Handbook of Membrane Reactors Reactor Types and Industrial Applications Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy Series
Coordonnateur : Basile Angelo
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Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy
Foreword
Preface
Part I: Selected types of membrane reactor and integration with industrial processes
Chapter 1: Engineering aspects of membrane bioreactors
Abstract:
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Biocatalysts and their immobilization
1.3 Membranes as enzyme supports and for downstream processing
1.4 Membrane bioreactor configurations
1.5 Modelling and simulation: kinetics of enzyme reactions
1.6 Transport phenomena and the effectiveness of immobilized biocatalysts
1.7 Productivity of membrane bioreactors
1.8 Applications of membrane bioreactors
1.9 Conclusions and future trends
1.11 Appendix: nomenclature
Chapter 2: Membrane contactors: fundamentals, membrane materials and key operations
Abstract:
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Membranes for membrane contactors: techniques of fabrication
2.3 Membrane distillation (MD) technique: membranes and modules
2.4 Membrane distillation configurations
2.5 Heat and mass transport
2.6 Applications of membrane distillation in membrane bioreactors
2.7 Osmotic membrane distillation (OMD)
2.8 Membrane crystallisation
2.9 Conclusions and future trends
2.11 Appendix: nomenclature
Chapter 3: Pervaporation membrane reactors
Abstract:
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The basic concepts of integrated pervaporation – reaction processes
3.3 Classification of pervaporation membrane reactors
3.4 Overview of pervaporation membrane reactor applications
3.5 Conclusions and future trends
3.7 Appendix: nomenclature
Chapter 4: Multi-phase catalytic membrane reactors
Abstract:
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Contact modalities in multi-phase catalytic membrane reactors
4.3 Multi-phase membrane reactors: fundamental concepts, modelling and operations
4.4 Materials and catalytic membranes for membrane reactors
4.5 Typical reactions with three-phase membrane reactors
4.6 Conclusion and future trends
4.8 Appendix: nomenclature
Chapter 5: Microreactors and membrane microreactors: fabrication and applications
Abstract:
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Microreactors
5.3 Microreactor design and fabrication methods
5.4 Micromembranes
5.5 Catalyst coating techniques and hydrogen production in microreactors
5.6 An overview of membrane microreactors
5.7 Conclusions and future trends
5.9 Appendix: nomenclature
Chapter 6: Photocatalytic membrane reactors: fundamentals, membrane materials and operational issues
Abstract:
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Physico-chemical and photocatalytic properties of semiconductor materials
6.3 Heterogeneous photoreactors and photocatalytic systems
6.4 Materials and design of photocatalytic membranes
6.5 Polymeric membranes
6.7 Photocatalytic membrane reactors with suspended photocatalyst
6.8 Conclusions and future trends
6.10 Appendix: nomenclature
6.10.2 Abbreviations
Chapter 7: Integrating different membrane operations and combining membranes with conventional separation techniques in industrial processes
Abstract:
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Water desalination
7.3 Wastewater treatment
7.4 Agro-food production
7.5 Polymeric membranes for integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power plants
7.6 Integration of a membrane reactor with a fuel cell
7.7 Solar membrane reformer
7.8 Membrane integrated system in the fusion reactor fuel cycle
7.9 Conclusions and future trends
7.11 Appendices
Part II: Membrane reactors in chemical and large-scale hydrogen production from fossil fuels
Chapter 8: Applications of dense ceramic membrane reactors in selected oxidation and dehydrogenation processes for chemical production
Abstract:
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Oxygen-permeable membrane reactors
8.3 Hydrogen permeable membrane reactors
8.4 Conclusions and future trends
8.5 Acknowledgements
8.7 Appendix: nomenclature
Chapter 9: Chlor-alkali technology: fundamentals, processes and materials for diaphragms and membranes
Abstract:
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Main electrolysis technologies
9.3 Diaphragms
9.4 Membranes
9.5 Improved electrolysis concepts
9.6 Conclusions and future trends
9.7 Sources of further information
9.9 Appendix: nomenclature
Greek symbols
Subscripts and superscripts
9.9.2 Abbreviations
Chapter 10: Use of membranes in systems for electric energy and hydrogen production from fossil fuels
Abstract:
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Reference fossil-fuel-based technologies for hydrogen production and large-scale power generation
10.3 Commercially ready technologies for CO2 capture from reference plants
10.4 Integration of membranes in plants for power or hydrogen production
10.5 Integration of oxygen membranes
10.6 Integration of hydrogen membranes
10.7 Optimization of plant design specifications
10.8 Processes for treatment of off-gas streams
10.9 Conclusions and future trends
10.11 Appendix: nomenclature
Chapter 11: Palladium-based membranes for hydrogen separation: preparation, economic analysis and coupling with a water gas shift reactor
Abstract:
11.1 Hydrogen selective membrane classification
11.2 Membrane preparation techniques
11.3 Membrane cost analysis
11.4 Membrane application case study: water gas shift (WGS) reactor
11.5 Conclusions and future trends
Chapter 12: Membrane reactor for hydrogen production from natural gas at the Tokyo Gas Company: a case study
Abstract:
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Performance of the 40 Nm3/h-class membrane reformer
12.3 Advanced hydrogen separation module with membrane on catalyst
12.4 Conclusions and future trends
12.5 Acknowledgments
Chapter 13: Integrating membranes into industrial chemical processes: a case study of steam reforming with membranes for hydrogen separation
Abstract:
