Membrane Applications in Biological Remediation and Purification of Biologics
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Biological Membrane Functions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2022) | Viewed by 2709
Special Issue Editors
Interests: membrane technology and catalysis; renewable energy, bio-based economy, and sustainable environment; water purification/wastewater treatment; nanotechnology and composite materials; and process modeling and simulation
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Interests: plasma technology and catalysis; water purification/wastewater treatment; plasma-surface modification of nanocomposite materials; and plasma modeling and simulation
Interests: nanotechnology; waste valorization; nanomaterial synthesis for application in adsorption process; membrane synthesis for application in water and wastewater treatment; biochemical processes
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Biological remediation, a process defined as the use of microorganisms or plants to detoxify or remove organic and inorganic xenobiotic compounds from the environment, is a remediation option that offers a green technology solution to the problem of environmental degradation. Biologics (also known as a biologic drug) is a product that is produced from living organisms or contains components of living organisms. Biologic drugs include a wide variety of products derived from human, animal, or microorganisms by using biotechnology.
Drinking water, under natural conditions, is very often susceptible to contamination by nuisance microbes such as bacteria, viruses, and protozoa. To date, more than 100 waterborne pathogenic microorganisms belonging to bacteria, viruses, and protozoa have been identified in contaminated drinking water. At the same time, production of biologics void of contamination requires ultra purification at the downstream stage. Recently, personal care products (PCPs) have been identified as one of the major contaminants of fresh and surface water. The limitations of conventional treatment units have necessitated the research on membrane processes for the removal of contaminants (organic or inorganics) and purification of biologics. With the development of membrane separation technologies, there is increasing use of membranes as part of the conventional biological process, and as an engineering/application alternative to conventional treatment.
In light of this, this Special Issue seeks contributions on the state-of-the-art in the synthesis, characterization and applications of membranes for biological remediation and biologics purification. Papers on process development, modelling and optimisation, technoeconomic feasibility studies and scale-up studies will be considered as well. The Special Issue will consider original research papers and reviews on the above topics for publication. Review articles should offer comprehensive coverage of membranes in selected areas, addressing in particular recent advances with respect to challenges associated with membrane application in the above-mentioned topical areas. Research articles on development and application of composite membranes in areas including, but not limited to, contaminant sensing, water/wastewater treatment, membranes involving separation coupling reactions, membranes incorporating nanomaterials (e.g., MOFs, CNTs, zeolite, etc.), membranes incorporating natural and synthetic polymers, membrane bioreactor, multi-stage bioreactor, biological membrane treatment of wastewater, membrane protein purification, and plasma-enhanced membranes are welcome.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Michael O. Daramola
Dr. Samuel A. Iwarere
Dr. Olawumi O. Sadare
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- membranes for removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) from wastewater
- cost effective and advanced membrane bioreactors for a decentralised wastewater technology
- membrane bioreactor
- multi-stage bioreactor
- biological membrane treatment of wastewater
- membrane purifications of proteins/membrane protein purification
- plasma-enhanced membrane
- nanocomposite membrane
- metal–organic framework membrane
- mixed matrix membrane
- water and wastewater treatment
- liquid membranes
- non-supported membranes
- zeolite membranes
- bioprocessing applications
- food processing
- environmental abatement
- membrane-based biosensors
- membranes for separation coupling reaction
- microporous membranes
- non-porous dense membranes
- electrically charged membranes
