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Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes

Ceramic Membrane Bioreactors

  • 1st Edition - September 13, 2019
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Angelo Basile, Kamran Ghasemzadeh, Elham Jalilnejad
  • Language: English

Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes: Ceramic Membrane Bioreactors presents the latest information on the application of ceramic MBR technology, including… Read more

Description

Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes: Ceramic Membrane Bioreactors presents the latest information on the application of ceramic MBR technology, including its maximum robustness and reliability when compared with other membrane-based systems. The book includes a comprehensive analysis of scenarios that are ideal for the potential use of ceramic MBRs. Sections cover applications, advantages/disadvantages, the modeling of ceramic membrane bioreactors, a comparison with other membrane systems, and a section on fouling mechanisms.

Key features

  • Presents comprehensive coverage of ceramic membranes and ceramic membranes-based bioreactors
  • Describes the various types of ceramic membranes, i.e., silica, titanium, and more
  • Explains the mechanisms of action and the reasons behind the superiority of these membranes over other types
  • Lists various applications of ceramic membrane bioreactors

Readership

R&D managers in industry interested in membrane reactors and membrane bioreactors as well as academic researchers and postgraduate students working in the wider area of membrane processes to energy conversion

Table of contents

1. Advances in MBR technology

2. Silica MBR; design, configuration and performance

3. Titania MBR; design, configuration and performance

4. Alumina MBR; design, configuration and performance

5. Applications of ceramic MBR in water treatment

6. Applications of ceramic MBR in wastewater treatment

7. Separation theory and modeling of ceramic MBR

8. Fouling challenges in ceramic MBR

9. Cost assessment of ceramic MBR

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: September 13, 2019
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Angelo Basile

Angelo Basile is a Full Professor and a leading authority in membrane science and technology. Since 2014, he has served as Full Professor in Systems, Methods and Technologies of Chemical Engineering Processes at CNR-ITM in Rende, Italy. His work covers hydrogen purification and production using membrane reactors, CO₂ capture, process intensification, and the treatment of industrial effluents with advanced membrane operations. Basile has edited many scientific books and authored numerous book chapters, bridging complex research with clear knowledge for engineers and scientists. Motivated by the role of AI/ML in accelerating membrane process design and automation, he supports integrating data-driven methods for smart plants and reaction–separation optimisation.

Affiliations and expertise
Senior Researcher, ITM-CNR, University of Calabria, Italy

KG

Kamran Ghasemzadeh

Kamran Ghasemzadeh is currently working as a senior research associate at the chemical engineering department, University of Manchester, UK since August 2022. At the same time, he has served as an associate professor in the chemical engineering department at Urmia University of Technology, Iran, wherein he developed research on membranes/membrane reactors for many processes.

Kamran Ghasemzadeh’s h-index = 21, with 126 document results in a total of 1135 citations in the areas: Energy, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Science, and membrane technologies, (www.scopus.com – March 30/2023). He has more than 50 papers published in national/international congresses; and is a reviewer for 70 int. journals, an editor/author of more than 10 scientific books, and 45 chapters on int. books on membrane science and technology. Today Ghasemzadeh is collaborating with the Dept. of chem. Eng. at the University of Manchester (UK) on the valorisation of biomass by-products. He participated in various national and international projects on membrane reactors and membrane science. In the last years, he was the supervisor/co-supervisor of more than 38 Thesis for Master and Ph.D. students. Ghasemzadeh served as Director of the UUT research center during the period Sep. 2018 – April 2022.

Affiliations and expertise
Institute for Materials and Processes, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

EJ

Elham Jalilnejad

Elham Jalilnejad is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Chemical Engineering at the Urmia University of Technology, Iran where he has been a Faculty member since 2014. Her research interests lie in the area of wastewater treatment and bioreactors (modelling, design and application). In recent years, she has focused on simulation of bio-chemical processes using Comsol Multiphysics (CFD technique) and modelling of bio-reactions occurred in bioreactors (packed-bed and novel airlift bioreactors). Also, application of the mentioned bioreactors for wastewater bio-treatment was the filed with special concern for her. She has collaborated actively with researchers in several other disciplines of chemical engineering, particularly bio-sorption processes, and synthesis of bio-composites. She has published more than thirty ISI and conference papers, two patents, three books and three book chapters
Affiliations and expertise
Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Urmia University of Technology, Urmia, West Azerbayijan, Iran

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