Membrane Technology for Water and Wastewater Treatment, Energy and Environment

Realizing that water, energy and food are the three pillars to sustain the growth of human population in the future, this book deals with all the above aspects with particular emphasis on water and energy. In particular, the book addresses applications of membrane science and technology for water and wastewater treatment, energy and environment. The readers are also offered a glimpse into the rapidly growing R & D activities in the ASEAN and the Middle East regions that are emerging as the next generation R & D centers of membrane technologies, especially owing to their need of technology for water and wastewater treatment. Hence, this book will be useful not only for the engineers, scientists, professors and graduate students who are engaged in the R & D activities in this field, but also for those who are interested in the sustainable development of these geographical regions. Thus, it is believed that the book will open up new avenues for the establishment of global collaborations to achieve our common goal of welfare of the human society.

Part I Water and wastewater treatment (novel membrane development) 1. Preparation and characterization of blended polysulfone/polyphenylsulfone ultrafiltration membranes for palm oil mill effluent treatment Norafiqah Ismail,Woei Jye Lau &Ahmad Fauzi Ismail 2. Development and characterization of sago/PVA blend membrane for recovery of ethyl acetate from water Abdulhakim M. Alamaria & M.M. Nawawia Ghazali 3. Development of adsorbents based cellulose acetate mixed matrix membranes for removal of pollutants from textile industry effluent Ramesh Kumar Saranya, Yogarathinam Lukka Thuyavan, Gangasalam Arthanareeswaran &Ahmad Fauzi Ismail 4. Studying the role of magnetite (Fe3O4) colloids functionality on PES membrane in removing of humic acid foulant using QCM-D Qi-Hwa Ng, Jit-Kang Lim, Abdul Latif Ahmad & Siew-Chun Low 5. The effect of spinning parameters on PLA hollow fiber membrane formation Arisa Jaiyu, Kanungnuch Keawsupsak, Julaluk Pannoi, Passakorn Sueprasit & Chutima Eamchotchawalit 6. Fabrication of microporous polypropylene membrane via thermally induced phase separation for support media Norlisa Harruddin, Norasikin Othman, Ani Idris, Norul Fatiha Mohamed Noah & Zing-Yi Ooi 7. Synthesis and characterization of superhydrophobic alumina membrane with different types of silane Nor Aini Ahmad, Thinesh Rachandran, Choe Peng Leo &Abdul Latif Ahmad Part II Water and wastewater treatment (applications) 8. Cross-flow microfiltration of synthetic oily wastewater using multi-channel ceramic membrane Yousof H.D. Alanez 9. Treatment of dye solution via low pressure nanofiltration system Abu Zahrim Yaser & Nidal Hilal 10. Fractionating the value-added products from skimmed coconut milk using membrane separation technique Ching Yin Ng, AbdulWahab Mohammad & Law Yong Ng 11. Recovery of rubber from skim latex using membrane technology Khairul Muis Mohamed Yusof, Jaya Kumar Veellu, Ahmad Jaril Asis, Zainan Abdullah, Mohamed Kheireddine Aroua & Nik Meriam Nik Sulaiman 12. Application of membrane separation technology for biodiesel processing Mohammad Mahdi A. Shirazi, Ali Kargari, Ahmad Fauzi Ismail & Takeshi Matsuura Part III Water and wastewater treatment (modeling) 13. Mathematical modeling of nanofiltration-based deionization processes in aqueous media Mohammad M. Zerafat, Mojtaba Shariaty-Niassar, S. Jalaledin Hashemi, Samad Sabbaghi &Azadeh Ghaee 14. Simulation of heat and mass transfer in membrane distillation (MD) processes: the effect of membrane pore space description Abdussalam O. Imdakm, Elmahdi M. Abousetta & Khalid Mahroug 15. Simulation of drying for multilayer membranes Zawati Harun, Tze Ching Ong, David Gethin &Ahmad Fauzi Ismail Part IV Membranes for energy and environmental applications (novel membrane developments for gas separation) 16. Effect of poly phenylene oxide (PPO) concentration on the morphological, thermal, crystalline and CO2 permeation properties of as-synthesized flat sheet dense PPO polymeric membranes Biruh Shimekit, Hilmi Mukhtar, Zakaria Man &Azmi Mohd Shariff 17. Critical concentration of PEI in NMP as a criterion for the preparation of asymmetric membranes for gas separation Ahmad Arabi Shamsabadi, Masoud Bahrami Babaheidari & Kaveh Majdian 18. Powder preparation effect on oxygen permeation flux of hollow fiber LSCF6428 ceramic perovskite membrane Haikal Mustafa, Ammar Mohd Akhir, Sharifah Aishah Syed Abdul Kadir, Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, Pei Sean Goh, Be Cheer Ng & Mohd Sohaimi Abdullah 19. Preparation of porous PVDF/montmorillonite hollow fiber mixed matrix membrane contactor via a phase inversion method to capture CO2 M. Rezaei-DashtArzhandi, Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, Seyed A. Hashemifard, Gholamreza Bakeri &Takeshi Matsuura Part V Membranes for environmental and energy applications (gas separation application) 20. An experimental investigation into the permeability and selectivity of PTFE membrane: a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide Sina Gilassi & Nejat Rahmanian 21. The effect of piperazine with N-methyldiethanolamine in emulsion liquid membrane for carbon dioxide removal Norfadilah Dolmat & Khairul S.N. Kamarudin 22. Separation of olefins from paraffins by membrane contactor – a review Gholamreza Bakeri, Ali Kazemi Joujili, Mostafa Rahimnejad, Ahmad Fauzi Ismail &Takeshi Matsuura 23. The reliability of the conventional gas permeation testing method for characterizing the porous asymmetric membranes: a conceptual review Seyed A. Hashemifard, Ahmad Fauzi Ismail &Takeshi Matsuura 24. Modeling of concurrent and counter-current flow hollow fiber membrane modules for multi-component systems Serene Sow Mun Lock, Kok Keong Lau &Azmi Mohd Shariff Part VI Membranes for other applications 25. Preparation of sulfonated polyether ether ketone (SPEEK) and optimizationof degree of sulfonation for using in microbial fuel cells Mostafa Ghasemi,Wan RamliWan Daud, Ahmad Fauzi Ismail &Takeshi Matsuura 26. Performance of polyphenylsulfone solvent resistant nanofiltration membrane: Effects of polymer concentration, membrane pretreatment and operating pressure Nur Aimie Abdullah Sani,Woei Jye Lau &Ahmad Fauzi Ismail 27. Application of membrane technology in degumming and deacidification of vegetable oils refining Noor Hidayu Othman, Ahmadilfitri Md Noor, Mohd Suria Affandi Yusoff, Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, Pei Sean Goh &Woei Jye Lau 28. Preparation of polysulfone electrospun nanofibers: effect of electrospinning and solution parameters Zafarullah Khan & Feras M. Kafiaha

