Membrane reactors are increasingly replacing conventional separation, process and conversion technologies across a wide range of applications. Exploiting advanced membrane materials, they offer enhanced efficiency, are very adaptable and have great economic potential. There has therefore been increasing interest in membrane reactors from both the scientific and industrial communities, stimulating research and development. The two volumes of the Handbook of membrane reactors draw on this research to provide an authoritative review of this important field.
Volume 1 explores fundamental materials science, design and optimisation, beginning with a review of polymeric, dense metallic and composite membranes for membrane reactors in part one. Polymeric and nanocomposite membranes for membrane reactors, inorganic membrane reactors for hydrogen production, palladium-based composite membranes and alternatives to palladium-based membranes for hydrogen separation in membrane reactors are all discussed. Part two goes on to investigate zeolite, ceramic and carbon membranes and catalysts for membrane reactors in more depth. Finally, part three explores membrane reactor modelling, simulation and optimisation, including the use of mathematical modelling, computational fluid dynamics, artificial neural networks and non-equilibrium thermodynamics to analyse varied aspects of membrane reactor design and production enhancement.
With its distinguished editor and international team of expert contributors, the two volumes of the Handbook of membrane reactors provide an authoritative guide for membrane reactor researchers and materials scientists, chemical and biochemical manufacturers, industrial separations and process engineers, and academics in this field.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. Cover 3. Table of Contents - p. Cover 4. Copyright - p. Cover 5. Contributor contact details - p. iv 6. Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy - p. xviii 7. Foreword - p. xxisii 8. Preface - p. xxisii 9. Part I: Polymeric, dense metallic and composite membranes for membrane reactors - p. xxix 10. Chapter 1: Polymeric membranes for membrane reactors - p. xxix 11. Chapter 2: Inorganic membrane reactors for hydrogen production: an overview with particular emphasis on dense metallic membrane materials - p. 41 12. Chapter 3: Palladium-based composite membranes for hydrogen separation in membrane reactors - p. 146 13. Chapter 4: Alternatives to palladium in membranes for hydrogen separation: nickel, niobium and vanadium alloys, ceramic supports for metal alloys and porous glass membranes - p. 182 14. Chapter 5: Nanocomposite membranes for membrane reactors - p. 217 15. Part II: Zeolite, ceramic and carbon membranes and catalysts for membrane reactors - p. 241 16. Chapter 6: Zeolite membrane reactors - p. 241 17. Chapter 7: Dense ceramic membranes for membrane reactors - p. 264 18. Chapter 8: Porous ceramic membranes for membrane reactors - p. 296 19. Chapter 9: Microporous silica membranes: fundamentals and applications in membrane reactors for hydrogen separation - p. 335 20. Chapter 10: Carbon-based membranes for membrane reactors - p. 368 21. Chapter 11: Advances in catalysts for membrane reactors - p. 400 22. Part III: Membrane reactor modelling, simulation and optimisation - p. 432 23. Chapter 12: Mathematical modelling of membrane reactors: overview of strategies and applications for the modelling of a hydrogen-selective membrane reactor - p. 432 24. Chapter 13: Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis of membrane reactors: simulation of single-and multi-tube palladium membrane reactors for hydrogen recovery from cyclohexane - p. 463 25. Chapter 14: Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis of membrane reactors: simulation of a palladium-based membrane reactor in fuel cell micro-cogenerator system - p. 494 26. Chapter 15: Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis of membrane reactors: modelling of membrane bioreactors for municipal wastewater treatment - p. 531 27. Chapter 16: Models of membrane reactors based on artificial neural networks and hybrid approaches - p. 566 28. Chapter 17: Assessment of the key properties of materials used in membrane reactors by quantum computational approaches - p. 596 29. Chapter 18: Non-equilibrium thermodynamics for the description of transport of heat and mass across a zeolite membrane - p. 623 30. Index - p. 645
Membrane reactors are increasingly replacing conventional separation, process and conversion technologies across a wide range of applications. Exploiting advanced membrane materials, they offer enhanced efficiency, are very adaptable and have great economic potential. There has therefore been increasing interest in membrane reactors from both the scientific and industrial communities, stimulating research and development. The two volumes of the Handbook of membrane reactors draw on this research to provide an authoritative review of this important field.
Volume 1 explores fundamental materials science, design and optimisation, beginning with a review of polymeric, dense metallic and composite membranes for membrane reactors in part one. Polymeric and nanocomposite membranes for membrane reactors, inorganic membrane reactors for hydrogen production, palladium-based composite membranes and alternatives to palladium-based membranes for hydrogen separation in membrane reactors are all discussed. Part two goes on to investigate zeolite, ceramic and carbon membranes and catalysts for membrane reactors in more depth. Finally, part three explores membrane reactor modelling, simulation and optimisation, including the use of mathematical modelling, computational fluid dynamics, artificial neural networks and non-equilibrium thermodynamics to analyse varied aspects of membrane reactor design and production enhancement.
With its distinguished editor and international team of expert contributors, the two volumes of the Handbook of membrane reactors provide an authoritative guide for membrane reactor researchers and materials scientists, chemical and biochemical manufacturers, industrial separations and process engineers, and academics in this field.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. Cover 3. Table of Contents - p. Cover 4. Copyright - p. Cover 5. Contributor contact details - p. iv 6. Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy - p. xviii 7. Foreword - p. xxisii 8. Preface - p. xxisii 9. Part I: Polymeric, dense metallic and composite membranes for membrane reactors - p. xxix 10. Chapter 1: Polymeric membranes for membrane reactors - p. xxix 11. Chapter 2: Inorganic membrane reactors for hydrogen production: an overview with particular emphasis on dense metallic membrane materials - p. 41 12. Chapter 3: Palladium-based composite membranes for hydrogen separation in membrane reactors - p. 146 13. Chapter 4: Alternatives to palladium in membranes for hydrogen separation: nickel, niobium and vanadium alloys, ceramic supports for metal alloys and porous glass membranes - p. 182 14. Chapter 5: Nanocomposite membranes for membrane reactors - p. 217 15. Part II: Zeolite, ceramic and carbon membranes and catalysts for membrane reactors - p. 241 16. Chapter 6: Zeolite membrane reactors - p. 241 17. Chapter 7: Dense ceramic membranes for membrane reactors - p. 264 18. Chapter 8: Porous ceramic membranes for membrane reactors - p. 296 19. Chapter 9: Microporous silica membranes: fundamentals and applications in membrane reactors for hydrogen separation - p. 335 20. Chapter 10: Carbon-based membranes for membrane reactors - p. 368 21. Chapter 11: Advances in catalysts for membrane reactors - p. 400 22. Part III: Membrane reactor modelling, simulation and optimisation - p. 432 23. Chapter 12: Mathematical modelling of membrane reactors: overview of strategies and applications for the modelling of a hydrogen-selective membrane reactor - p. 432 24. Chapter 13: Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis of membrane reactors: simulation of single-and multi-tube palladium membrane reactors for hydrogen recovery from cyclohexane - p. 463 25. Chapter 14: Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis of membrane reactors: simulation of a palladium-based membrane reactor in fuel cell micro-cogenerator system - p. 494 26. Chapter 15: Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis of membrane reactors: modelling of membrane bioreactors for municipal wastewater treatment - p. 531 27. Chapter 16: Models of membrane reactors based on artificial neural networks and hybrid approaches - p. 566 28. Chapter 17: Assessment of the key properties of materials used in membrane reactors by quantum computational approaches - p. 596 29. Chapter 18: Non-equilibrium thermodynamics for the description of transport of heat and mass across a zeolite membrane - p. 623 30. Index - p. 645
