Sustainable Membrane Technology for Water and Wastewater Treatment, 1st ed. 2017 Green Chemistry and Sustainable Technology Series

This book analyses the sustainability of membrane operations applied on an industrial scale, as well as that of those under investigation on lab/pilot scales, covering also the preparation of both polymeric and inorganic membranes. It presents reverse osmosis in desalination, membrane bioreactors for municipal wastewater treatment and pressure-driven industrial wastewater treatment in agrofood and textile fields as examples of industrial membrane operations. Regarding the membrane processes still on a lab/pilot scale, the analysis includes membrane operations for the recovery of valuable products from wastewater streams, for the removal of toxic compounds from water/wastewater, and for zero liquid discharge approaches in desalination. The book offers a useful guide for scientists and engineers working in various fields, including membrane technology, separation, desalination, and wastewater treatment.

Alberto Figoli and Alessandra Criscuoli are both Senior Researchers at the Institute on Membrane Technology (ITM-CNR), Italy.

Sustainability and How Membrane Technologies in Water Treatment Can be a Contributor.- LCA for Membrane Processes.- Process Intensification：Definition and application to membrane processes.- Sustainable route in preparation of polymeric membranes.- Inorganic Membranes in Water and Wastewater Treatment.- Desalination by Reverse Osmosis.- Membrane Distillation in Desalination and Water Treatment.- Zero liquid discharge in desalination.- Removal of Toxic Compounds from Water by Membrane Distillation (Case study on arsenic).- Municipal wastewater treatment by membrane bioreactors.- Valuable Products Recovery from Wastewater in Agrofood by Membrane Processes.- Membrane Operations for the Recovery of Valuable Metals from Industrial Wastewater.- The potential of membrane technology for treatment of textile wastewater.

Dr. Alberto Figoli has been a senior researcher at the Institute on Membrane Technology, ITM-CNR (Italy) since 2001. He received his PhD in Chemical Technologies at the Membrane Technology Group, Twente University (Enschede, The Netherlands) in 2001. He is an expert in the field of membrane technology, particularly in membrane preparation and characterisation as well as membrane operation related to environmental issues. He received the prize for scientific productivity in 2006: the “Food Packaging Research - GSICA Award”. He is a member of several associations dealing with membranes (EMS, GISCA, and EFCE). He has been a member of the PhD Council of the University of Calabria SIACE Doctorate School (Italy) since 2014. He was elected as a member of the Council of the European Membrane Society (EMS) for the period 2015-2019 with responsibility for “Education and Awards” activities (2015-2017) and is“Secretary” for the period 2017-2019. He is responsible for ITM-CNR of several European FP7 projects and national projects with private companies. He is also an evaluator of scientific research projects and PhD theses, and a member of selection/award juries and of conference scientific committees. He is the author of more than 100 scientific papers published in international peer-reviewed journals, 3 books and 16 chapters. He is also co-editor of special issues on membrane operations for journals. He also holds two international membrane technology patents.

Dr. Alessandra Criscuoli has been a senior researcher at the Institute on Membrane Technology, ITM-CNR (Italy) since 1999. She obtained her PhD in Chemical Engineering and New Materials at the Department of Chemical Engineering and New Materials of the University of Calabria (Italy) in 2000. She is an expert in membrane operations, especially in membrane contactors applied to water and wastewater treatments and to water desalination. She has been a member of the University of Calabria (Italy) PhD Counci

Offers a comprehensive analysis of the sustainability of membrane preparation and applications in water and wastewater treatment, from raw materials to the final products

Focuses on well-established membrane operations as well as on the most promising new ones

Covers technical, economic and environmental issues, addressing the challenges for future research in the membrane field

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras