May 2014
Intermediate to advanced
704 pages
22h 15m
English
Mamadou S. Diallo1,2, 1Materials and Process Simulation Center, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA, 2Department of Civil Engineering, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA
Pressure-driven membrane processes such as reverse osmosis (RO), nanofiltration (NF), ultrafiltration (UF), and microfiltration (MF) are emerging as key components of water purification systems throughout the world. The bulk of the capital and operating costs of membrane systems is associated with the high pressure needed to remove dissolved contaminants (e.g., monovalent ions and small organic molecules). RO and ...