Membrane Engineering for Green Process Engineering

Francesca Macedonio; Enrico Drioli

doi:10.1016/J.ENG.2017.03.026

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Engineering ›› 2017, Vol. 3 ›› Issue (3) : 290-298. DOI: 10.1016/J.ENG.2017.03.026

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Membrane Engineering for Green Process Engineering

Francesca Macedonio¹^,² ,
Enrico Drioli¹^,²^,³^,⁴

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Green process engineering, which is based on the principles of the process intensiﬁcation strategy, can provide an important contribution toward achieving industrial sustainable development. Green process engineering refers to innovative equipment and process methods that are expected to bring about substantial improvements in chemical and any other manufacturing and processing aspects. It includes decreasing production costs, equipment size, energy consumption, and waste generation, and improving remote control, information ﬂuxes, and process ﬂexibility. Membrane-based technology assists in the pursuit of these principles, and the potential of membrane operations has been widely recognized in the last few years. This work starts by presenting an overview of the membrane operations that are utilized in water treatment and in the production of energy and raw materials. Next, it describes the potential advantages of innovative membrane-based integrated systems. A case study on an integrated membrane system (IMS) for seawater desalination coupled with raw materials production is presented. The aim of this work is to show how membrane systems can contribute to the realization of the goals of zero liquid discharge (ZLD), total raw materials utilization, and low energy consumption.

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Membrane engineering / Energy/water/raw materials production / Beyond seawater reverse osmosis

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Francesca Macedonio, Enrico Drioli. Membrane Engineering for Green Process Engineering. Engineering, 2017, 3(3): 290‒298 https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ENG.2017.03.026

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Francesca Macedonio and Enrico Drioli declare that they have no conflict of interest or financial conflicts to disclose.

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