Nanofiltration membrane (NF) is one of the most important activities employed in wastewater
treatment field. It is a relatively recent development in membrane technology and it can be …

Pervaporation has been regarded as a promising separation technology in separating
azeotropic mixtures, solutions with similar boiling points, thermally sensitive compounds …

Process intensification offers the potential to drastically reduce the energy consumption and
cost of producing chemicals from both bulk and distributed feedstocks. This review article …

Process intensification (PI) is a rapidly growing field of research and industrial development
that has already created many innovations in chemical process industry. PI is directed …

Fossil sources are the main raw materials for polymer synthesis, while only a small amount
of these resources are renewable. Nevertheless, the production of polymers from both bio …

Pervaporation is an efficient membrane process for liquid separation. The past decades had
witnessed substantial progress and exciting breakthroughs in both the fundamental and …

One of the crucial challenges currently facing the world is “to support sustainable industrial
growth”. A possible solution is offered by process intensification (PI), a design approach …

Throughout history, distillation has been the most widespread separation method. However,
despite its simplicity and flexibility, distillation still remains very energy inefficient. Novel …

This review aims at summarizing the main research carried out up to 2007 in hydrophilic
pervaporation. Both polymeric and inorganic membranes are examined and the dehydration …

Multi‐column distillation followed by molecular sieve adsorption is currently the standard
method for producing fuel‐grade ethanol from dilute fermentation broths in modern corn‐to …