Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes

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. Evangelos P. Favvas is a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in NCSR “Demokritos”, Athens - Greece. He has 80 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals and 100 articles in international congresses; editor of 2 scientific books, 2 Greek and 4 worldwide patents. His research interests embrace the experimental study of gas separation, with emphasis on carbon dioxide and hydrogen separations, using membranes, sorbents and hybrid porous materials. The in-situ study of condensation process using the combination of X-ray and neutron scattering and adsorption techniques is another filed of his interests.

• Part 1. Polymeric Membranes for CO2 separation1. Polymeric membrane materials for CO2 separations2. Already used and candidate polymeric membranes for CO2 separation plants3. CO2 selective membranes: How easy is their moving from laboratory to industrial scale?4. Mixed matrix membranes for CO2 separations: preparation and properties5. CO2/CH4 separation (natural gas purification) by using MMMsPart 2. Inorganic Membranes for CO2 separations6. Ceramic membranes: preparation, properties and investigation on CO2 separation 7. CO2/CH4 separation by using carbon membranes8. Poly(ionic liquid) membranes for CO2 separation9. Fixed-site-carrier (FSC) membranes for CO2 removal from natural gas10. Hybrid membranes (metallic membranes) for CO2 separation processesPart 3. Membranes for post-combustion and pre-combustion CO2 capture11. CO2 capture from coal-fired power plants (cement factory, electricity power plants etc)12. IGCC: Integrated gasification combined cycle and CO2 capture13. Facilitated transport membranes for CO2/H2 separation14. Membrane considerations and plant design for post-combustion CO2 capture15. Design considerations for post-combustion CO2 capture with membranesPart. 4 Membrane reactors in Integrated Gasification Combined Cycles for CO2 separations16. Hybrid membranes for CO2 removal from high pressure natural gas17. Membrane optimization and process condition investigation for enhancing the CO2 separations from NG18. Techno-Economic Assessment of Polymeric, Ceramic and Metallic Membranes Integration in an Advanced IGCC Process for CO2 separation and capturePart 5. Membranes for CO2 removal from natural gas: status and perspectives19. Natural gas compositions: which are the requested separations for them?20. Polymeric, Ceramic, Carbon or hybrid/MMMs membranes for the CO2 removal processes from NG?21. Membranes for NG separation processes: Recent progress and future perspectives