Handbook of Membrane Reactors

Informationen zum Autor Angelo Basile, a Chemical Engineer with a Ph.D. in Technical Physics, was a senior Researcher at the ITM-CNR as a responsible for the research related to both ultra-pure hydrogen production and CO2 capture using Pd-based Membrane Reactors. He is a reviewer for 165 int. journals, an editor/author of more than 50 scientific books and 140 chapters on international books on membrane science and technology; with various patens (7 Italian, 2 European, and 1 worldwide). He is a referee of 1more than 150 international scientific journals and a Member of the Editorial Board of more than 20 of them. Basile is also an associate editor of the: Int. J. Hydrogen Energy; Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Eng.; journal Frontiers in Membrane Science and Technology; and co-Editor-in-chief of the Int. J. Membrane Science & Technol.

Autorentext

Angelo Basile, a Chemical Engineer with a Ph.D. in Technical Physics, was a senior Researcher at the ITM-CNR as a responsible for the research related to both ultra-pure hydrogen production and CO2 capture using Pd-based Membrane Reactors. He is a reviewer for 165 int. journals, an editor/author of more than 50 scientific books and 140 chapters on international books on membrane science and technology; with various patens (7 Italian, 2 European, and 1 worldwide). He is a referee of 1more than 150 international scientific journals and a Member of the Editorial Board of more than 20 of them. Basile is also an associate editor of the: Int. J. Hydrogen Energy; Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Eng.; journal Frontiers in Membrane Science and Technology; and co-Editor-in-chief of the Int. J. Membrane Science & Technol.

Klappentext

Volume 1 of the handbook reviews MR materials science, engineering and design. Initial sections review advanced and novel materials utilised in MRs. The volume concludes with a section detailing advanced modelling, simulation and optimisation techniques for MRs.

Inhalt

Part 1 Polymeric, dense metallic and composite membranes for membrane reactors: Polymeric membranes; Inorganic membrane reactors for hydrogen production; Palladium-based composite membranes for hydrogen separation; Alternatives to palladium; Nanocomposite membranes. Part 2 Zeolite, ceramic and carbon membranes and catalysts for membrane reactors: Zeolite membranes; Dense ceramic membranes; Porous ceramic membranes; Microporous silica membranes; Carbon-based membranes; Advances in catalysts. Part 3 Membrane reactor modelling, simulation and optimisation: Overview of strategies and applications to the modelling of a hydrogen-selective membrane reactor; CFD simulation of single- and multi-tube palladium membrane reactors for hydrogen recovery from cyclohexane; CFD simulation of a palladium-based membrane reactor in a fuel cell micro-cogenerator system; CFD analysis of membrane reactors: modelling of membrane bioreactors for municipal wastewater treatment; Models of membrane reactors based on artificial neural networks and hybrid approaches; Assessment of the key proprieties of materials used in membrane materials by quantum computational approaches; Non-equilibrium thermodynamics for the description of transport phenomena in membrane bioreactors: coupled transport of heat and mass in a zeolite membrane.