Membrane Technology for Water Purification

Membrane Technology for Water Purification contains real-life applications and methods to facilitate deep understanding of the use of membrane technologies in water purification. The book is a comprehensive guide arranged in three parts to enable both students and researchers to learn about the most recent updates in materials science to clean up water pollutants. Membrane systems are finding increasing application worldwide in purification and the editors are lead experts in the field.

• Covers the latest information on membrane technology for water purification
• Includes practical applications with a strong interdisciplinary focus
• Edited by experts in the field with leading publications and knowledge of water treatment

Sabu Thomas is currently an Emeritus Professor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He is the former Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University and a Senior Professor of Christ University, Bangalore, India, as well as a visiting Professor at the Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, Department of Chemical Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, and an Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Polymer and Process Engineering, IIT Roorkee, India.

Dr. Frank Lipnizki is a Professor in the Department of Process and Life Science Engineering at Lund University, Sweden. His research focuses on membrane separation processes for applications in food processing, biotechnology, pulp and paper industries, biorefineries, and water treatment. He specializes in the integration and optimization of membrane technologies within hybrid process systems, with particular emphasis on membrane fouling, cleaning strategies, and process efficiency. His work also involves the development and improvement of membranes and membrane modules tailored for specific industrial applications, contributing to sustainable and resource-efficient process engineering solutions.

Dr Viswanathan Swaminathan is the founder and Executive Director of Memfill Tech Pvt Ltd, Indigenous Hollow Fiber Membrane Manufacturer. This industry has solutions for desalination, effluent treatment, sewage treatment and silica removal and wastewater resource recovery using hollow fiber membranes.

Hanna J. Maria is a Senior Researcher at the School of Energy Materials and the International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, India. Her research focusses on natural rubber composites and their blends, thermoplastic composites, lignin, nanocellulose, bionanocomposites, nanocellulose, rubber-based composites and nanocomposites.

Dr. Jince Thomas is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto, Canada. He previously served as an Assistant Professor (on contract) at the International and Inter- University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India, where he was later awarded the Chief Minister’s Nava Kerala Postdoctoral Fellowship. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Mahatma Gandhi University. Dr. Thomas has contributed to a collaborative Indo- Malaysian research program with Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia, and has held visiting research positions at Ariel University in Israel and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA. He is the author and co- author of numerous peer- reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and edited volumes. His research focuses on polymeric membranes,
electrolytes, polymer nanocomposites, and electrochemical energy systems, with a strong focus on computational simulations to support materials design and performance evaluation