13.1 Integration of selective membranes in industrial plants
13.2 Reformer and membrane module Tecnimont KT plant
13.3 Reformer and membrane module plant behavior
13.4 Conclusions and future trends
Chapter 14: Economic analysis of systems for electrical energy and hydrogen production: fundamentals and application to two membrane reactor processes
Abstract:
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Calculation of the cost of electricity, hydrogen production and CO2 avoided
14.3 Calculation of construction and operating costs
14.4 Procedure application
14.5 Conclusions
14.6 Acknowledgments
14.8 Appendix: nomenclature
Part III: Electrochemical devices and transport applications of membrane reactors
Chapter 15: Electrochemical devices for energy: fuel cells and electrolytic cells
Abstract:
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Principles and features of fuel cells
15.3 Low-temperature fuel cells: proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) and direct methanol fuels (DMFCs)
15.4 Other types of low-temperature fuel cell
15.5 High-temperature fuel cells: solid oxide and proton conductor fuel cells
15.6 High-temperature fuel cells: molten carbonate fuel cells (MCFCs) and new concepts
15.7 Economic aspects of fuel cell development
15.8 Principles, features and applications of electrolysis cells
15.9 Conclusions and future trends
15.11 Appendix: nomenclature
Chapter 16: Palladium-based hollow cathode electrolysers for hydrogen production
Abstract:
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Theory
16.3 Water electrolysers using thin-wall Pd–Ag tubes
16.4 Applications of Pd–Ag membrane cathodes
16.5 Conclusions and future trends
7 Appendix: nomenclature
Chapter 17: Fuel cell vehicles (FCVs): state-of-the-art with economic and environmental concerns
Abstract:
17.1 Introduction
17.2 Technical aspects in the development of fuel cell vehicles (FCVs)
17.3 Environmental impacts of FCVs
17.4 Economic analysis of FCVs
17.5 Comparing different hydrogen vehicle technologies: fuel cell vehicle (FCV), battery electric vehicle (BEV) and internal combustion engine vehicle (ICEV)
17.6 Conclusion and future trends
17.8 Appendix: nomenclature
Chapter 18: Design and engineering of metallic membranes for on-board steam reforming of biofuels in transport applications
Abstract:
18.1 Introduction
18.2 Membrane materials, manufacturing and reactor design
18.3 Hydrogen permeation mechanism and solubility
18.4 Permeation kinetics
18.5 Membrane characterization and performances
18.6 Customized membranes for application in the automotive industry
18.7 Conclusions and future trends
18.8 Sources of further information
18.10 Appendix: nomenclature
Greek symbols
Part IV: Membrane reactors in environmental engineering, biotechnology and medicine
Chapter 19: Membrane operations in wastewater treatment: complexation reactions coupled with membranes, pervaporation and membrane bioreactors
Abstract:
19.1 Introduction
19.2 Coupling complexation reactions and membranes
19.3 Pervaporation
19.4 Membrane bioreactors (MBRs)
19.5 Selected applications in wastewater treatment
19.6 Conclusions and future trends
19.8 Appendix: nomenclature
Chapter 20: Biocatalytic membrane reactors for the removal of recalcitrant and emerging pollutants from wastewater
Abstract:
20.1 Introduction
20.2 Fundamentals of biocatalytic membrane reactors
20.3 Varieties of membranes for biocatalytic membrane reactors
20.4 Emerging pollutants removal by biocatalyst membrane bioreactors
20.5 Emerging pollutants removal by membrane biofilm and extractive membrane bioreactors
20.6 Hybrid biocatalytic membrane reactors and modeling studies
20.7 Development challenges
20.8 Conclusions and future trends
Chapter 21: Photocatalytic membrane reactors: configurations, performance and applications in water treatment and chemical production
Abstract:
21.1 Introduction
21.2 Performance of membrane reactors with photocatalytic membranes
21.3 Photocatalytic membrane reactors with suspended photocatalyst utilizing pressure driven membrane techniques
21.4 Degradation of pharmaceutical compounds: coupling of solar photocatalysis and membrane reactor
21.5 Photocatalytic membrane reactors utilizing other membrane techniques
21.6 Modeling and economic analysis of membrane photoreactors
21.7 Conclusions and future trends
21.9 Appendix: nomenclature
Chapter 22: Biocatalytic membrane reactors: principles, preparation and biotechnological, pharmaceutical and medical applications
Abstract:
22.1 Introduction
22.2 Principle of membrane bioreactors and biocatalytic membrane reactors
22.3 Preparation of biocatalytic membranes
22.4 Application of biocatalytic membrane reactors in biotechnology
22.5 Applications in the pharmaceutical field
22.6 Applications in the medical field
22.7 Conclusions and future trends
22.9 Appendix: nomenclature
Chapter 23: Economic aspects of membrane bioreactors
Abstract:
23.1 Introduction
23.2 Rules of economic analysis
23.3 The parameters involved in an economic analysis of membrane reactors
23.4 Economic analysis applied to membrane bioreactors
23.5 Economics of membrane bioreactors (MBRs) for wastewater treatment
23.6 Conclusions
23.8 Appendix: nomenclature
Index
Angelo Basile, a Chemical Engineer with Ph.D. in Technical Physics, is author of hundreds of papers, books, chapter-books, and Special Issues in the field of Membrane Science and Technology, with also various Italian, European and worldwide patents. He is an Associate Editor of various int. journals (IJHE, APCEJ, etc), Editor-in-Chief of the Int. J. Membrane Sci. & Techn., and member of the Editorial Board of more 25 int. journals. Today Basile is working at General TAG, Via Mastri Ligornettesi n. 28, Ligornetto 6853 – Switzerland.
- Discusses integration of membrane technology with industrial processes
- Explores the use of membrane reactors in chemical and large-scale hydrogen production from fossil fuels
- Considers electrochemical devices and transport applications of membrane reactors
Date de parution : 04-2013
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