Introduction to Membrane Science and Technology

摘要

The book by Prof. Strathmann focuses on fundamental and applied aspects of synthetic membranes used in applications such as gas and liquid separations, pervaporation, dialysis, and controlled drug delivery. Polymer membranes used for separations applications are a key focus area, given their extensive utilization in the applications discussed, but there are also sections on other types of membranes (e.g., metal membranes, glass membranes, etc.). The book contains an extensive and useful discussion of the basic theory governing mass transport in membranes. There is an informative discussion of membrane characterization techniques, with much emphasis on techniques to characterize porous membranes (e.g., ultrafiltration, microfiltration, etc.). A detailed discussion of membrane formation processes, especially the phase separation processes that are ubiquitously used in industry to prepare membranes at large scale, is provided. Here, the author's extensive experience shines through rather convincingly. There is a considerable amount of industrial knowledge related to membrane formation, so a detailed discussion of this topic requires insights that can only be gained by making membranes and working with colleagues and companies who make membranes, as Prof. Strathmann has done for many years. The author has organized the membrane formation information in a convenient and coherent format. He has always been both a scientist and an engineer, and in addition to the scientific aspects of membrane science, the engineering aspects (membrane module design and performance, process design using membranes, etc.) are also covered.