Nanofiltration

Andrea Schäfer is a Professor of Water Process Engineering at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. She studied Physics Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Process Engineering before obtaining her PhD in Chemical Engineering at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia. She was a Lecturer at UNSW and Senior Lecturer at University of Wollongong, Australia. She was a Professor at the University of Edinburgh and at the Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania, before her current position. Anthony Fane is a Professor of Chemical Engineer at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. He has a PhD from Imperial College, London, UK. He has been working on membranes since 1973 and is a world expert on membrane science and technology. He is a former Head of the School of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry at UNSW (1998 to 2000) and a former Director of the UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology at UNSW, (1991 - 2005). He is the Founding Director of the Singapore Membrane Technology Centre (SMTC) at the Nanyang Technological University and is now the Director Mentor at SMTC.

Introduction

Part I - PRINCIIPLES
History of Nanofiltration Membranes 1960 to 1990
Nanofiltration Membrane Materials and Preparation
Nanofiltration Module Design and Operation
Nanofiltration Membrane Characterization
Modelling Nanofiltration of Electrolyte Solutions
Chemical Speciation Effects in Nanofiltration Separation
Fouling in Nanofiltration
Pretreatment and Hybrid Processes

Part II - APPLICATIONS
Water Treatment
Water Reclamation, Remediation and Cleaner Production with Nanofiltration
Nanofiltration in the Food Industry
Nanofiltration in the Chemical Processing Industry
Nanofiltration in the Pulp and Paper Industry
Nanofiltration of Textile Dye Effluent
Nanofiltration in Landfill Leachate Treatment
Nanofiltration Bioreactors
Photocatalytic Nanofiltration Reactors
Application of Nanofiltration in Hydrometallurgy
Trace Contaminant Removal by Nanofiltration
Organic Solvent Nanofiltration
Nanofiltration Retentate Treatment
Renewable Energy Powered Nanofiltration

Part III - FUTURE NANOFILTRATION MATERIALS
Carbon Nanotube Composite Materials for Nanofiltration
Biomimetic Nanofiltration Materials
Novel Polymer-based Materials for Nanofiltration
Graphene based Membranes for Nanofiltration

Conclusions