
Membrane Technology for Water Purification
- 1st Edition - December 1, 2025
- Latest edition
- Editors: Sabu Thomas, Frank Lipnizki, Viswanathan Swaminathan, Hanna J. Maria, Jince Thomas
- Language: English
Membrane Technology for Water Purification contains real-life applications and methods to facilitate deep understanding of the use of membrane technologies in water purifi… Read more

- Covers the latest information on membrane technology for water purification
- Includes practical applications with a strong interdisciplinary focus
- Edited by experts in the field with leading publications and knowledge of water treatment
1. Introduction
a. Wastewater
b. Various Treatment Methods
2. Membranes In Water Purification
3. Types Of Membranes
a. Membrane Parameters and Structure
b. Membrane Configurations and Their Comparisons
4. Fouling
a. Introduction
b. Mechanics of Fouling
c. Modeling of Fouling
d. Fouling in Osmosis
e. Fouling in Microfiltration
f. Fouling in Ultrafiltration
g. Fouling Reduction and Prevention Methods
5. Membrane Cleaning
6. Water Quality Using Membranes
7. Latest Advancements in Membrane Technology
8. Membrane Bioreactors
PART 2: Water Purification Membrane Processes and Techniques
1. Materials
2. Membrane Fabrication
3. Membrane Systems
4. Membrane Characterizations.
5. Advanced Membranes Inspired by Cell Membranes What are cell membranes? Function and working of cell membranes? Components that inspired today’s membranes. Advanced membranes. Future advances in membranes could be mimicked from cell membranes.
6. Application Characteristics of Membranes Used in Different Fields
a. Wastewater Treatment and Re-use
b. Resource Recovery
c. Seawater Desalination
d. Food And Medicine Manufacturing
e. Drinking Water
7. Theory Modeling And Simulation
8. Anti-Fouling Membranes
9. Challenges In Water Purification Membranes
Part 3: Applications of Water Purification Membranes
1. Operation Of Membrane Water Systems, Process Control, And Maintenance.
2. The State of Art in Research in Water Purification Membranes
3. Membranes For Municipal Wastewater
4. Membranes For Industrial Effluent Wastewater
5. Membranes For Medical and Pharmacological Industries
6. Membranes For Agricultural Wastewater
7. Membranes For Desalination
8. Membranes For Resource Recovery
9. Membrane Technology for Drinking Water Purification
10. Life-Cycle Analysis of Membranes
11. Lab To Industry
12. Energy Requirements in Various Types of Membranes in Water Purification.
13. Cost-Benefit Analysis
14. List Of Commercial Membrane Products company, country, efficiency, material, configuration, year
15. Current Technology Drawbacks
16. Circular Economy and Sustainability
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: December 1, 2025
- Language: English
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Sabu Thomas
Sabu Thomas is a Professor and Director of the International and Interuniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India. Professor Thomas is internationally recognized for his contributions to polymer science and engineering, with his research interests encompassing polymer nanocomposites, elastomers, polymer blends, interpenetrating polymer networks, polymer membranes, green composites, nanocomposites, nanomedicine, and green nanotechnology. His groundbreaking inventions in polymer nanocomposites, polymer blends, green bionanotechnology, and nano-biomedical sciences have significantly advanced the development of new materials for the automotive, space, housing, and biomedical fields.
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Frank Lipnizki
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Viswanathan Swaminathan
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Hanna J. Maria
Hanna J. Maria is a Senior Researcher at the School of Energy Materials and the International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, India. Her research focusses on natural rubber composites and their blends, thermoplastic composites, lignin, nanocellulose, bionanocomposites, nanocellulose, rubber-based composites and nanocomposites.
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Jince Thomas
Dr. Jince Thomas is the Chief Minister's Nava Kerala Post-Doctoral Fellow at the International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at Mahatma Gandhi University in Kerala, India. Previously, he worked as an Assistant Professor on contract at the same institution. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Mahatma Gandhi University in 2022 under the guidance of Prof. Sabu Thomas. During 2016-2017, he worked as a project assistant on an Indo-Malaysian project in collaboration with University Technology Mara, Malaysia. Additionally, he was a visiting student at Ariel University in Israel and the University of Tennessee Knoxville, USA. Dr. Jince has contributed to numerous publications, book chapters, and edited books, with his research interests focused on polymeric membranes, electrolytes, polymer nanocomposites, and electrochemistry.