Membrane and separation technologies

Cost-effective Membrane and Separation Technologies for Minimising Wastes and Effluents (GG37 GG54),... 

More recent publications include Membrane Separations Technology Principles and Applications, published in 1995 and edited by Richard D. Noble and J. Douglas Way, who had coedited an earlier volume. Liquid Membranes Theory and Applications. The state of the technology is kept track of by the Business Communications Company, for example, in Membrane and Separation Technology Industry Review, " published in 1998. For continuing developments, consult Books in Print and WorldCat, a service in conjunction with OCLC (Online Computer Library Center). Additionally, there is, of course, the Internet. 

Anna Crull, ed. Membrane and Separations Technology Industry Review. Norwalk, CT Business Communications Company, 1998. 

Possible applications of MIP membranes are in the field of sensor systems and separation technology. With respect to MIP membrane-based sensors, selective ligand binding to the membrane or selective permeation through the membrane can be used for the generation of a specific signal. Practical chiral separation by MIP membranes still faces reproducibility problems in the preparation methods, as well as mass transfer limitations inside the membrane. To overcome mass transfer limitations, MIP nanoparticles embedded in liquid membranes could be an alternative approach to develop chiral membrane separation by molecular imprinting [44]. 

The development of high-flux anisotropic membranes and large-surface-area membrane modules for reverse osmosis applications in the late 1960s and early 1970s provided the basis for modem membrane gas separation technology. The first company to establish a commercial presence was Monsanto, which... 

Pabby, A.K. and Sastre, A.M. (2006) Hollow-fiber membrane based separation technology performance and design perspectives, in Solvent Extraction and Liquid Membranes Fundamental and Application in New Materials (eds Cortina and Aguilar), Marcel Dekker, New York. 

N Itoh, Simultaneous operation of reaction and separation by a membrane reactor in Future Oportunities in Catalytic and Separation Technologies, Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, Vol 54, 248 283, Elsevier, Amsterdam,... 

As for a comparison of membrane gas separation technologies, such as pressure swing absorption (PSA) and low-temperature or cryogenic separations, the last chapter in (Paul and Yam-pol skii, 1994) must remain somewhat inconclusive, given the... 

J.J. Pellegrino, M.M. Ko, R. Nassimbene and M. Einert, Selective transport of C02 and H2S using facilitated transport in gel ion-exchange membranes, Gas Separation Technology, ed. E.F. Vansant and R. Dewolfs, Elsevier Science Publishers, B.V Amsterdam. 

FIGURE 5.4 Membrane process flow schematics for the production of (a) OEA and (b) pure oxygen. (Reprinted with permission from Baker, R.W., Future directions of membrane gas separation technology, Ind. Eng. Ghent. Res., 41, 1393. Copyright [2002] American Chemical Society.)... 

Baker R. W. 2002. Future directions of membrane gas separation technology. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research AT. 1393-1404. 

Both W/O/W and O/W/O emulsions have attracted considerable attention because of their potential applications in food science [4-7], cosmetics [8-10] and pharmaceutics [11]. In particular, there have been many studies on the pharmaceutical applications of W/O/W emulsions because the internal aqueous droplets can contain water-soluble drugs for controlled release or targetable delivery [12-14]. Solid microcapsules loaded vhth bioactive polymers are also prepared from W/O/W droplets by the solvent evaporation method [15-18]. Other applications studied thus far include the synthesis of shaped polymeric microparticles [19] and the use of the intermediating phase as the permeation membrane in separation technology [20-25]. 

Extensive studies on hollow fiber membrane based separation technology (HFMST) carried out for efficient removal of toxic heavy metals like Cr(VI), Cd, Zn, Ni, separation and concentration of gold from alkaline hydrometallurgical solution [13-26] were described in [2]. Further, recovery of valuable solutes from aqueous phases—for example, citric acid, carboxylic acid, amino acids, and L-phenylalanine [27,28]—such as removal of phenol from industrial waste water [29] are well demonstrated by using this technology and are described in detail in a later section of this chapter. 

Hollow Fiber Membrane-Based Separation Technology Performance and... 

Laboratory for Membrane Materials and Separation Technology, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China... 

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