Industrial Membrane Separations
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Who Should Attend
This course is intended for industrial process engineers and
chemists, as well as managerial, marketing, and academic
persons interested in understanding these modern separation
techniques and their broad applications across a number of
industries.
These industries include but are not limited to:-
Food
- Biopharmaceuticals
- Paints
- Pharmaceuticals
- Pulp & Paper
- Electronics
Description
The purpose of this course is to provide an introduction to the
technology of membrane separations on an industrial scale. It
covers the physico-chemical principles involved and equips
you to select and evaluate membranes/modules, and to
optimize process performance.
A broad range of applications is covered to demonstrate the
versatility of membranes in purification, sterilization,
concentration, desalting, fractionation, and recovery of
valuable products. Where possible, economic comparisons
are made with competing processes. In addition, some
promising new applications now under development are
discussed.
The first day is devoted to microfiltration except for the last
lecture on ultrafiltration; the fundamentals for all membrane
processes are covered on that day. The second day focuses
on ultrafiltration, and the third day on reverse osmosis, gas
separations, and pervaporation. The fourth day focuses on
electrodialysis—the membranes, processes, equipment
design, economics and applications.