Emerging Membrane Technology for Sustainable Water Treatment

Emerging Membrane Technology for Sustainable Water Treatment provides the latest information on the impending crisis posed by water stress and poor sanitation, a timely issue that is one of the greatest human challenges of the 21st century. The book also discusses the use of membrane technology, a serious contender that can be used to confront the crisis on a global scale, along with its specific uses as a solution to this escalating problem. Provides a unique source on membrane technology and its application for water treatmentFocuses on technologies designed for the treatment of seawater and brackish waterHighlights the most economically and environmentally friendly membrane technologiesLists various technologies and emphasizes their link to renewable energy, energy efficiency, nanotechnology, reuse, and recycle INDICE: Section 1: Membrane Processes for Global Water Solutions 1. Sustainable Management of Water as a Finite Resource   W. Richard Bowen 2. Introduction to Membrane Processes for Water Treatment   Rajindar Singh and Nick Hankins Section 2: Desalination and Potable Water Purification 3. Forward Osmosis as an Emerging Membrane Technology for Desalination of Seawater and Brackish Water   Nick Hankins 4. Desalination by Membrane Distillation   Mohamed Khayet Sr. 5. Sustainable Energy Systems for Seawater Reverse Osmosis   Philip A. Davies 6. Membrane Fouling and Control Techniques   Chip Kilduff 7. Ion-Exchange Membranes for Water Softening and Selective Ion-Removal   Thomas A Davis 8. Water Treatment by Electromembrane Processes   Nalan Kabay Section 3: Wastewater Treatment for Reclamation and Reuse 9. The Removal of Emerging Contaminants for Water Reuse   Long Duc Nghiem 10. Surfactant-based Membrane Separations   Nick Hankins, Rajindar Singh and Licheng Shen 11. Novel Membrane Bioreactor Configurations for Wastewater Treatment: Submerged and Attached Growth MBRs and Forward Osmosis MBRs   Sher Jamal Khan and Nick Hankins 12. High Recovery RO/NF Desalination Systems and Treatment of Brine Concentrates   Jack Gilron Section 4: New Membrane Materials and Applications 13. Development of Hybrid Processes for Ultrapure Water Production   Rajindar Singh 14. Bio-mimetic Membranes for Water Purification and Wastewater Treatment   Chuyang Tang 15. Mass Transport Phenomena across and in between Graphene Membranes   Hyung Gyu Park 16. Nanocomposite and Responsive Membranes for Water Treatment   Dibarkar Bhattacharyya

• ISBN: 978-0-444-63312-5
• Editorial: Elsevier Science
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 316
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2016
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés