Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes. Ceramic Membrane Bioreactors

Table of Contents

1. Advances in MBR technology
2. Silica MBR; design, configuration and performance
3. Titania MBR; design, configuration and performance
4. Alumina MBR; design, configuration and performance
5. Applications of ceramic MBR in water treatment
6. Applications of ceramic MBR in wastewater treatment
7. Separation theory and modeling of ceramic MBR
8. Fouling challenges in ceramic MBR
9. Cost assessment of ceramic MBR

Authors

Angelo Basile R&D Manager, ECO2Energy (Rome) and Hydrogenia (Genoa) and Department of Engineering, University Campus Bio-medical, Rome, Italy. Angelo Basile, a chemical engineer, is the author of hundreds of papers, books, chapter books, and special issues, with also various Italian, European, and worldwide patents. Basile is an associate editor of various international journals (IJHE, APCEJ, etc.), editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Membrane Science and Technology, and a member of the editorial board of more than 25 international journals. Today Basile is an R&D manager at both ECO2Energy (Rome) and Hydrogenia (Genoa) and is collaborating with the Department of Engineering at the University Campus Bio-medical of Rome (Italy). Kamran Ghasemzadeh Professor, Chemical Engineering Department, Urmia University of Technology, Urmia, Iran. Kamran Ghasemzadeh is an associate professor in the Faculty of Chemical Engineering at the Urmia University of Technology, Iran where he has been a faculty member since 2014. From 2016-2018, also, he was nominated as head of chemical engineering faculty. On the other hand, from August 2018, he is nominated as director of UUT research center in Urmia university of technology. His research interests lie in the area of membrane and membrane reactor processes, ranging from modeling to design to implementation. In recent years, he has focused on study of inorganic membranes (graphene, silica and palladium membranes) performances for gas separation and water treatment from both aspects of experimental and modeling point of views. He has collaborated actively with researchers in several other disciplines of chemical engineering, particularly simulation of chemical processes by commercial Comsol Multiphysics, Fluent and Aspen Hysys software. Moreover, he has succeeded to publish more than seventy ISI and conference papers, two patents, seven books and also more than forty book chapters. Hence, Kamran has served on roughly twenty conference and workshop program committees. Elham Jalilnejad Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Urmia University of Technology, Urmia, West Azerbayijan, Iran. Elham Jalilnejad is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Chemical Engineering at the Urmia University of Technology, Iran where he has been a Faculty member since 2014. Her research interests lie in the area of wastewater treatment and bioreactors (modelling, design and application). In recent years, she has focused on simulation of bio-chemical processes using Comsol Multiphysics (CFD technique) and modelling of bio-reactions occurred in bioreactors (packed-bed and novel airlift bioreactors). Also, application of the mentioned bioreactors for wastewater bio-treatment was the filed with special concern for her. She has collaborated actively with researchers in several other disciplines of chemical engineering, particularly bio-sorption processes, and synthesis of bio-composites. She has published more than thirty ISI and conference papers, two patents, three books and three book chapters