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Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes

Recent Advances on Membrane Reactors

  • 1st Edition - October 20, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Angelo Basile, Fausto Gallucci
  • Language: English

Integrated Membrane Reactors explores recent developments and future perspectives in the area of membrane reactor (MR) systems. It includes fundamental principles, the differ… Read more

Description

Integrated Membrane Reactors explores recent developments and future perspectives in the area of membrane reactor (MR) systems. It includes fundamental principles, the different types of membrane materials (such as polymeric and inorganic), the different types of membrane reactors (such as Micro MRs, Enzymatic MRS, Photo-catalytic MRs, Pervaporation MRs, Electrochemical MRs, etc.), their industrial perspective and, finally, there also is an economic evaluation of the metallic MRs. The book provides an extensive review in the area of MRs for each kind of application present in the specialized literature and discusses their modelling and design approaches necessary for MR systems validation in achieving high conversions, energy savings, high yields and high hydrogen (or others) products of the reactions studied.

Key features

  • Includes membrane preparation and characterization
  • Describes all the kinds of membrane reactors today under study
  • Focuses on many applications of membrane reactors in the area of chemical and biochemical engineering
  • Discusses simulation of membrane reactors enabling their design
  • Introduces the concepts of process intensification and process integration
  • Illustrates all the advantages of membrane reactors with respect to the so-called traditional/convention reactor

Readership

Ph.D. and post Ph.D. students, academic researchers, R&D managers in industry interested in the membrane technology and in the problems related to integrated systems. Energy conversion, utilities, distribution; Bio-Engineering Companies, Bio-Process Engineering, Bio-Chemical Plants

Table of contents

1. Introduction to membrane and membrane reactors

2. Catalytic Membrane Reactor

3. Packed Bed Membrane Reactor

4. Fluidized Bed Membrane Reactor

5. Micro membrane reactors

6. Pervaporation Membrane Reactor

7. Polymeric Membrane Reactor

8. Enzymatic Membrane Reactor

9. Bio-medical Membrane Reactor

10. Photo-catalytic Membrane Reactor

11. Electrochemical Membrane Reactor

12. Modelling of membrane reactors

13. Industrial perspectives of membrane reactors

14. Economic evaluation of metallic membrane reactors

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 21, 2022
  • 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

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Fausto Gallucci

Fausto Gallucci is Full Professor of Inorganic Membranes and Membrane Reactors at the Chemical Engineering and Chemistry department of Eindhoven University of Technology/ Netherlands. In the last 10 years responsible of around 30 projects on membranes, membrane reactors and integrated reactors. His research is related to development of membranes and novel multiphase reactors, in particular membrane reactors and dynamically operated reactors. His research focuses on the interaction of heterogeneous catalysis, transport phenomena, and fluid mechanics in these novel multifunctional reactors. Particularly interesting application areas are methanol production in zeolite and carbon membranes, methane activation with oxygen selective membranes, the Fischer-Tropsch reaction in carbon-based membrane reactors, and hydrogen production by reforming/dehydrogenation reactions with hydrogen selective membranes. Since 2020 Gallucci is Dean of the department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology and Chairman of the Sustainable Process Engineering group.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Inorganic Membranes and Membrane Reactors, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

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