Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes
Silica Membranes: Preparation, Modelling, Application, and Commercialization
- 1st Edition - August 12, 2017
- Latest edition
- Editors: Angelo Basile, Kamran Ghasemzadeh
- Language: English
Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes: Silica Membranes: Preparation, Modelling, Application, and Commercialization discusses one of the most promising… Read more
Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes: Silica Membranes: Preparation, Modelling, Application, and Commercialization discusses one of the most promising inorganic membranes, namely silica membranes, and their different applications.
In the field of membrane separation technology, silica membranes play a key role in the future of the chemical industry as one of the most promising alternatives for separations at high temperatures and aggressive media.
This book details the latest research findings, along with the potential industrial applications of an area that has seen growing research activity on various type of membranes due to the necessity of gas separation and water treatment processes. Many industrial companies and academic centers will find immense interest in learning about the best strategies for carrying out these processes.
- Reviews available methods for the characterization, preparation, and applications of silica membranes
- Includes new and emerging modeling methods
- Discusses silica membrane applications for hydrogen production and applications in CO2 capturing, water treatment, and pervaporation
Membrane scientists involved in membrane preparation for various applications, chemical engineers and material scientists, undergraduate and particularly graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and professors. Membrane fabrication companies
Introduction: Inorganic membranes roles in the industrial applications
Part A: Silica membrane preparation
1. Preparation of silica membranes by sol gel method
2. Preparation of silica membranes by CVD method
3. Preparation of silica membranes by CVI method
Part B: Theory analysis of silica membranes
4. Separation theory of silica membranes
5. Molecular dynamic (MD) simulation of silica membranes
6. Modeling of silica membranes
Part C: Application of silica membranes
7. Silica membranes application for water treatment
8. Silica membrane application for desalination process
9. Silica membrane application for pervaporation process
10. Silica membranes application for hydrogen separation
11. Silica membranes application for carbon dioxide separation
12. Silica membrane reactor
Part D: Challenges on commercializing the silica membranes
13. Hydrothermal improvement of silica membranes
14. Polarization in silica membranes
15. Silica membranes sealing in high temperatures
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: August 12, 2017
- Language: English
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Angelo Basile
Angelo Basile, a Chemical Engineer with a Ph.D. in Technical Physics, was a senior Researcher at the ITM-CNR as a responsible for the research related to both ultra-pure hydrogen production and CO2 capture using Pd-based Membrane Reactors. He is a reviewer for 165 int. journals, an editor/author of more than 50 scientific books and 140 chapters on international books on membrane science and technology; with various patens (7 Italian, 2 European, and 1 worldwide). He is a referee of 1more than 150 international scientific journals and a Member of the Editorial Board of more than 20 of them. Basile is also an associate editor of the: Int. J. Hydrogen Energy; Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Eng.; journal Frontiers in Membrane Science and Technology; and co-Editor-in-chief of the Int. J. Membrane Science & Technol.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Researcher, ITM-CNR, University of Calabria, ItalyKG
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
Chemical Engineering Department, Manchester University, Manchester, UK; Chemical Engineering Department, Urmia University of Technology, Urmia, IranRead Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes on ScienceDirect