Special issue on industrial membranes
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Michele Galizia
Chemical separations account for 6% of the total US energy consumption and contribute substantially to the global CO2 emissions. Emerging countries are transforming their economy, which was essentially agricultural until a few years ago, into a modern industrial one. As a result, one major challenge for mankind, today, is to develop sustainable, large scale separation technologies. Since the late 1970s, membrane science has been helping address this challenge. Forty years ago, Monsanto launched the first industrial membrane separation plant, which used hollow fibers made of polysulfone to purge hydrogen in the Haber process. Since then, membrane science has made substantial progress: synthetic chemistry, polymer science and engineering and advanced modeling helped design better membrane materials and processes, which allowed membrane technology to become competitive with distillation and solvent absorption.
This special issue, which includes nine contributions from all over the world, is intended to celebrate these accomplishments.
As an Associate Editor of Journal of Polymer Engineering, I would like to thank all of the authors for their contributions to this special issue. Also, I take this opportunity to thank the journal’s editorial office for the valuable help in processing the manuscripts received for this special issue.
© 2020 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Special issue on industrial membranes
- Material properties
- Polymer genome–based prediction of gas permeabilities in polymers
- High gas permeability of nanoZIF-8/polymer-based mixed matrix membranes intended for biogas purification
- Polyacrylonitrile homogeneous blend hollow fiber membrane with stable structure as a substrate to support Fe/Mn oxide and its enhanced capability to purify dye wastewater
- Preparation and assembly
- Thiophene-based Schiff base ligand as ionophore for Ni(II)-selective polyvinyl chloride membrane electrode
- Electrospun polyacrylonitrile/polyvinyl pyrrolidone composite nanofibrous membranes with high-efficiency PM2.5 filter
- Composite proton exchange membranes produced using chitosan and kaolin solvent-free fluid
- Evaluation of the bioactive properties of Alternanthera sessilis extract and development of sodium alginate – Alternanthera sessilis membrane for wound management
- Blend polyethersulfone/zirconium oxychloride octahydrate membranes crosslinked by polyvinyl alcohol layer for high saline water desalination
- Engineering and processing
- Recent developments on polymeric membranes for CO2 capture from flue gas
Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Special issue on industrial membranes
- Material properties
- Polymer genome–based prediction of gas permeabilities in polymers
- High gas permeability of nanoZIF-8/polymer-based mixed matrix membranes intended for biogas purification
- Polyacrylonitrile homogeneous blend hollow fiber membrane with stable structure as a substrate to support Fe/Mn oxide and its enhanced capability to purify dye wastewater
- Preparation and assembly
- Thiophene-based Schiff base ligand as ionophore for Ni(II)-selective polyvinyl chloride membrane electrode
- Electrospun polyacrylonitrile/polyvinyl pyrrolidone composite nanofibrous membranes with high-efficiency PM2.5 filter
- Composite proton exchange membranes produced using chitosan and kaolin solvent-free fluid
- Evaluation of the bioactive properties of Alternanthera sessilis extract and development of sodium alginate – Alternanthera sessilis membrane for wound management
- Blend polyethersulfone/zirconium oxychloride octahydrate membranes crosslinked by polyvinyl alcohol layer for high saline water desalination
- Engineering and processing
- Recent developments on polymeric membranes for CO2 capture from flue gas
