Handbook of Membrane Reactors: Volume 2: Reactor Types and Industrial Applications

Key Features: discusses integration of membrane technology with industrial processes; explores the use of membrane reactors in chemical and large-scale hydrogen production from fossil fuels; considers electrochemical devices and transport applications of membrane reactors; considers the use of membrane reactors in environmental engineering, biotechnology and medicine.

Contents: Part 1 Selected types of membrane reactor and integration with industrial processes: Engineering aspects of membrane bioreactors; Membrane contactors: Fundamentals, membrane materials and key operations; Pervaporation membrane reactors; Multi-phase catalytic membrane reactors; Microreactors and membrane microreactors: Fabrication and applications; Photocatalytic membrane reactors: Fundamentals, membrane materials and operational issues; Integrating different membrane operations and combining membranes with conventional separation techniques in industrial processes. Part 2 Membrane reactors in chemical and large-scale hydrogen production from fossil fuels: Applications of dense ceramic membrane reactors in selected oxidation and dehydrogenation processes for chemical production; Chlor-alkali technology: Fundamentals, processes and materials for diaphragms and membranes; Use of membranes in systems for electric energy and hydrogen production from fossil fuels; Palladium-based membranes for hydrogen separation: Preparation, economic analysis and coupling with a water gas shift reactor; Membrane reactor for hydrogen production from natural gas at the Tokyo Gas Company: A case study; Integrating membranes into industrial chemical processes: A case study of steam reforming with membranes for hydrogen separation; Economic analysis of systems for electrical energy and hydrogen production: Fundamentals and application to two membrane reactor processes. Part 3 Electrochemical devices and transport applications of membrane reactors: Electrochemical devices for energy: Fuel cells and electrolytic cells; Palladium-based hollow cathode electrolysers for hydrogen production; Fuel cell vehicles (FCVs): State-of-the-art technologies, economic aspects and environmental concerns; Design and engineering of metallic membranes for on-board steam reforming of biofuels in transport applications. Part 4 Membrane reactors in environmental engineering, biotechnology and medicine: Membrane operations in wastewater treatment: Complexation reactions coupled with membranes, pervaporation and membrane bioreactors; Biocatalytic membrane reactors for the removal of recalcitrant and emerging pollutants from wastewater; Photocatalytic membrane reactors: Configurations, performance and applications in water treatment and chemical production; Biocatalytic membrane reactors: Principles, preparation and biotechnological, pharmaceutical and medical