Table of Contents
Preface vii
Contributors x
Part 1 Fundamental Studies on Membrane Reactor Engineering 1
1 Membrane Reactors: The Technology State-of-the-Art and Future Perspectives 3Gaetano Iaquaniello, Gabriele Centi, Marcello De Falco and Angelo Basile
2 Criteria for a Palladium Membrane Reactor or Separator Design II: Concentration Polarization Effects 22Moshe Sheintuch
3 Structured Catalysts and Support for Membrane Reactors 37Vincenzo Palma, Marco Martino, Antonio Ricca and Paolo Ciambelli
4 Elements of Reactor Design and Development of Process Schemes for Membrane Reactors 59Marcello De Falco and Angelo Basile
5 Ceramic Membranes with Mixed Ionic and Electronic Conductivity: Oxygen and Hydrogen Transporting Membranes – Synthesis, Characterization, Applications 75Juergen Caro and Yanying Wei
6 Polymeric Membrane Reactors 104K. Ghasemzadeh, A. Aghaeinejad-Meybodi and Angelo Basile
7 Ceramic Membrane Reactors: Theory and Applications 138K. Ghasemzadeh and Angelo Basile
Part 2 Applications 163
8 Membrane Reactors for Hydrocarbon Dehydrogenation 165Gaetano Iaquaniello, F.S. Martorelli, Emma Palo, Annarita Salladini and Angelo Basile
9 Pd-Based Membrane Reactors for Syngas Preparation and WGS 184Gaetano Iaquaniello, Emma Palo and Annarita Salladini
10 Membrane Reactors Powered by Solar Energy 201Alberto Giaconia and Luca Turchetti
11 Molten Salt Solar Steam Reforming: Process Schemes Analysis 225Barbara Morico, Alessio Gentile and Gaetano Iaquaniello
12 Membrane Reforming Pilot Testing: KT Experiences 242Annarita Salladini, Gaetano Iaquaniello and Emma Palo
13 Gas Separation by Polymer Membranes: Research Activity and Industrial Applications 256Pluton Pullumbi
14 Pervaporation and Membrane Contactors 280Angelo Basile, F. Galiano, S. Santoro and Alberto Figoli
15 Fuel Cells: A General Overview, Applications and Future Trends 313Michel Cassir and Aturo Meléndez-Ceballos
Index 328