Introduction - A Review of Membrane Reactors

Membranes for Membrane Reactors: Preparation, Optimization and Selection

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-61

  Gallucci, Fausto ^a   Basile, Angelo ^b   Hai, Faisal Ibney ^c  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

A review of membrane reactors; Commercial MF UF membrane systems for water treatment in general and membranes for MBR; Hydrogen flux through palladium alloy membranes against metal content; Hydrogen production by membrane reactors; Membrane reactor, combining chemical reaction and gas separation; Membranes for membrane reactors; Membranes, classified according to their nature, geometry and separation regime; Palladium alloys preferred over pure palladium for two reasons; Synthetic membranes, subdivided into organic (polymeric) and inorganic (ceramic, metal) ones; Ultrapure hydrogen production the field in which membrane reactors are being applied

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879247292     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470977569.ch     Document Type: Editorial

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