Membrane and Desalination Technologies

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wang, Lawrence K. (Editor), Chen, Jiaping Paul (Editor), Hung, Yung-Tse (Editor), Shammas, Nazih K. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2011.
• Series: Handbook of Environmental Engineering ; 13
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Water-supply.; Biochemistry.; Environmental engineering.; Biotechnology.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Life Sciences.; Biochemistry, general.; Water Industry/Water Technologies.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.

In this essential new volume, Volume 13: Membrane and Desalination Technologies, a panel of expert researchers provide a wealth of information on membrane and desalination technologies. An advanced chemical and environmental engineering textbook as well as a comprehensive reference book, this volume...

Table of Contents:

• MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
• PREPARATION OF POLYMERIC MEMBRANES
• ADVANCED MEMBRANE FOULING CHARACTERIZATION IN FULL-SCALE REVERSE OSMOSIS PROCESSES
• MEMBRANE FILTRATION REGULATIONS AND DETERMINATION OF LOG REMOVAL VALUE (LRV)
• TREATMENT OF INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS, MUNICIPAL WASTES AND POTABLE WATER BY MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS
• TREATMENT OF FOOD INDUSTRY WASTES BY MEMBRANE FILTRATION
• MEMBRANE SEPARATION: BASICS AND APPLICATIONS
• MEMBRANE SYSTEMS PLANNING AND DESIGN
• ADSORPTION DESALINATION – A NOVEL METHOD
• MEMBRANE PROCESSES FOR RECLAAMTION OF MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER
• POTABLE WATER BIOTECHNOLOGY, MEMBRANE FILTRATION AND BIOFILTRATION
• DESALINATION OF SEAWATER BY THERMAL DISTILLATION AND ELECTRODIALYSIS TECHNOLOGIES
• DESALINATION OF SEAWATER BY REVERSE OSMOSIS
• MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGIES FOR POINT-OF-USE AND POINT-OF-ENTRY APPLICATIONS
• MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGIES FOR OIL-WATER SEPARATION
• GAS-SPARGED ULTRAFILTRATION: RECENT TRENDS, APPLICATIONS AND FUTURE CHALLENGES
• APPENDIX: CONVERSION FACTORS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERS.