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Author Hankins, Nicholas P., author.

Title Emerging membrane technology for sustainable water treatment / Nicholas P. Hankins, Rajindar Singh.

Publication Info. Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2016.

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Note Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 18, 2016).
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Membrane processes for global water solutions. Ethical and sustainable utilisation of water: global scenarios and engineering responsibilities ; Introduction to membrane processes for water treatment -- Desalination and potable water purification. Forward osmosis for sustainable water treatment ; Desalination by membrane distillation ; Sustainable energy systems for seawater reverse osmosis desalination ; Desalination and on-site energy for groundwater treatment in developing countries using fuel cells ; Ion exchange membranes for water softening and high-recovery desalination ; Water treatment by electromembrane processes -- Wastewater treatment for reclamation and reuse. Removal of emerging contaminants for water reuse by membrane technology ; Surfactant and polymer-based technologies for water treatment ; Submerged and attached growth membrane bioreactors and forward osmosis membrane bioreactors for wastewater treatment ; Brine treatment and high recovery desalination -- New membrane materials and applications. Development of hybrid processes for high purity water production ; Biomimetic membranes for water purification and wastewater treatment ; Novel graphene membranes -- theory and application ; Nanocomposite and responsive membranes for water treatment ; Membrane fouling, modelling and recent developments for mitigation -- Index.
Summary Emerging Membrane Technology for Sustainable Water Treatment provides the latest information on the impending crisis posed by water stress and poor sanitation, a timely issue that is one of the greatest human challenges of the 21st century. The book also discusses the use of membrane technology, a serious contender that can be used to confront the crisis on a global scale, along with its specific uses as a solution to this escalating problem.
Subject Water-supply engineering -- Environmental aspects.
Green technology.
Eau -- Approvisionnement -- Technique -- Aspect de l'environnement.
Technologie de protection de l'environnement.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- General.
Green technology
Water-supply engineering -- Environmental aspects
Genre/Form Electronic book.
Chemical & Biochemical; Environmental.
Added Author Singh, Rajindar, author.
Other Form: Print version: Singh, Rajindar. Emerging Membrane Technology for Sustainable Water Treatment. Saint Louis : Elsevier Science, ©2016 9780444633125
ISBN 9780444633163 (electronic bk.)
0444633162 (electronic bk.)
9780444633125
044463312X
Standard No. CHVBK 403955327
CHBIS 010796224
DEBSZ 482469773
GBVCP 879392509
AU@ 000059917388
CHNEW 001013464
UKMGB 017787597

 
    
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