Ahmad Fauzi Ismail is Professor at the Gas Engineering Department, Faculty of Petroleum and Renewable Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai, Johor, Malaysia and Director of the Advanced Membrane Technology Research Center (AMTEC), UTM. Currently he is also the Dean of the Research for Materials and Manufacturing Research Alliance of UTM. He received his BSc and MSc degrees from the Faculty of Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering, UTM and Ph.D. in Chemical and Process Engineering specialization in membrane gas separation from the University of Strathclyde, Scotland, UK., his MSc in Chemical Engineering with a specialization in membrane gas separation and a BSc in Petroleum Engineering both from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Professor Ismail has published more than 250 papers in academic journals, 23 book chapters and 2 edited books. His R&D inventions and innovations have won more than 90 awards and among the outstanding awards are the Malaysia Young Scientist Award in 2000, ASEAN Young Scientist Award in 2001, National Innovation Award, National Intellectual Property Award, National Academic Award for Innovation and Product Commercialization in 2013 and Malaysian Toray Science and Technology Foundation Award in 2013. Prof. Ismail is currently the Co-Editor of Desalination, The International Journal on the Science and Technology of Desalting and Water Purification. He is also a Fellow of The Academy of Sciences Malaysia. Takeshi Matsuura received his BSc (1961) and MSc (1963) degrees from the Department of Applied Chemistry at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo and Doktor-Ingenieur from the Institute of Chemical Technology of the Technical University of Berlin in 1965. After working at the University of Tokyo and the University of California, he joined the National Research Council of Canada in 1969. Hejoined the University of Ottawa in 1992 as a professor and the chair holder of the British Gas/NSERC Industrial Research Chair. He served as a professor of the Department of Chemical Engineering and the director of the Industrial Membrane Research Institute (IMRI) until he retired in 2002. He is currently professor emeritus at the University of Ottawa and a distinguished visiting professor at the University Technology of Malaysia, Skudai, Johor. He has published about 400 papers in refereed journals, authored and co-authored 3 books and edited 4 books.