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1 online resource |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 18, 2016). |
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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. |
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Water-supply engineering -- Environmental aspects.
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Green technology.
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Eau -- Approvisionnement -- Technique -- Aspect de l'environnement.
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Technologie de protection de l'environnement.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- General.
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Green technology
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Water-supply engineering -- Environmental aspects
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| Added Author |
Singh, Rajindar, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Singh, Rajindar. Emerging Membrane Technology for Sustainable Water Treatment. Saint Louis : Elsevier Science, ©2016 9780444633125 |
| ISBN |
9780444633163 (electronic bk.) |
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0444633162 (electronic bk.) |
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9780444633125 |
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044463312X |
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CHVBK 403955327 |
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CHBIS 010796224 |
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DEBSZ 482469773 |
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GBVCP 879392509 |
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AU@ 000059917388 |
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CHNEW 001013464 |
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UKMGB 017787597 |
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