Advances in membrane technologies for water treatment : materials, processes and applications / / edited by Angelo Basile, Alfredo Cassano and Navin K. Rastogi ; contributors W. L. Ang [and forty nine others]

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : , : Woodhead Publishing, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (667 p.)
• Disciplina: 628.1674
• Soggetto topico: Water - Purification - Membrane filtration; Membranes (Technology)
• Persona (resp. second.): BasileAngelo; CassanoAlfredo; RastogiNavin K.; AngW. L.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Related titles; Advances in Membrane Technologies for Water Treatment; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy; Preface; Part 1 - Novel membrane materials and advances in membrane operations; 1 - Advances in polymeric membranes for water treatment; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Advances in polymeric membranes; 1.3 Applications for water treatment; 1.4 Concluding remarks and future trends; Abbreviations; Greek symbol; References; 2 - Advances in ceramic membranes for water treatment; 2.1 Introduction ; 2.2 Development in ceramic membranes and their fabrication processes2.3 Development in membrane modules and units; 2.4 Ceramic membranes for water treatment; 2.5 Ceramic membrane cleaning; 2.6 Prospects and challenges; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; References; 3 - Advances in water treatment by microfiltration, ultrafiltration, and nanofiltration; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Water treatment by MF, UF, and NF; 3.3 Pretreatment requirements; 3.4 Advances in membrane materials for water treatment by MF, UF, and NF ; 3.5 Advances in membrane modules and system configurations for water treatment by MF, UF, and NF3.6 Applications of water treatment by MF, UF, and NF; 3.7 Future trends; 3.8 Sources of further information and advice; 3.9 Conclusion; List of acronyms; List of symbols; References; 4 - Water treatment by reverse and forward osmosis; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Thermal or membrane desalination; 4.3 Difference between osmosis, RO, and FO; 4.4 Fundamentals of water treatment by RO; 4.5 Conventional and membrane pretreatment for RO feed water; 4.6 Fundamentals of water treatment by FO ; 4.7 Membranes for FO4.8 Desalination by FO; 4.9 Conclusion; List of symbols; Abbreviations; References; 5 - Membrane bioreactors for water treatment; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Fundamentals; 5.3 Aerobic MBR; 5.4 Anaerobic MBRs; 5.5 Forward osmosis MBRs; 5.6 Conclusion and perspectives; List of abbreviations; References; 6 - Advances in electrodialysis for water treatment; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Fundamentals of electrodialysis for water treatment; 6.3 Advances in membrane materials for electrodialysis for water treatment ; 6.4 Advances in membrane modules and system configurations for electrodialysis for water treatment6.5 Applications of electrodialysis for water treatment; 6.6 Future trends; Sources of further information and advice; References; 7 - Photocatalytic membrane reactors for water treatment; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Fundamentals of PMRs for water treatment; 7.3 Advances in membrane modules and system configurations for PMRs for water treatment; 7.4 Applications of PMRs for water treatment; 7.5 Advantages and limitations of PMRs in water treatment; 7.6 Conclusion; 7.7 Future trends ; 7.8 Sources of further information
• Sommario/riassunto: Advances in Membrane Technologies for Water Treatment: Materials, Processes and Applications provides a detailed overview of advanced water treatment methods involving membranes, which are increasingly seen as effective replacements for a range of conventional water treatment methods. The text begins with reviews of novel membrane materials and advances in membrane operations, then examines the processes involved with improving membrane performance. Final chapters cover the application of membrane technologies for use in water treatment, with detailed discussions on municipal wastewater
• Titolo autorizzato: Advances in membrane technologies for water treatment
• ISBN: 1-78242-126-2; 1-78242-121-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910797066903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Woodhead Publishing in energy ; ; Number 75.