Membranes and Membrane Reactors for Gas Purification and Production: Towards More Sustainable Processes

Dear Colleagues,

Membrane technology is replacing traditional reaction and separation methods to obtain pure and valuable components from gas mixtures. In particular, membrane reactors offer lower capital costs, more compact units, and higher yields than traditional reactors due to the possibility of integrating reaction and separation in the same equipment and shifting the equilibrium towards the products (e.g., by removing a product from the reaction environment). Similarly, membrane separation presents several benefits (e.g., low energy consumption, simple operation process, small footprint, etc.), making it attractive for treatment of liquid and gas mixtures in a sustainable way, especially compared to the traditional separation methods.

We invite you to the Special Issue “Membranes and Membrane Reactors for Gas Purification and Production: Towards More Sustainable Processes”. This Special Issue aims to provide the last contributions on membrane separation processes and membrane reactors to obtain valuable products (e.g., H₂, CO₂, CH_4, and others) from multicomponent gas streams.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Synthesis and characterization of membranes and/or membrane reactors for gas purification and/or production;
• Innovative membrane materials and sustainable membrane processes for the treatment of gas streams;
• Simulation of gas permeation through membrane modules and/or membrane reactors;
• Design and optimization of membrane processes for gas production and/or purification;
• Techno-economic analyses of membrane processes.

I look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Pasquale F. Zito
Guest Editor

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