Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes: Silica Membranes: Preparation, Modelling, Application, and Commercialization

by Angelo Basile (Editor), Kamran Ghasemzadeh (Editor)

Overview

Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes: Silica Membranes: Preparation, Modelling, Application, and Commercialization discusses one of the most promising inorganic membranes, namely silica membranes, and their different applications.

In the field of membrane separation technology, silica membranes play a key role in the future of the chemical industry as one of the most promising alternatives for separations at high temperatures and aggressive media.

This book details the latest research findings, along with the potential industrial applications of an area that has seen growing research activity on various type of membranes due to the necessity of gas separation and water treatment processes. Many industrial companies and academic centers will find immense interest in learning about the best strategies for carrying out these processes.

• Reviews available methods for the characterization, preparation, and applications of silica membranes
• Includes new and emerging modeling methods
• Discusses silica membrane applications for hydrogen production and applications in CO₂ capturing, water treatment, and pervaporation

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780444638670
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	08/11/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	378
File size:	46 MB
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About the Author

Angelo Basile, a Chemical Engineer, is a senior Researcher at the ITM-CNR, University of Calabria, where he is responsible for research related to both the ultra-pure hydrogen production and CO2 capture using Pd-based Membrane Reactors. Angelo Basile's h-index is 53, with 387 document results with a total of 8,910 citations in 5,034 documents (www.scopus.com – 24 May 2023).

He has more than 170 scientific papers in peer-to-peer journals and 252 papers in international congresses; and is a reviewer for 165 int. journals, an editor/author of more than 50 scientific books and 120 chapters on international books on membrane science and technology; 6 Italian patents, 2 European patents and 5 worldwide patents. He is referee of 104 international scientific journals and Member of the Editorial Board of 22 of them.

Basile is also Editor associate of the Int. J. Hydrogen Energy and Editor-in-chief of the Int. J. Membrane Science&Technol. and Editor-in-chief of Membrane Processes (Applications), a section of the Intl J. Membranes. Basile also prepared 42 special issues on membrane science and technology for many international journals (IJHE, Chem Eng. J., Cat. Today, etc.). He participated to and was/is responsible of many national and international projects on membrane reactors and membrane science. Basile served as Director of the ITM-CNR during the period Dec. 2008 – May 2009. In the last years, he was tutor of 30 Thesis for master and Ph.D. students at the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Calabria (Italy). From 2014, Basile is Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Processes.

Kamran Ghasemzadeh is currently working as a senior research associate at the chemical engineering department, University of Manchester, UK since August 2022. At the same time, he has served as an associate professor in the chemical engineering department at Urmia University of Technology, Iran, wherein he developed research on membranes/membrane reactors for many processes.

Kamran Ghasemzadeh’s h-index = 21, with 126 document results in a total of 1135 citations in the areas: Energy, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Science, and membrane technologies, (www.scopus.com – March 30/2023). He has more than 50 papers published in national/international congresses; and is a reviewer for 70 int. journals, an editor/author of more than 10 scientific books, and 45 chapters on int. books on membrane science and technology. Today Ghasemzadeh is collaborating with the Dept. of chem. Eng. at the University of Manchester (UK) on the valorisation of biomass by-products. He participated in various national and international projects on membrane reactors and membrane science. In the last years, he was the supervisor/co-supervisor of more than 38 Thesis for Master and Ph.D. students. Ghasemzadeh served as Director of the UUT research center during the period Sep. 2018 – April 2022.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Inorganic membranes roles in the industrial applications

Part A: Silica membrane preparation 1. Preparation of silica membranes by sol gel method 2. Preparation of silica membranes by CVD method 3. Preparation of silica membranes by CVI method

Part B: Theory analysis of silica membranes 4. Separation theory of silica membranes 5. Molecular dynamic (MD) simulation of silica membranes 6. Modeling of silica membranes

Part C: Application of silica membranes 7. Silica membranes application for water treatment 8. Silica membrane application for desalination process 9. Silica membrane application for pervaporation process 10. Silica membranes application for hydrogen separation 11. Silica membranes application for carbon dioxide separation 12. Silica membrane reactor

Part D: Challenges on commercializing the silica membranes 13. Hydrothermal improvement of silica membranes 14. Polarization in silica membranes 15. Silica membranes sealing in high temperatures

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A comprehensive and timely coverage of silica membranes, including preparation methods, characterization, applications, and prevailing theory