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Membrane Separation: Basics and Applications

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Due to the limited new water resources, the focus of water industry has shifted more towards reclamation, reuse and recycling of raw water/wastewater and seawater desalination. Rising treatment costs and spatial limits also pose a greater pressure on the development of alternative technologies. Compared with traditional water and wastewater treatment technologies, membrane separation has been increasingly received much more considerable interests due to wide applicability, reliable performance, low operating and maintenance costs of membrane systems. The membrane fouling is still a principal obstacle in application of this technology.

This chapter first briefly introduces basic concepts for membrane separation including membrane definition, membrane types, membrane formation and characterization, module configuration, mass transport mechanism in membranes. Key factors such as process design, economic assessment in membrane systems are also covered. Moreover, it describes fouling formation and the strategies to control membrane fouling. Several detailed case studies will be cited to explain membrane separation technology.

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Chen, J.P., Mou, H., Wang, L.K., Matsuura, T., Wei, Y. (2011). Membrane Separation: Basics and Applications. In: Wang, L.K., Chen, J.P., Hung, YT., Shammas, N.K. (eds) Membrane and Desalination Technologies. Handbook of Environmental Engineering, vol 13. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-278-6_7

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