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Informationen zum Autor Visakh P.M. is working as post doc. researcher at Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia. He obtained his PhD, MPhil and MSc degrees from the School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He has edited 15 books for a variety of international publishers and has been a visiting researcher in many countries since 2011. His research interests include polymer nanocomposites, bio-nanocomposites and rubber based nanocomposites, fire retardant polymers, liquid crystalline polymers and silicon sensors. Olga Nazarenko obtained her PhD in Technical Sciences from Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia where she is now a Professor in the Ecology and Basic Safety Department. In 2007 she obtained her DSc. in Processes and Apparatus of Chemical Technology. She has 170 publications, 3 books and 8 textbooks and 7 patents to her credit. Klappentext The 2nd volume on applications with discuss the various aspects of state-of-the-art, new challenges and opportunities for gas and vapor separation of polymer membranes, membranes for wastewater treatment, polymer electrolyte membranes and methanol fuel cells, polymer membranes for water desalination, optical, electrochemical and anion/polyanion sensors, polymeric pervaporation membranes, organic-organic separation, biopolymer electrolytes for energy devices, carbon nanoparticles for pervaporation polymeric membranes, and mixed matrix membranes for nanofiltration application. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface xvii 1 Nanostructured Polymer Membranes: Applications, State-of-the-Art, New Challenges and Opportunities 1 Visakh. P. M 1.1 Membranes: Technology and Applications 1 1.2 Polymer Membranes: Gas and Vapor Separation 3 1.3 Membranes for Wastewater Treatment 4 1.4 Polymer Electrolyte Membrane and Methanol Fuel Cell 5 1.5 Polymer Membranes for Water Desalination and Treatment 6 1.6 Biopolymer Electrolytes for Energy Devices 7 1.7 Phosphoric Acid-Doped Polybenzimidazole Membranes 9 1.8 Natural Nanofibers in Polymer Membranes for Energy Applications 10 1.9 Potential of Carbon Nanoparticles for Pervaporation Polymeric Membranes 14 1.10 Mixed Matrix Membranes for Nanofiltration Application 16 1.11 Fundamentals, Applications and Future Prospects of Nanofiltration Membrane Technique 18 References 19 2 Membranes: Technology and Applications 27 Yang Liu and Guibin Wang 2.1 Introduction 27 2.2 Reverse Osmosis Process 37 2.3 Ultrafiltration Process 50 2.4 Pervaporation Process 59 2.5 Microfiltration Process 65 2.6 Coupled and Facilitated Transport 69 References 84 3 Polymeric Membranes for Gas and Vapor Separations 89 Seyed Saeid Hosseini and Sara Najari 3.1 Introduction 89 3.2 Significance and Prominent Industrial Applications 91 3.3 Fundamentals and Transport of Gases in Polymeric Membranes 100 3.4 Polymeric Membrane Materials for Gas and Vapor Separations 112 3.5 Strategies for Tuning the Transport in Polymeric Membranes through Molecular Design and Architecture 128 3.6 Process Modeling and Simulation 132 3.7 Challenges and Future Directions 141 3.8 Concluding Remarks 144 References 144 4 Membranes for Wastewater Treatment 159 Alireza Zirehpour and Ahmad Rahimpour 4.1 Introduction 160 4.2 Membrane Theory 161 4.3 Membrane Separation Techniques in Industry 168 4.4 Membrane Operations in Wastewater Management 178 4.5 Existing Membrane Processes 185 4.6 Industrial Development of Membrane Modules 194 4.7 Conclusion 198 References 198 5 Polymer Electrolyte Membrane and Methanol Fuel Cell 209 Kilsung Kwon and Daejoong Kim ...
