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Membrane engineering for environmental protection and sustainable industrial growth: Options for water and gas treatment

  • Brunetti, Adele (Institute on Membrane Technology (ITM-CNR), University of Calabria) ;
  • Macedonio, Francesca (Institute on Membrane Technology (ITM-CNR), University of Calabria) ;
  • Barbieri, Giuseppe (Institute on Membrane Technology (ITM-CNR), University of Calabria) ;
  • Drioli, Enrico (Institute on Membrane Technology (ITM-CNR), University of Calabria)
  • Received : 2015.07.17
  • Accepted : 2015.11.12
  • Published : 2015.12.31
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Abstract

The increasing demand for materials, energy and products drives chemical engineers to propose new solutions everyday able to promote development while supporting sustainable industrial growth. Membrane engineering can offer significant assets to this development. Here, they are identified the most interesting aspects of membrane engineering in strategic industrial sectors such as water treatment, energy production and depletion and reuse of raw materials. The opportunity to integrate membrane units with innovative systems to exploit the potential advantages derived from their synergic uses is also emphasized. The analysis of the potentialities of these new technologies is supported by the introduction of process intensification metrics which provide an alternative and innovative point of view regarding the unit performance, highlighting important aspects characterizing the technology and not identified by the conventional analysis of the unit performance.

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