Comprehensive Membrane Science and Engineering

This multivolume work covers all aspects of membrane science and technology--from basic phenomena to the most advanced applications and future perspectives. Modern membrane engineering is critical to the development of process-intensification strategies and to the stimulation of industrial growth. The work presents researchers and industrial managers with an indispensable tool toward achieving these aims.

Book 1: Basic aspects of membrane preparation and their transport 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, membrane materials and structure,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 separation process with 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
- Modelling 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