Membrane Processes

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Reverse Osmosis : Introduction

S. Loeb

Historical Development

Principle of Reverse Osmosis

Technical and economical relevance of reverse Osmosis

Membrane Distillation

Enrico Drioli And Alessandra Criscuoli

Louis Peña Molero

Fundamentals for Membrane Distillation

Membranes for membrane Distillation

Process & equipment in membrane distillation

Membrane distillation Application

Integrated membrane distillation systems

Principles and Practices of Reverse Osmosis

Theory of RO

Basic Water Chemistry

Process Considerations of RO

Pretreatment (RO)

RO Process design

Posttreatment

Brine disposal

RO Equipment

RO Operation and maintenance

Costs (RO)

Practical Aspects of Large-scale Reverse Osmosis Applications

M. Kishi

Ichiro Kawada

Keuuchi Ohta

Mituhaur Furuichi

Makio Tamura

Yoshinari Fussaoka

Yoshiaki Nakanishi

Seawater Desalination

Brackish Water Desalination

Wastewater Treatment

Other Applications of Reverse Osmosis

Reverse Osmosis Process and System Design

Y. Taniguchi

H. Ohya

General consideration

Basic reverse osmosis plant construction

Basic principles involved in reverse osmosis process

Feed water pre-and product water post-treatment procedures

Operational problems of reverse osmosis system

Instrumentation and automation

Health, Safety and Environmental Considerations

Y. Magara

S. Iso

Health hazards of reverse osmosis water desalination

Reverse osmosis effect on the environments

Preparation & Characterization of Ion-exchange Membrane

T. Sata

Classification of ion-exchange membranes

Preparation of ion-exchange membranes

Characterization of ion-exchange membranes

Properties of commercial ion-exchange membranes

Pervaporation

R.W. Baker

J.G. Wijmans

Fundamentals of Pervaporation

Membranes and Modules

Process and Equipment Design

Applications of Pervaporation

Conclusions and Future Directions of Pervaporation

Modelling and calculation of Pressure-Driven Membrane Processes

Sergei P. Agashichev

General Framework and formulation of the problem

Concentration Polarisation

Accumulation of Gel or Porous Precipitate on Membrane Surface

Transport through Porous Matrix

Modeling Driving Force

Survey of Theoretical Approaches to Modelling Pressure-Diven Membrane Processes (Submodels For Trans

Sergei P. Agashichev

Modelling hydrodynamic field

Modelling concentration field

Modelling gel or cake layer accumulation and growth

Hollow-Fiber Membrane

I. Moch Jr.

Properties

Processing

Sorbent fibers

Preparation / Characterization of Micro & ultrafiltration Membrane

G.H. Koops

Preparation of Micro-and Ultrafiltration Membranes

Characterization of Micro- and Ultrafiltration Membranes

Dialysis and Diffusion Dialysis

T.A. Davis

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

T.A. Davis

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

Takeshi Matsuura

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 separation processes where the driving force is difference in electrical potential

Other Membrane Processes