Membrane Technology for Water Purification
- 1st Edition - December 19, 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
Membrane Technology for Water Purification contains real-life applications and methods to facilitate deep understanding of the use of membrane technologies in water purification. The book is a comprehensive guide arranged in three parts to enable both students and researchers to learn about the most recent updates in materials science to clean up water pollutants. Membrane systems are finding increasing application worldwide in purification and the editors are lead experts in the field.
- 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
Undergraduate and graduate students
PART 1: Fundamentals of Water Purification Membranes
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
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 19, 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.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, International and Interuniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, IndiaFL
Frank Lipnizki
Frank Lipnizki is Professor in Chemical Engineering with focus on Separation Process in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Lund University, Sweden since 2017. Furthermore, he heads the Membrane Group at Lund University and manages MemLab – the Industrial membrane process research and development centre – at Lund University. Before joing the university Frank Lipnizki was working for 16 years in the membrane industry at Alfa Laval Business Centre Membranes (previously Danish Separation Systems). His main research focuses on the integration and optimisation of separation process in particular membrane processes in the food, biotech, pulp and paper industry as well as water and wastewater treatment plus fouling and cleaning of membranes. Frank Lipnizki’s h-index is 18, with 137 document results (30/June/2020, scholar.google.com), with a total of 1752 citations. Frank Lipnizki prepared has 35 scientific papers in peer to peer journals and 91 papers in international congresses plus 59 seminars and workshop presentations. Furthermore, he edited 3 conference proceedings plus 1 book and contributed 15 book chapters. He is also refree for 32 journals and on the editorial board of three journals. Frank Lipnizki is currently Vice-President of the European Membrane Society and heads the Annex “Membranes in Biorefineries” by IETS – a collaboration program of the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Affiliations and expertise
Professor in Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Lund, SwedenVS
Viswanathan Swaminathan
Dr Viswanathan Swaminathan is the founder and Executive Director of Memfill Tech Pvt Ltd, Indigenous Hollow Fiber Membrane Manufacturer.
This industry has solutions for desalination, effluent treatment, sewage treatment and silica removal and wastewater resource recovery using hollow fiber membranes.
Affiliations and expertise
Founder and Executive Director, Memfill Tech Pvt Ltd, SingaporeHM
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.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Researcher, Mahatma Gandhi University, IndiaJT
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.
Affiliations and expertise
Post-Doctoral Fellow, International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India