Effective Industrial Membrane Processes: Benefits and Opportunities

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Economic Assessment of Membrane Processes

   1. Economic Assessment of Membrane Processes

      • H. Strathmann

      Pages 1-19

3. Mass Transfer and Cleaning I

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21

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   2. A Case Study of Reverse Osmosis Applied to the Concentration of Yeast Effluent

      • Alan Merry

      Pages 23-32

   3. Enhanced Mass Transfer with Ultrafiltration and Microfiltration Membranes

      • D. A. Colman, C. D. Murton

      Pages 33-46

4. Mass Transfer and Cleaning II

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47

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   2. Hydrodynamics and Membrane Filtration

      • J. A. Howell, S. M. Finnigan

      Pages 49-60

   3. Membrane Fouling and Cleaning

      • Stephen N Cross

      Pages 61-90

   4. Investigation of Protein Fouling Characteristics of Ultrafiltration Membranes

      • I. M. Reed, J. M. Sheldon

      Pages 91-99

5. Waste Water Treatment I

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101

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   2. A Comparative Evaluation of Crossflow Microfiltration Membranes for Radwaste Dewatering

      • R. G. Brown, M. H. Crowe, D. J. Hebditch, R. N. Newman, K. L. Smith

      Pages 103-113

   3. The Use of Reverse Osmosis for the Purification of Coal Gasification Liquors

      • A. R. Williams

      Pages 115-126

6. Waste Water Treatment II

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127

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   2. A fresh approach to sludge dewatering using tubular membrane pressing technology

      • S. B. Tuckwell, B. A. Carroll, J. B. Joseph

      Pages 129-141

   3. Landfill Leachate Treatment by Reverse Osmosis

      • B. Weber, F. Holz

      Pages 143-154

7. Applications in the Food Beverages Industry

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155

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   2. Membranes in Food Processing

      • Munir Cheryan

      Pages 157-180

   3. Crossflow Microfiltration in the Food Industry

      • John L. Short, Robert Skelton

      Pages 181-189

   4. Using Membranes to Purify Water and De-Alcoholise Beer

      • J. R. Cross

      Pages 191-196

8. Applications in the Food and Beverages Industry

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 197-197

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The aim of the Technical Advisory Committee, in planning the c~:>Dtent of this meeting, was to illustrate the range of separation processes in which the use of membranes was practical and effective at an industrial scale. As Professor Strathmann reveals, the market for process equipment built around membranes is now worth about $5x1(f annually, and it seemed important to review this technology, and to point the direction of future technical advances. All but the most critical reader should find some items of interest. The Committee would admit to not fulftlling all of thier aims, although those delegates who attended the meeting in Edinburgh judged it a success. In the event it provided representative examples of processes from the food and beverage industry, from water treatment, and from the chemical industry, of which the removal of alcohol from fermented beverages, shipboard desalination and solvent recovery are three. The major uses of charged membranes and sterile processes are not covered, nor 9 is the largest market, $1.2x10 annually, for artificial kidney dialysis. However, it is interesting to see artificial kidney now finding an alternative use as a reactor for the production of monoclonal antibodies. We are also reminded by Professor Michel of the importance and efficiency of natural membranes in the kidney under conditions where fouling is crucial to their performance and enhances their selectivity.

• biotechnology
• chemistry
• development
• filtration
• polymer
• protein
• transport
• ultrafiltration

• The Advanced Centre for Biochemical Engineering, University College London, UK

  M. K. Turner

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