Membrane Separation Processes
- Membrane definition, Membrane Types and an introduction to membrane processes and history
- Membrane Materials (Polymers)
- Membrane Materials (Inorganic)
- Preparation of synthetic membranes (Sintering, Stretching, Track-etching, Phase inversion)
- Preparation techniques for immersion precipitation
- Preparation techniques for composite and inorganic membranes
- Characterization of porous membranes
- Characterization of nonporous and ionic membranes
- Thermodynamic of transport through membrane
- Transport through porous, nonporous and ion-exchange membranes
- Transport equations in membrane processes
- Membrane processes- Pressure driven membrane processes
- Concentration as driving force
- Thermally and Electrically driven membrane processes
- Polarization phenomena and fouling
- Membrane modules