Numerical Modelling in Membrane Processes

Dear Colleagues,

Membrane processes have demonstrated their enormous potential for water treatment by removing organic and mineral contaminants before permeating stream discharge or by concentrating high added-value compounds in retentate stream. Although the advantages and drawbacks of the various membrane processes are well known, the mechanisms governing their filtration performances are usually not fully understood and discussion is often still open. For this purpose, researchers develop numerical models for decades to describe the transport of species through membranes, in order to predict their performances for specific applications.

This Special Issue on “Numerical Modelling in Membrane Processes” seeks to collate original research studies which deal with the use of mathematical models to understand, describe, predict or optimize the performances of membrane processes. This Special Issue mainly focuses on the modelling of fluid flow or mass transfer, and especially the description of phenomena governing filtration performances such as transport mechanisms, exclusion phenomena, fouling, concentration polarization, surface charge regulation, etc. The numerical approaches proposed in submitted manuscripts can be applied to various membrane processes, such as pressure-driven (reverse osmosis, nanofiltration, ultrafiltration, microfiltration), concentration-driven (pervaporation, forward osmosis, pressure retarded osmosis), electrically driven (electrodialysis) or thermally driven (membrane distillation) processes.

As Guest Editors, we cordially invite you to submit a manuscript for publication in this Special Issue of the journal Membranes. Authors are invited to submit recent results in the form of either research papers or critical reviews of the state-of-the-art.

We are looking forward to receiving your valued contributions.

Dr. Sébastien Déon
Prof. Dr. Patrick Dutournié
Guest Editors

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