Micellar Enhanced Ultrafiltration

A response to increasingly stringent regulation of pollution and toxicity levels in industrial waste discharge, Micellar Enhanced Ultrafiltration: Fundamentals & Applications offers the most complete book available on the benefits and use of micellar-enhanced ultrafiltration (MEUF) to achieve continuous removal of organic and inorganic pollutants.

An Unparalleled Book That Addresses Both Academic and Industrial Points of View

Several membrane-based techniques, such as microfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, and reverse osmosis, are currently used in a wide range of applications throughout the textile, pulp and paper, sugar, chemical, pharmaceutical, biomedical, biotechnological, and food industries. However, although reverse osmosis is an effective means of removing contaminants, this book explains why MEUF is a better substitute, as it less expensive, less energy-intensive, and more efficient and practical for a wider range of applications.

Topics covered include:

Effects of pollution in water and its consequences

Various treatment processes and membrane technologies

Fundamentals of ultrafiltration

Outline of various membrane modules and modeling approaches

Principles of colloid chemistry

Theories of micelle formation

Stability and dynamics of micelles

Phenomena of counterion binding

Solubilization of organic pollutants

Selection criteria for surfactants

Various flux enhancement techniques

Recovery of precious metals

This book conveys how, with proper selection of surfactant and membrane, MEUF can be used to efficiently remove almost all metal ions (heavy metals, lanthanides, radioa