Comprehensive Membrane Science and Engineering

This multivolume work covers all aspects of advanced technologies and future perspectives. Modern membrane engineering is critical to the development of industrial growth. The goal presents researchers and industrial managers.

Book 1: Basic phenomena
- Role and function of biological membranes
- Role and function of artificial and synthetic membranes
- Fundamentals for transport phenomena in membrane
- Basic aspects for polymeric and inorganic membrane preparation
- Membrane characterization

Book 2: Membrane operations in molecular separations
- Reverse osmosis: fundamentals, membrane materials and structure, transport mechanism, applications
- Nanofiltration: fundamentals and driving forces, membranes and structures, transport mechanism, applications
- Ultrafiltration: fundamentals, membrane materials and structure, transport mechanism, applications
- Microfiltration: fundamentals, membrane materials and structure, transport mechanism, applications
- Gas separation: fundamentals, membrane materials and structure, transport mechanism, applications
- Pervaporation: fundamentals, membrane materials and structure, transport mechanism, applications
- Dialysis: fundamentals, membrane materials and structure, transport mechanism, applications
- Electrodialysis: fundamentals, membrane materials and structure, transport mechanism, applications

Book 3: Catalytic membranes and catalytic membrane reactors (CMRs)
- The principles of coupling a catalytic reaction
- Catalytic membranes: polymeric, inorganic and hybrid (materials and methods to heterogenize / confine a catalyst by membrane technology)
- Biocatalytic membrane reactors and submerged membrane bioreactors (MBRs)
- Pervaporation membrane reactors - Membranes and membrane reactors in artificial organs
- Modeling of catalytic membranes and CMRs - Main industrial applications of CMRs (oxidation, dehydrogenation, hydrogenation reactions, etc.)

Book 4: Membrane contactors and integrated membrane operations
- Basic principles of membrane contactors
- Membrane strippers / scrubbers and membrane extractors
- Supported liquid membranes
- Membrane distillation
- Osmotic distillation
- Membrane crystallizers
- Membrane emulsifiers
- Phase transfer catalysis
- Membrane materials and structures for membrane contactors
- Modules for membrane contactors applications
- Integrated membrane operations in various industrial sectors
- Case studies