504 Membrane Distillation, Membrane Contactors and Membrane Crystallization II

Wednesday, October 31, 2012: 12:30 PM
401 (Convention Center )
Description:
Membrane contactors are being utilized for a variety of separations. Separation problems of interest being solved using membrane contactors are numerous. A few examples include: membrane degassing, VOC stripping, CO2 absorption/stripping, vapor-liquid contacting, metal extraction, organics extraction, volatile absorption/stripping etc. Membrane condenser, membrane strippers and scrubbers, supported liquid membranes and membrane emulsification are becoming interesting alternatives and part of the integrated operation in water desalination, water recovery and reuse, metals recovery, salts concentration, etc. Papers dealing with process concepts, process performance, membrane transport modeling, module scale-up and membrane system demonstration are welcome. Presentations describing membrane contactors being used as reactors are also welcome.

Sponsor:
Membrane-Based Separations
Co-Sponsor(s):
Separations Division (02)

Chair:
Kamalesh K. Sirkar
Email: sirkar@adm.njit.edu

Co-Chair:
Enrico Drioli
Email: e.drioli@itm.cnr.it


12:30 PM
(504a) How Much Water Can Be Recovered From Evaporated Waste Gaseous Streams?
Francesca Macedonio, Adele Brunetti, Giuseppe Barbieri and Enrico Drioli

12:55 PM
(504b) A Novel Technology for Post-Combustion CO2 Capture
Gordana Obuskovic, Tripura Mulukutla and Kamalesh K. Sirkar

1:20 PM
(504c) Mathematical Modeling of Hollow Fiber Gas-Liquid Membrane Contactors for Acid Gas Removal
Ajay Makkuni, Shiguang Li, Dennis Rocha, S. James Zhou, Howard S. Meyer, Benjamin Bikson and Yong Ding

2:10 PM
(504e) Membrane Distillation with Carbon-Based Membranes
Ali Ashraf, Seyed A. Dastgheib, Glennys A. Mensing and Mark A. Shannon
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