Membrane materials for addressing energy and environmental challenges

Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages 395-420

  Drioli, Enrico ^a,b   Fontananova, Enrica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fuel cells; Integrated membrane operations; Membrane engineering; Membrane reactors; Process intensification

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION PROCESS; CURRENT STATUS; EMERGING APPLICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; FUEL DEPLETION; INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED MEMBRANE OPERATIONS; MEMBRANE MATERIAL; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEPARATION TECHNIQUES; SUSTAINABLE GROWTH; WATER STRESS;

BIOREACTORS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUEL CELLS; GLOBAL WARMING; SEPARATION;

MEMBRANES;

ELECTROLYTE; POLYMER;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOENERGY; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; GREEN CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTION; REVIEW; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; CATALYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GREEN CHEMISTRY TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; POLYMERS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84862654322     PISSN: 19475438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-062011-081027     Document Type: Review

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