New Phenomenological Findings in RO/NF-Membrane Applications 2.0
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2022) | Viewed by 2656
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Interests: characterization and modification of polymer membranes; synthesis and characterization of emulsion polymerization; isolation and cleaning of aromatic and natural products and active components; down-stream processing of natural and synthesised products
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Dear Colleagues,
As the Guest Editor of the Special Issue of Membranes titled "New Phenomenological Findings in RO/NF applications”, I am honored to invite you to submit your next research paper or review article for inclusion in this Special Issue.
In this Special Issue, we aim to provide a forum for publishing papers that advance our understanding of specific separation phenomena in a variety of applications.
Our focus in this issue is in the area of new insights and separation properties of RO/NF membranes in isolating and concentrating systems at high osmotic pressures that require high operating pressures of up to 64 bar or even higher to be applied during such applications. Publications are expected to cover the broad aspects of the science and technology of the separation mechanism, selectivity, and unusual rejection phenomena in chemical, pharmaceutical, and food industry applications. The articles in this issue will also aim to illustrate some of the current developments in the field.
Energy consumption in industrial processes is already a major concern today and will continue to be in the near future. Here, membranes offer an energy-saving alternative to conventional separation processes with phase changes in order to enrich or concentrate the substances to be recovered as much as possible.
In the isolation and recovery of dissolved products from dilute solutions, high-pressure membrane processes such as nanofiltration (NF) and reverse osmosis (RO) are considered to be the most promising, as they not only enrich substances without phase change with the energy input required in the process, but in particular, they also allow them to be obtained at higher concentrations.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Samhaber
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nanofiltration (NF)
- reverse osmosis (RO)
- concentrating
- high pressures
- selective transport
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