Table of Contents

PART I: MEMBRANE APPLICATIONS IN CHEMICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES AND IN CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Membranes in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries and in Conservation of Natural Resources: An Introduction; A.M. Sastre, Syed S.H. Rizvi and A.K Pabby
Application of Membrane Contactors in Mass Transfer Devices; A. Gupta and A. Pittman,
 
Membrane Chromatography; M.E. Avramescu, Z. Borneman, and M. Wessling
Membranes in Gas Separation; M.B. Hagg
Pervaporation: Theory, Practice and Applications in the Chemical and Allied Industries; V. Pangarkar and S. Pal
Current Status and Prospects for Ceramic Membrane Applications; C. Guizard and P. Amblard
Membrane Technology and Supercritical Fluids: Recent Advances; G. Rios, S. Sarrade, and D. Paolucci
Techniques to Enhance the Performance of Membrane Processes; A.G. Fane and S. Chang
Separation and Removal of Hydrocarbons Using Polymer Membranes; S.I. Semenova
Zeolite Membranes: Synthesis, Characterization, Important Applications and Recent Advances; R. Mallada, M. Arruebo, P. Pina
 
Membrane Fouling: Recent Strategies and Methodologies for Its Minimization; M.F.A. Goosen, R. Roque, and S. S. Sablani
 

Membrane Extraction in Preconcentration, Sampling and Trace Analysis; J.Å. Jönsson

 
Hybrid Liquid Membrane Processes with Organic Water-Immiscible Carriers (OHLM): Application in Chemical and Biochemical Separations; V. Kislik
 
Advancements in Membranes Processes for Pharmaceutical Applications; R. Kuriyel, M. Fushijima, and G. Jung
 
Membranes in Drug Delivery; M. Grassi
Bio-Responsive Hydrogel Membranes; J. Hubble and R. Zhang
PART II: MEMBRANE APPLICATIONS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY, FOOD PROCESSING, LIFE SCIENCES AND ENERGY CONVERSION
Membrane Applications in Biotechnology, Food Processing Life Sciences and Energy Conversion: Introduction; S.S.H. Rizvi
Ultrafiltration Based Protein Bioseparation; R. Ghosh
Membrane Distillation in Food Industry; S. Nene, G. Patil, and K.S.M.S. Raghavrao
Applications of Membrane Separation in the Brewing Industry; C.I. Moraru and U. Schrader
Development of Bipolar Membrane Technology in Food and Bio-Industries; G. Pourcelly and L. Bazinet
Applications of Membrane Technology in the Dairy Industry; P.A. Marcelo and S.S.H. Rizvi
 
Microporous Membrane Blood Oxygenators; B. Han and S.R. Wickramasinghe
Transporting and Separating Molecules Using Tailored Nanotube Membranes; C.R. Martin and P. Kohli
The Use of Emulsion Liquid Membrane Systems in Chemical and Biotechnological Separations; J. Perera and G.W. Stevens
Membrane Electroporation and Emerging Biomedical Applications; K.P. Mishra
 
Proton Conducting Membrane for Fuel Cells; V. Rao, K.A. Friedrich, and U. Stimming
PART III: MEMBRANE APPLICATIONS IN INDUSTRIAL WASTE
MANAGEMENT (INCLUDING NUCLEAR), ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING AND FUTURE TRENDS IN MEMBRANE SCIENCE
Membranes Applications in Industrial Waste Management (Including Nuclear), Environmental Engineering and Future Trends in Membrane Science: Introduction; A.K Pabby and A.M. Sastre
 
Treatment of Radioactive Effluents: Introduction, Fundamentals and Scope of Different Membrane Processes; B.M. Misra and V. Ramchandran
Radioactive Waste Processing: Advancement in Pressure Driven Processes and Current World Scenario;
G. Zakrzewska-Trznadel
 
Liquid Membranes Based Separations of Actinides; P.K. Mahopatra and V.K. Manchanda
 
Reverse Osmosis Based Treatment of Radioactive Liquid Wastes Generated in Hospital Facility and in Steel Industry: Case Studies; M. Sancho, J.M. Arnal, G. Verdú, and J. Lora
Evaluation of Membrane Based Processing of Radioactive Nuclear Plant waste: Case Studies; A.K. Pabby, S.K. Gupta, S.R. Sawant, N.S. Rathore, P. Janadan, R.D. Changrani, and P.K. Dey
Application of Donnan membrane process for recovery of coagulants from water treatment residuals; A.K. SenGupta and P. Prakash
Utilization of Membrane Processes in Treating Various Effluent Generated in the Pulp and Paper Industry;
and M. Nystrom
Membrane Bio-Reactors for Waste Water Treatment; E. Casey
Membrane Assisted Solvent Extraction for Recovery of Metallic Pollutants: Process Modeling and Optimization; I. Ortiz and A. Irabien
 
Membrane Contactors for Gaseous Streams Treatments; A. Criscuoli and E. Drioli
Strip Dispersion Technique: Application for the Strategic and Precious Metal Separation and Treatment of Wastewater Streams; A.K. Pabby, S.C. Roy, J.V. Sonawane, F.J. Alguacil, and A.M. Sastre
Electrically Enhanced Membrane Separations and Catalysis; V.M. Linkov, B.J. Bladergroen, and M.A. Maluleke
 
Membrane Processes for Treatment of Industrial Tannery Effluents: A Case Study; A. Bodalo-Santoyo, E.Gómez, and A.M. Hidalgo
 
New Developments in Nanofiltration Technology: A Case Study on Recovery of Impurity-Free Sodium Thiocyanate for Acrylic Fibre Industry; S. Sridhar and B. Smitha
 
Future Progresses in Membrane Engineering; E. Drioli and E. Fontananova