Membrane Operations Innovative Separations and Transformations

The only book dedicated to membrane technology, covering all the different innovative membrane areas from separation to contactors, and regarding them as unit operations in process engineering. The specific potential of these advanced new operations is analyzed by different experts in the field, with regard to their basic aspects and in particular to their potential application for a sustainable growth and improvement in the quality of life. To this end, much emphasis is placed on the role of membrane engineering as a dominant technology in such areas as water desalination or artificial organs. The editors are well known and recognized within the community, while the active experience of the authors provides a highly practical, industrially relevant approach to the subject. Topics considered in detail include membranes in fuel cells, membranes in MEMS and OLEDS, as well as integrated membrane systems.

Enrico Drioli is Full Professor at the School of Engineering of the University of Calabria (Italy) and Director of the Institute of Membrane Technology (ITM) of CNR. He is the Honorary President of the European Membrane Society. His main research activities are in the field of Membrane Science and Technology. He is author of more than 440 scientific papers and 14 patents and Member of the Advisory Board of several internationally renowned journals.
Lidietta Giorno is researcher at the Institute on Membrane Technology, ITM-CNR, Italy. Her research experiences include membrane bioengineering, catalytic membranes and biocatalytic membrane reactors, integrated membrane systems for bioseparations and bioconversions, downstream processing based on molecular separation, membrane chirotechnology, membrane emulsifier. She has served as Vice President on the European Membrane Society Council during the period 2002-2004 and is currently the editor of the EMS Membrane Newsletter. She is co-author of two books and some 40 peer reviewed papers.