CRC Press Advanced Ceramic Membranes and Applications

This book provides a balanced blend of fundamental concepts of fabrication, characterization of conventional ceramics, extending to present the recent advances in ceramic membranes. It covers the basic concepts of ceramic membranes as well as practical and theoretical knowledge in conventional and advanced ceramic membranes combined with unorthodox ideas for novel approaches in ceramic membranes. Book includes lot of real time examples derived largely from research work by authors. Aimed at researchers, students and academics in the field of membrane engineering around the globe, it has following key features: Guides readers through manufacturing, characterizing and using low-cost ceramic technology. Provides an overview of the different types of ceramic membranes, catalytic reactors and their uses. Covers industrial application, separation and purification. Includes recent developments and advances in membrane fabrication. Discusses new raw materials for ceramic membranes. About the Author  Dr. Sujoy Bose is an assistant professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Calicut. He has graduated from Durgapur Institute of Advanced Technology & Management under West Bengal University of Technology. He has finished post graduation from National Institute of Technology Durgapur. He has completed PhD from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. He has over 7 years of experience in the field of membrane technology. He is an expert in the area of developing ceramic membranes for different applications. Recently, he has introduced sawdust as a novel cheap raw material for ceramic membranes. His research interests also include material science, nanofluids etc. He has published journals in reputed peer-reviewed international journals like Materials Letters, Ceramics International, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, etc. He has served as an executive committee member of IIChE Guwahati region chapter from 2013-2014. Dr. Chandan Das has received his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from University of Calcutta and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur, and currently is an Associate Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at IIT Guwahati. He has guided, so far, 4 scholars for their doctoral degree, 18 M.Tech. and is guiding 8 more PhD scholars. Dr. Das is the recipient of "Dr. A.V. Rama Rao Foundation's Best Ph.D. Thesis and Research Award in Chemical Engineering/Technology" for the year 2010 from Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE). Dr. Das has authored about one hundred technical publications in peer reviewed journals and proceedings. He has authored one book entitled "Treatment of Tannery Effluent by Membrane Separation Technology" in Nova Science Publishers, USA and two book chapters. He has two patents in his credit. He has handled five sponsored projects and five consultancy projects so far. He has visited Denmark, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Japan for exchanging ideas, etc. Being associated with various research works in the area of water and wastewater treatment, such as treatment of tannery wastewater using membrane separation technology, as well as removal of pollutants using micellar-enhanced ultrafiltration, Dr. Das has gained expertise in membrane separation technology for removing various pollutants from contaminated water and wastewater. His research activity encompasses both understanding of fundamental principles during filtration as well as the development of technology based on membrane separation. In particular, his research areas are modeling of microfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis, treatment of oily wastewater, tannery effluent using membrane based processes. We are exploring the detailed quantification of flux decline from fundamentals. As an offshoot of the major research, he has fabricated ceramic membranes using low cost precursors as sawdust. C