Pervaporation, Vapour Permeation and Membrane Distillation
Principles and Applications

Pervaporation, vapour permeation and membrane distillation are three emerging membrane technologies which produce a vapour as the permeate. This book covers the fundamentals, applications and the next generation for each technology.

Angelo Basile (Author), Alberto Figoli (Author), Mohamed Khayet (Author)

9781782422464, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 19 February 2015

480 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.9 cm, 0.83 kg

Vapour permeation and membrane distillation are two emerging membrane technologies for the production of vapour as permeate, which, in addition to well-established pervaporation technology, are of increasing interest to academia and industry. As efficient separation and concentration processes, they have high potential for use in the energy, water, chemical, food and pharmaceutical sectors.

• Related titles
• List of contributors
• Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy
• Preface
• Part One. Pervaporation
  • 1. Fundamentals of pervaporation
    • 1.1. Introduction
    • 1.2. Fundamentals of mass and heat transfer in pervaporation
    • 1.3. Process and technological matters in pervaporation
    • 1.4. Concluding remarks and future trends
  • 2. Pervaporation membranes: preparation, characterization, and application
    • 2.1. Introduction
    • 2.2. Pervaporation (PV) membrane materials
    • 2.3. Characterization of pervaporation membranes
    • 2.4. Membrane module configurations for pervaporation
    • 2.5. Membranes for pervaporation applications
    • 2.6. Future trends and conclusions
  • 3. Integrated systems involving pervaporation and applications
    • 3.1. Introduction to integrated systems involving pervaporation
    • 3.2. Applications of integrated systems involving pervaporation
    • 3.3. Conclusions and future trends
    • 3.4. Sources of further information and advice
  • 4. Pervaporation modeling: state of the art and future trends
    • 4.1. Introduction
    • 4.2. Fundamentals of pervaporation modeling
    • 4.3. Applications to improve the efficiency of pervaporation
    • 4.4. Conclusions
    • 4.5. Future trends
    • 4.6. Sources of further information and advice
  • 5. Next-generation pervaporation membranes: recent trends, challenges and perspectives
    • 5.1. Introduction
    • 5.2. Modified ceramic membranes
    • 5.3. Mixed matrix membranes
    • 5.4. Bio-inspired membranes and membrane synthesis approaches
    • 5.5. Supported liquid (SL) membranes
    • 5.6. Final remarks and future trends
    • 5.7. Sources of further information
• Part Two. Vapour permeation
  • 6. Membranes for vapour permeation: preparation and characterization
    • 6.1. Introduction
    • 6.2. Polymer membranes
    • 6.3. Zeolite membranes
    • 6.4. Mixed matrix membranes
    • 6.5. Future directions
  • 7. Integrated systems involving membrane vapor permeation and applications
    • 7.1. Introduction
    • 7.2. Integrated systems involving membrane vapor separation
    • 7.3. Applications of membrane vapor separation
    • 7.4. Conclusion and sources of further information and advice
    • 7.5. Future trends in development of membrane vapor separation
  • 8. Vapour permeation modelling
    • 8.1. Introduction
    • 8.2. Fundamentals of vapour permeation modelling into dense polymeric membranes
    • 8.3. Diffusion modelling
    • 8.4. Solubility modelling
    • 8.5. Vapour permeation in mixed matrix membranes and heterogeneous systems
    • 8.6. Future trends
    • 8.7. Conclusions
  • 9. New generation vapour permeation membranes
    • 9.1. Introduction
    • 9.2. Current limitations of vapour permeation (VP)
    • 9.3. Emerging VP membrane materials
    • 9.4. Emerging membrane module configurations
    • 9.5. Emerging applications for VP
    • 9.6. Conclusions and future trends
    • 9.7. Sources of further information
• Part Three. Membrane distillation
  • 10. Fundamentals of membrane distillation
    • 10.1. Introduction: nonisothermal membrane processes
    • 10.2. Key characteristics of membrane distillation
    • 10.3. Types of membranes and membrane module configurations for membrane distillation
    • 10.4. Membrane distillation theory
    • 10.5. Typical application of membrane distillation technology
    • 10.6. Conclusions
    • 10.7. Future trends and sources of further information and advice
  • 11. Membranes used in membrane distillation: preparation and characterization
    • 11.1. Introduction
    • 11.2. Materials for membrane distillation (MD) membranes
    • 11.3. Design and fabrication of MD membranes
    • 11.4. Characterization of MD membranes
    • 11.5. MD membrane modules and testing of MD membranes
    • 11.6. Conclusions and future trends
    • 11.7. Sources of further information and advice
  • 12. Integrated systems involving membrane distillation and applications
    • 12.1. Introduction
    • 12.2. Applications of membrane distillation in desalination
    • 12.3. Other applications of membrane distillation
    • 12.4. Integrated systems involving membrane distillation
    • 12.5. Conclusions and future trends
    • 12.6. Sources of further information
  • 13. Modelling of pore wetting in membrane distillation compared with pervaporation
    • 13.1. Introduction
    • 13.2. Fundamentals of membrane distillation (MD) modelling and improvement
    • 13.3. Review of experimental works on MD membrane pore wetting
    • 13.4. Development of a theoretical model for pore wetting in vacuum MD
    • 13.5. Conclusions and future directions
  • 14. Next generation membranes for membrane distillation and future prospects
    • 14.1. Introduction
    • 14.2. Materials for membrane distillation
    • 14.3. Emerging module configurations for membrane distillation
    • 14.4. Conclusions and future trends
• Index

Subject Areas: Energy efficiency [THT], Petroleum technology [THFP], Energy technology & engineering [TH]