Authors: D Bhattacharyya
Publish Date: 2007/04/27
Volume: 9, Issue: 2, Pages: 81-83
Abstract
The development of separation processes with reduced energy consumption and minimal environmental impact is critical for sustainable operation Membrane processes provide a highly flexible separation technique for selective solute separation/concentration and permeate recycling and reuse Bhattacharyya et al 2003 Ho et al 1992 Bhattacharyya and Shah 2005 The special features for membrane processes that make them attractive for industrial applications are their compactness ease of fabrication operation and modular design Meyer et al 2006 Although membrane processes such as Reverse Osmosis Nanofiltration Ultrafiltration and Microfiltration have provided many successful applications ranging from highquality water production to material recovery but incorporation of biological aspects in membranes should add immense value in the area of separations and material captureThe author would like to acknowledge the financial support of NIEHS and US EPA for research Various researchers contributed to the studies of functionalized membranes The contributors include S Sikdar L Bachas A Butterfield A Hollman S Ritchie J Hestekin J Xu D Meyer and Y Tee
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