Basic Equations of Mass Transport Through a Membrane Layer, Second Edition, has been fully updated to deliver the latest research in the field. This volume covers the essentials of compound separation, product removal, concentration, and production in the chemical, biochemical, pharmaceutical, and food industries. It outlines the various membrane processes and their applications, offering a detailed mathematical description of mass transport and defining basic mass transport and concentration distribution expressions. Additionally, this book discusses the process parameters and application of the expressions developed for a variety of industrial applications. Comprehensive explanations of convective/diffusive mass transport are provided, both with and without polarization layers, that help predict and process performance and facilitate improvements to operation conditions and efficiency.
Basic Equations of Mass Transport Through a Membrane Layer is an ideal resource for engineers and technologists in the chemical, biochemical, and pharmaceutical industries, as well as researchers, professors, and students in these areas at both an undergraduate and graduate level.
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Table of Contents
1. Membrane Materials, Characterization, and Transport Properties 2. Membrane Materials, Structures, and Modules 3. Mass Transport Through a Membrane Layer 4. Molecular Diffusion 5. Diffusion Through a Plane Membrane Layer 6. Diffusion Accompanied by Chemical Reaction Through a Plane Sheet 7. Diffusive Plus Convective Mass Transport Through a Plane Membrane Layer 8. Diffusive Plus Convective Mass Transport With Chemical Reaction Through a Plane Membrane Layer 9. Diffusion in a Cylindrical Membrane Layer 10. Mass Transport in the Presence of a Fouling Layer 11. Membrane Contactors 12. Transport of Fluid Phase in a Capillary Membrane 13. Membrane Reactor 14. Membrane Bioreactor 15. Nanofiltration 16. Pervaporation 17. Forward Osmosis 18. Membrane Gas Separation 19. Membrane Distillation 20. Reverse Osmosis 21. Pressure-Retarded Osmosis (PRO) Process 22. In Conclusion
