Membrane Contactors: Fundamentals, Applications and Potentialities, Volume 11 covers new operations that could be efficiently used to improve the performance of a variety of industrial production cycles in applications ranging from biotechnology to agrofood. This book focuses on the basic "principles of work": required membrane materials and properties; major operating parameters; the importance of module configuration and design and; the performance of membrane contactors in specific processes. The authors' dynamic approach to this subject makes Membrane Contactors: Fundamentals, Applications and Potentialities, Volume 11 the most comprehensive book currently available on all aspects related to the 'membrane contactor world. * Describes new unit operations in process engineering* Covers a wide variety of industrial applications, from biotechnology to agrofood* Applicable to process intensification and sustainable growth strategies
Author(s): Enrico Drioli, Alessandra Criscuoli and Efrem Curcio (Eds.)
Series: Membrane Science and Technology 11
Edition: 1
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 1-502
Content:
Introduction
Pages 1-4
Chapter 1. Basic principles of membrane contactors Original Research Article
Pages 5-39
Chapter 2. Membrane materials Original Research Article
Pages 40-104
Chapter 3. Module configurations and design Original Research Article
Pages 105-126
Chapter 4. Gas—liquid systems Original Research Article
Pages 127-162
Chapter 5. Liquid—liquid extractions Original Research Article
Pages 163-185
Chapter 6. Membrane distillation and osmotic distillation Original Research Article
Pages 186-253
Chapter 7. Membrane crystallization Original Research Article
Pages 254-272
Chapter 8. Membrane emulsification Original Research Article
Pages 273-307
Chapter 9. Supported liquid membranes Original Research Article
Pages 308-344
Chapter 10. Mass transfer with chemical reaction Original Research Article
Pages 345-374
Chapter 11. Relevant applications Original Research Article
Pages 375-450
Nomenclature
Page 451
List of symbols
Pages 451-462
Names list
Pages 463-494
Topics list
Pages 495-502
