Nano Enhanced and Nanostructured Polymer-based Membranes for Energy and Environmental Applications

There is a growing need for better membranes in several emerging application fields especially those related to energy conversion and storage as well as to water treatment and recycling. Processability, is an important functional property, often ignored, especially in the early discovery phase for new materials, but it should be one of the most important properties, that needs to be considered in the development of better membrane materials. Useful membrane materials have to be capable of being formed into thin membranes, in particular for membrane gas separation, water treatment and desalination, and then packaged, into large area membrane modules. All gas separation membranes that are in current commercial use are based on polymers, which are solution-processable. This book intends to deal with composite, in most cases hybrid polymer-based membranes for three separate application fields: energy conversion, energy storage and water treatment and recovery. Each chapter will explain clearly the various membrane processes then go on to discuss in detail the corresponding advanced membranes used. The logic that lies behind this is that you have to understand the process in order to develop new high performance membranes. By taking this approach, the author aims to overcome the disconnection that currently exists between membrane materials scientists and industrial process engineers. Currently, as reported in the paragraph below on COMPETITION, there are no similar books that deal with these three hot topics from the point-of-view of real applications. Discusses interdisciplinary content by one single author, approaching synthesis and development of materials from the perspective of their processabilityThe book describes novel aspects of membrane science that is related to energy storage and conversion and waste water treatmentEmphasis on scientific results which have an impact on real applications in terms of renewable and clean energy challenges INDICE: 1. Introduction PART 1 ENERGY CONVERSION 2. Membranes for blue energy conversion by Pressure Retarded Osmosis 3. Membranes for blue energy conversion by Reverse Electrodialysis 4. Membranes for high temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cell (HT-PEMFC) 5. Membranes for H2 purification. CO2 permeable membranes 6. Membranes for H2 purification. H2 permeable membranes 7. Membranes for CH4/CO2 separation PART 2 ENERGY STORAGE 8. Membranes for flow batteries: overview and advances 9. Smart membranes for high stable and anti-self-discharge Lithium-Sulfur batteries PART 3 WATER TREATMENT AND RECYCLE 10. Membranes for the treatment of pharmaceutical industry waste-water 11. Membranes for the treatment of water associated with oil and gas production 12. Beyond the state-of-the-art desalination polymer-based membranes: graphene-based membranes 13. Beyond the state-of-the-art desalination polymer-based membranes: biomimetic membrane

• ISBN: 978-0-08-101985-6
• Editorial: Woodhead Publishing
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 450
• Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2018
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés