Atkinson 2021
Atkinson 2021
Atkinson 2021
NX Filtration’s hollow-fibre
NF technology makes peat
water from Indonesia’s
Mesjid River safe to drink
Edited by Simon Atkinson
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Figure 4. The hollow-fibre nanofiltration (NF) enables a compact system to be designed and installed. The NF technology has been developed to remove
micro-pollutants and colour from water in a single step – without pretreatment and the use of chemicals (diagram courtesy of NX Filtration BV).
a unique feature makes these materials attractive state of the art on membrane synthesis, proper
TRENDS
environmental protection, and energy conver patents in this field. Optimised BPM properties
sion and storage, amongst others. Research and are also discussed, together with a summary of
development into BPMs over the past two dec the advances in BPM fabrication to attain the
ades has created a growing market. Commercial targeted optimised characteristics. Furthermore,
Bipolar membranes – a review of BPMs are available today from multiple manu novel BPM applications are covered, including a
principles, latest developments facturers. Moreover, BPMs are rapidly gaining list of shortcomings of current membranes that
and applications attention for their technical, environmental need to be overcome in order to unlock new
Bipolar membranes (BPMs) are a special class and economical advancements, compared with promising applications.
of ion-exchange membranes constituted by a conventional processes, for the production of R. Pärnamäe, S. Mareev, V. Nikonenko,
cation-exchange and an anion-exchange layer, acids and bases, or local pH control. This review S. Melnikov, N. Sheldeshov, V. Zabolotskii,
allowing protons and hydroxide ions to be gen article aims to provide an overall understanding H.V.M. Hamelers and M. Tedesco:
erated via a water dissociation mechanism. Such of BPM technology by describing the current J. of Membrane Science,
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