Membrane Engineering in the Circular Economy: Renewable Sources Valorization in Energy and Downstream Processing in Agro-food Industry describes the modification of the general concept of "waste," including waste valorization as added-value products that are useful for energy production and biotechnology industries. Speaking to the relevance of this new vision, the book highlights the fundamentals of membrane operations in the exploitation of renewable sources for energy production and the valorization of agro-food waste at the industrial level. This book is an excellent resource for researchers, biologists, membranologists and engineers in chemistry, biochemical engineering, food sciences and the agro-food refinery industry. Discusses membrane engineering for agro-food wastes' transformation into added-value products Presents circular and zero-waste economy principles pursued by membrane technology and applied to the agro-food industry Includes potentialities of agro-food wastes for renewable and energy production via membrane operations

Green Membrane Technology Towards Environmental Sustainability covers experimental and theoretical aspects of greener membranes and processes. The book fills the gap in current literature and offers a platform that introduces and discusses new routes in fabricating green membranes and processes for developing green membranes. Although membranes and membrane processes have decades of history, rapid development in membranes manufacturing and emerging membrane driven markets is requiring new and more sustainable engagement of manufacturers, membrane operators and scientists. This book is written for chemical and polymer engineers, materials scientists, professors, graduate students, as well as general readers at universities, research institutions and R&D departments in industries who are engaged in sustainable engineering and practical strategies in circular economy. Provides a broad reference base on a wide range of information on greener technologies and new generation membranes Details experimental and theoretical aspects of the greener membranes and processes Dedicated exclusively to greener routes for fabricating sustainable membranes in separation and delivery applications

Explore the comprehensive landscape of polymer membrane applications in this book, encompassing gas separation, organic solvent nanofiltration, water desalination, and fuel cells. The text delves into the subtle influence of polymer membranes on energy efficiency across diverse industries, spotlighting advanced variants such as bio-based, mixed matrix, and polyimides-based membranes. Offering an in-depth analysis, the book elucidates the discovery, development, and challenges associated with these state-of-the-art materials, underscoring their role in achieving enhanced performance and energy efficiency.

Although green innovation and technology is not new, so far very limited information is available regarding the diversified approaches for green technologies and engineering. This book highlights the challenges and opportunities, offering a roadmap for using various approaches in the most cost effective way. The book discusses the interrelationship between a circular economy and green technologies. It presents the dimensions of green innovations and illustrates the challenges of industrialization, especially in terms of material synthesis and utilized processes. It covers the current environmental and health challenges of societies and describes the role of stakeholders in developing sustainable societies and industries. This book provides a line of approach to core and interdisciplinary students, academicians, research scientists, and various industry personnel to present their ideas of green innovations with a common vision of sustainable development of community and industries in mind. Features Discusses the interrelationship between a circular economy and green technologies Presents the dimensions of green innovations Illustrates the challenges of industrialization, especially in terms of material synthesis and utilized processes Covers the current environmental and health challenges of societies Offers the identification and role of stakeholders in the sustainable development of societies and industries

Nowadays, water scarcity is a problem that important organizations such as the United Nations (UN) warn about, indicating that only less than two-thirds of the world's population has adequate access to safe and drinking water. Membrane technologies and mainly desalination by reverse osmosis (RO) process, are being applied worldwide as mechanisms to obtain drinking water. However, RO has still some problems that require an immediate solution, such as the treatment and management of the produced brines and wastes caused by discarded RO membrane modules. Other membrane processes of emerging interest such as forward osmosis (FO), pervaporation (PV) or membrane distillation (MD), also need focused efforts for their proper development and subsequent large scale application.The main objective of this PhD thesis is twofold. On one hand, dual-layer polymeric membranes (DLMs) are developed using different membrane preparation techniques in order to improve the performance of membrane separation processes of emerging interest such as PV and MD; and on other hand, attempts are made to recycle discarded RO modules in order to extend the useful life of their components making them suitable for water treatment by other membrane processes, contributing therefore to the circular economy of membrane science and protection of the environment...

Modern membrane science and technology aids engineers in developing and designing more efficient and environmentally-friendly processes. The optimal material and membrane selection as well as applications in the many involved industries are provided. This work is the ideal introduction for engineers working in membrane science and applications (wastewater, desalination, adsorption, and catalysis), process engineers in separation science, biologists and biochemists, environmental scientists, and most of all students. Its multidisciplinary approach also stimulates thinking of hybrid technologies for current and future life-saving applications (artificial organs, drug delivery).

Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio)-Membranes: Recent Achievements in Chemical Processes in Membrane Reactors introduces and analyzes chemical processes done in membrane reactors. The book highlights their performance and provides an overview of recent achievements in structural development of membrane reactor systems during chemical processes. Starting from chemical processes aspects and fundamentals of membrane reactor systems, via modeling, experimental and design concepts, to practitioners’ perspective and good application examples, the book sheds light and gives a broad but very detailed view through a point-of-view typical of an industrial engineer. This is a key reference for R&D managers in industry interested in the development of chemical processes by membrane reactor technologies as well as academic researchers and postgraduate students working in the wider area of the strategic chemical, separation, and purification processes. Focuses on the best strategies for carrying out membrane reactor processes Analyzes critical aspects of conversion, selectivity, and yield in membrane reactor systems Includes all developments of transport phenomena/chemical kinetics in various chemical processes in membrane reactor systems Provides a practitioners’ perspective on the fundamentals, applications, modeling, experimental, and design concepts of membrane reactor systems