Advances in Membrane Technologies for Water Treatment

Angelo Basile, a Chemical Engineer with a Ph.D. in Technical Physics, was a senior Researcher at the ITM-CNR as a responsible for the research related to both ultra-pure hydrogen production and CO2 capture using Pd-based Membrane Reactors. He is a reviewer for 165 int. journals, an editor/author of more than 50 scientific books and 140 chapters on international books on membrane science and technology; with various patens (7 Italian, 2 European, and 1 worldwide). He is a referee of 1more than 150 international scientific journals and a Member of the Editorial Board of more than 20 of them. Basile is also an associate editor of the: Int. J. Hydrogen Energy; Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Eng.; journal Frontiers in Membrane Science and Technology; and co-Editor-in-chief of the Int. J. Membrane Science & Technol. Alfredo Cassano, a Biologist, is senior Researcher at ITM-CNR since 2000. He has a long experience in the field of membrane science and technology with research expertise including pressure-driven membrane processes, membrane contactors and integrated membrane operations mainly applied to wastewater treatments and agro-food productions.Cassano also prepared 4 special issues on membrane science and technology for 3 international journals (Membranes, Foods and Journal of Membrane Science and Research). He is involved as scientific responsible or main investigator in different national projects with both Italian Ministry of Education, University & Research and private companies and international projects funded by EU. He has been tutoring of 28 Thesis for master and Ph.D. students at ITM-CNR. Performed pioneering R&D work on various research aspects such as high pressure processing, forward osmosis, infusion of bioactive compounds, downstream processing of enzymes and proteins, modeling of synthesis of PHA, graphene nano-composite, designer oils, biofilms from chitosan, ultrasound and ozone for the preservation of fruit juices. All these efforts resulted in the culmination of more than 150 original research publication in reputed international journals and more than 100 presentations in various conferences. The quality of work evidenced from the higher total citations (6118 Nos) and h-index (43). Developed technology for five products namely, virgin coconut oil, spray dried coconut milk, honey based fruit spread, coconut beverage from tender coconut and coconut spread and transferred to several industries; as well as obtained 17 patents to his credit. Guided 10 Ph.D. students in the area of Food Science, Engineering, Technology, and Biotechnology; as well as in Biological and Engineering Sciences. Served on the panels of highly reputed journals as an Editor/Member of Editorial Board published by Elsevier, Wiley, Cosmos Scholars, Jakraya, Hindawi and Omics. Besides, two books entitled “Advances in membrane technologies for water treatment: Materials, processes and applications” (Woodhead Publishing Ltd., UK.) and “Application of high pressure in food processing” (Springer, USA) were co-edited/written. Research accomplishments were also recently recognized by the scientific bodies and award prestigious awards like the CSIR-Young Scientist Award; AFST-Young Scientist Award; AFST-Laljee Godhoo Nidhi Smarak Award; Fellow of AFST and NAAS; Seligman APV Fellowship by the SCI, London; DAAD Fellowship; DBT Overseas Fellowship; Merit promotion; CFTRI Technology Award. Several awards were also received him for the scientific presentations.

• PrefacePart 1 Novel membrane materials and advances in membrane operations1 Advances in polymeric membranes for water treatment (Madaeni)2 Advances in ceramic membranes for water treatment (Li)3 Advances in water treatment by microfiltration (MF), ultrafiltration (UF) and nanofiltration (NF) (Koyuncu)4 Water treatment by reverse and forward osmosis (Rastogi)5 Membrane bioreactors (MBRs) for water treatment (Hoinkis)6 Advances in electrodialysis for water treatment (Van der Bruggen)7 Photocatalytic membrane reactors for water treatment (Molinari)8 Novel and emerging membranes for water treatment by hydrostatic pressure and vapour pressure gradient membrane processes (Khayet) 9 Novel and emerging membranes for water treatment by electric potential and concentration gradient membrane processes (Khayet)Part II Improving membrane performance10 Planning and design of membrane systems for water treatment (Frenkel)11 Membrane ageing during water treatment: mechanisms, monitoring and control (Leslie)12 Mathematical modelling of membrane operations for water treatment (Wahab Mohammad)Part III Applications 13 Membrane technologies for seawater desalination and treatment of brackish water (Curcio)14 Membrane technologies for treatment of municipal wastewater (Saroj)15 Membrane technologies for the removal of micropollutants in water treatment (Bodzek)16 Membrane technologies for water treatment and reuse in the gas and petrochemical industries (Yang)17 Membrane technologies for water treatment and reuse in the textile industry (Petrinic)18 Membrane technologies for water treatment and reuse in the food and beverage industries (Cassano and Basile)19 Membrane technologies for water treatment and reuse in the pulp and paper industries (Mänttäri)20 Membrane technologies for the water treatment and reuse in the power industries (Daal)