Membranes in Process Intensification
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2014)
Special Issue Editors
Interests: micro-cellular polymers; biomass waste gasification; syngas cleaning; syngas-to-biofuel/ammonia conversion; nano-structured micro-porous materials, membranes and catalysts; catalytic membrane combustion; biomimic membrane reactors; oil-water and gas-liquid separations; carrier mediated separations/remediation; membrane process (electro-filtration); in vitro organs/tissue engineering; biotechnology; enzyme encapsulation and bio-remediation; agglomeration/micro-encapsulation; detergent processing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Process Intensification (PI) has been emerging as a novel processing philosophy fit for the needs of the new millennia as a result of global warming, concerns for food, energy and water shortages and the shift towards a hydrogen economy and renewables which require local production platforms for sustainability. Integrated PI-based technology is free of the burden of economies of scale which define the economics of centralized production. PI is therefore most useful in distributed–decentralized–local production.
Within PI, membranes play an important function because of the reduction of diffusion pathways for mass transfer as well as due to their selectivity and catalytic activity. This special issue will summarize the latest developments in membrane based PI across all disciplines in order to define the underlying mechanisms and cross-fertilization. We invite contributors to submit original research papers in membrane based process intensification in chemical, biochemical, biological, agricultural, environmental, energy conversion technologies covering separations, reactors, catalysis, combustion processes dealing with products such as chemicals, fine chemicals or resources such as water, air and solar radiation. The scope of the papers ranges from the existing polymeric, metallic, ceramic or composite membrane systems in process intensification to novel membranes specially tailored for process intensification.
Prof. Dr. Galip Akay
Prof. Dr. Robert Field
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- catalytic membranes
- composite membranes
- crossflow filtration
- membranes
- membrane combustion
- membrane separations
- membrane reactors
- process intensification
- process miniaturisation
- reactive membranes
- reactive separations
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