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.
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
Sabu Thomas is a Professor and Director of the International and Interuniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India. Professor 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.
Frank Lipnizki is Professor in Chemical Engineering with focus on Separation Process in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Lund University, Sweden since 2017. Furthermore, he heads the Membrane Group at Lund University and manages MemLab the Industrial membrane process research and development centre at Lund University. Before joing the university Frank Lipnizki was working for 16 years in the membrane industry at Alfa Laval Business Centre Membranes (previously Danish Separation Systems). His main research focuses on the integration and optimisation of separation process in particular membrane processes in the food, biotech, pulp and paper industry as well as water and wastewater treatment plus fouling and cleaning of membranes. Frank Lipnizkis h-index is 18, with 137 document results (30/June/2020, scholar.google.com), with a total of 1752 citations. Frank Lipnizki prepared has 35 scientific papers in peer to peer journals and 91 papers in international congresses plus 59 seminars and workshop presentations. Furthermore, he edited 3 conference proceedings plus 1 book and contributed 15 book chapters. He is also refree for 32 journals and on the editorial board of three journals. Frank Lipnizki is currently Vice-President of the European Membrane Society and heads the Annex Membranes in Biorefineries” by IETS a collaboration program of the International Energy Agency (IEA). 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. 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.
Dr. Jince Thomas is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto, Canada. He previously served as an Assistant Professor (on contract) at the International and Inter- University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India, where he was later awarded the Chief Ministers Nava Kerala Postdoctoral Fellowship. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Mahatma Gandhi University. Dr. Thomas has contributed to a collaborative Indo- Malaysian research program with Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia, and has held visiting research positions at Ariel University in Israel and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA. He is the author and co- author of numerous peer- reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and edited volumes. His research focuses on polymeric membranes, electrolytes, polymer nanocomposites, and electrochemical energy systems, with a strong focus on computational simulations to support materials design and performance evaluation
