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Membrantechnologie in der Chemischen Industrie - eine innovative, zuverlässige und vor allem kosteneffiziente Alternative zu konventionellen Verfahren.Das vorliegende Buch gibt eine Übersicht des Marktes, behandelt die Grundlagen der Technologie, die Herstellung von Membranen und erklärt die wichtigsten Merkmale der jeweiligen Membranprozesse. Aber auch die Praxis kommt nicht zu kurz: sowohl etablierte als auch aktuelle Anwendungen wie die Abtrennung organischer Dämpfe aus Prozessgasströmen, Nanofiltration, Pervaporation, Gaspermeation, Membranreaktoren und Elektromembranprozesse werden von Anwendern beschrieben.Um der Komplexität des Themas gerecht zu werden, sind die einzelnen Beiträge von Experten für das jeweilige Fachgebiet verfasst. Dem Praktiker aus der Industrie wird somit die Möglichkeit gegeben, sich über neue Entwicklungen über den Tellerrand seines Bereiches hinaus zu informieren.
List of contents
PART I: MEMBRANES FOR THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Introduction
Membrane Market
Membrane Preparation
Presently Available Membranes for Liquid Separation
Surface Modification of Membranes
Membranes for Fuel Cells
Gas Separation with Membranes
PART II: CURRENT APPLICATIONS AND PERSPECTIVES
The Separation of Organic Vapors from Gas Streams by Means of Membranes
Gas Separation Membrane Application
State-of-art of Pervaporation Processes in the Chemical Industry
Organic Solvent Nanofiltration
Industrial Membrane Reactors
Electromembrane Processes
Membrane Technology in the Chemical Industry: Future Directions
About the author
Suzana Pereira Nunes is currently the Head of Department of Polymer Technology at the GKSS Research Center Geesthacht, Germany. She has been working on the development of polymeric materials and membranes for different applications, including ultra- and nanofiltration and gas separation, for more than 20 years, and has authored over 65 papers in international journals in addition to 100 contributions to congresses. Over the last four years she has dedicated her time to membrane development for fuel cells, coordinating German and European Projects in this field. Prior to her current position, she was Associate Professor at the University of Campinas, Brazil, a research scientist at Pirelli, and Humboldt fellow at the University of Mainz, Germany.
Klaus-Viktor Peinemann is currently a Senior Scientist at the GKSS Research Center Geesthacht, Germany and has worked in the field of membrane science and technology for 25 years. He has published some 80 papers in international journals, holds 15 membrane related patents, has been responsible for the organization of numerous international workshops and since 1995 has been lecturing on membrane formation at the University of Hanover. From 2002 to 2004, Professor Peinemann served as the President of the European Membrane Society and he is a co-founder of the membrane company GMT Membrantechnik in Rheinfelden, Germany.
Summary
Membrane Technology - a clean and energy saving alternative to traditional/conventional processes.
Developed from a useful laboratory technique to a commercial separation technology, today it has widespread and rapidly expanding use in the chemical industry. It has established applications in areas such as hydrogen separation and recovery of organic vapors from process gas streams, and selective transport of organic solvents, and it is opening new perspectives for catalytic conversion in membrane reactors. Membrane technology provides a unique solution for industrial waste treatment and for controlled production of valuable chemicals.
This book outlines several established applications of membranes in the chemical industry, reviews the available membranes and membrane processes for the field, and discusses the huge potential of this technology in chemical processes.
Each chapter has been written by an international leading expert with extensive industrial experience in the field.
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'Several of my students have also reviewed the book and commented on the value they see that it provides in showing the considerable extent that membranes have managed to invade diverse application areas. Therefore, when all is said and done, the question of whether I would recommend buying the book gets a strong YES as an answer.' Professor William Koros, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
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'Several of my students have also reviewed the book and commented on the value they see that it provides in showing the considerable extent that membranes have managed to invade diverse application areas. Therefore, when all is said and done, the question of whether I would recommend buying the book gets a strong YES as an answer.' Professor William Koros, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA, for Journal of Membrane Science, Elsevier
"...an updated and practice-oriented overview of membrane processes adressed to process engineers, material scientists and to environmental specialists working in the chemical industry."
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