane Technology of the National Research Council of Italy, ITM-CNR, and is involved in research co-operations at the European and international levels. Dr. Giorno has worked abroad in the USA at Sepracor Inc., in 1992; in The Netherlands at ATO-DLO, in 1994; in France, at The University of Compiegne, in 1997 and 2000. She is Visiting Professor at Tianjin University of Science and Technology, China, since 2008.
Lidietta Giorno is co-author of three books and some 70 peer-reviewed scientific papers in international journals. She is a member of the editorial boards and referee pools of scientific journals and research agencies, and she sits on the boards of several international committees and scientific societies. In addition, Dr. Giorno has served on the European Membrane Society Council for two mandates and is currently the President of the EMS Council and editor of the EMS Membrane Newsletter.
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