Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes Reverse and Forward Osmosis: Principles, Applications, Advances

Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes: Reverse and Forward Osmosis: Principles, Applications, Advances covers the important aspects of RO, FO and their combination in integrated systems, along with their specific and well-established applications. The book offers an overview of recent developments in the field of forward and reverse osmosis and their applications in water desalination, wastewater treatment, power generation and food processing. General principles, membrane module developments, membrane fouling, modeling, simulation and optimization of both technologies are also covered. The book's ultimate goal is to support the scientific community, professionals and enterprises that aspire to develop new applications.

PART I (Forward osmosis)1. Forward osmosis: Principles, applications, and recent developments2. Forward osmosis membrane and impact of spacer3. Draw solutes for Forward osmosis: Model, polymer hydrogels and nanoparticles4. Membrane fouling & hybrid forward osmosis process5. Modelling of FO Processes including Computational fluid dynamics model6. Design of forward osmosis system7. Forward osmosis for desalination and mining waste water8. Applications of forward osmosis process in food processing and future implications

PART II (Reverse osmosis) 9. Fundamentals and Basics of Reverse Osmosis10. Membranes and Spacers for Reverse Osmosis11. Reverse Osmosis pre-treatment techniques, fouling and control strategies12. Reverse Osmosis modelling, simulation and optimization13. Reverse Osmosis System Design14. Reverse osmosis in integrated membrane systems15. Reverse osmosis for industrial water treatment16. Reverse osmosis applications in food processing Conclusion: Cost analysis of FO and RO in a case study

Graduate and post graduate researchers in academia and industry in the area of membranes and membrane technology

Angelo Basile, a Chemical Engineer, is a senior Researcher at the ITM-CNR, University of Calabria, where he is responsible for research related to both the ultra-pure hydrogen production and CO2 capture using Pd-based Membrane Reactors. Angelo Basile's h-index is 53, with 387 document results with a total of 8,910 citations in 5,034 documents (www.scopus.com – 24 May 2023).

He has more than 170 scientific papers in peer-to-peer journals and 252 papers in international congresses; and is a reviewer for 165 int. journals, an editor/author of more than 50 scientific books and 120 chapters on international books on membrane science and technology; 6 Italian patents, 2 European patents and 5 worldwide patents. He is referee of 104 international scientific journals and Member of the Editorial Board of 22 of them.

Basile is also Editor associate of the Int. J. Hydrogen Energy and Editor-in-chief of the Int. J. Membrane Science & Technol. and Editor-in-chief of Membrane Processes (Applications), a section of the Intl J. Membranes. Basile also prepared 42 special issues on membrane science and technology for many international journals (IJHE, Chem Eng. J., Cat. Today, etc.). He participated to and was/is responsible of many national and international projects on membrane reactors and membrane science. Basile served as Director of the ITM-CNR during the period Dec. 2008 – May 2009. In the last years, he was tutor of 30 Thesis for master and Ph.D. students at the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Calabria (Italy). From 2014, Basile is Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Processes.

• Provides an overview of the advances made in combining reverse osmosis membrane technology and the corresponding forward osmosis
• Provides a comprehensive review of advanced research on membrane processes for water desalination, wastewater treatments, etc.
• Addresses key issues in process intensification and extraction of energy from renewable sources
• Identifies further research needs for the practical implementation of these two membrane technologies