Membrane Science and Technology

Membrane Technology for Water Treatment

Membrane Technologies for Water Treatment, is an precious source detailing sustainable, emerging processes, to provide clean, energy saving and cost effective alternatives to conventional processes. Membrane separation is playing an increasingly important role in water treatment, water reclamation, wastewater treatment and desalination applications. Membrane bioreactors (MBRs) have great potential for more efficient treatment of wastewater with suggestively reduced land footprint. Reverse osmosis (RO) is the key stream desalination technology with significantly lower energy consumption compared to thermal based processes. RO has also been implemented in many countries and regions for wastewater reclamation. Other membrane processes, such as electrodialysis (ED), forward osmosis (FO), and membrane distillation (MD) are also finding their competitive edge in seawater and brackish water desalination.