Membrane Assisted Water Purificatio

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-0-443-32968-5
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 720 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm

Membrane Technology for Water Purification contains real-life applications and methods to facilitate deep understanding of the use of membrane technologies in water purification. The book is a comprehensive guide arranged in three parts to enable both students and researchers to learn about the most recent updates in materials science to clean up water pollutants. Membrane systems are finding increasing application worldwide in purification and the editors are lead experts in the field.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thomas, Sabu

Lipnizki, Frank

Swaminathan, Viswanathan

Maria, Hanna J.

Thomas, Jince

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Marine Geologie, Ozeanographie (Meereskunde)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART 1: Fundamentals of Water Purification Membranes
1. Introduction
2. Membranes In Water Purification
3. Types Of Membranes
4. Fouling
5. Membrane Cleaning
6. Water Quality Using Membranes
7. Latest Advancements in Membrane Technology
8. Membrane Bioreactors

PART 2: Water Purification Membrane Processes and Techniques
1. Materials
2. Membrane Fabrication
3. Membrane Systems
4. Membrane Characterizations.
5. Advanced Membranes Inspired by Cell Membranes
6. Application Characteristics of Membranes Used in Different Fields
7. Theory Modeling And Simulation
8. Anti-Fouling Membranes
9. Challenges In Water Purification Membranes

Part 3: Applications of Water Purification Membranes
1. Operation Of Membrane Water Systems, Process Control, And Maintenance.
2. The State of Art in Research in Water Purification Membranes
3. Membranes For Municipal Wastewater
4. Membranes For Industrial Effluent Wastewater
5. Membranes For Medical and Pharmacological Industries
6. Membranes For Agricultural Wastewater
7. Membranes For Desalination
8. Membranes For Resource Recovery
9. Membrane Technology for Drinking Water Purification
10. Life-Cycle Analysis of Membranes
11. Lab To Industry
12. Energy Requirements in Various Types of Membranes in Water Purification.
13. Cost-Benefit Analysis
14. List Of Commercial Membrane Products company, country, efficiency, material, configuration, year
15. Current Technology Drawbacks
16. Circular Economy and Sustainability

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas, Jince
Dr. Jince Thomas is the Chief Minister's Nava Kerala Post-Doctoral Fellow at the International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at Mahatma Gandhi University in Kerala, India. Previously, he worked as an Assistant Professor on contract at the same institution. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Mahatma Gandhi University in 2022 under the guidance of Prof. Sabu Thomas. During 2016-2017, he worked as a project assistant on an Indo-Malaysian project in collaboration with University Technology Mara, Malaysia. Additionally, he was a visiting student at Ariel University in Israel and the University of Tennessee Knoxville, USA. Dr. Jince has contributed to numerous publications, book chapters, and edited books, with his research interests focused on polymeric membranes, electrolytes, polymer nanocomposites, and electrochemistry.

Thomas, Sabu
Prof. Sabu Thomas is a Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering and the Director of the School of Energy Materials at Mahatma Gandhi University, India. Additionally, he is the Chairman of the Trivandrum Engineering Science & Technology Research Park (TrEST Research Park) in Thiruvananthapuram, India. He is the founder director of the International and Inter-university Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at Mahatma Gandhi University and the former Vice-Chancellor of the same institution.

Prof. Thomas is internationally recognized for his contributions to polymer science and engineering, with his research interests encompassing polymer nanocomposites, elastomers, polymer blends, interpenetrating polymer networks, polymer membranes, green composites, nanocomposites, nanomedicine, and green nanotechnology. His groundbreaking inventions in polymer nanocomposites, polymer blends, green bionanotechnology, and nano-biomedical sciences have significantly advanced the development of new materials for the automotive, space, housing, and biomedical fields. Dr. Thomas has been conferred with Honoris Causa (DSc) by the University of South Brittany, France.

Maria, Hanna J.
Hanna J. Maria is a Senior Researcher at the School of Energy Materials and the International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, India. Her research focusses on natural rubber composites and their blends, thermoplastic composites, lignin, nanocellulose, bionanocomposites, nanocellulose, rubber-based composites and nanocomposites.

Swaminathan, Viswanathan
Dr Viswanathan Swaminathan is the founder and Executive Director of Memfill Tech Pvt Ltd, Indigenous Hollow Fiber Membrane Manufacturer. This industry has solutions for desalination, effluent treatment, sewage treatment and silica removal and wastewater resource recovery using hollow fiber membranes.