Membrane technology holds enormous potential for reducing the energy consumption of various separation processes. It is of particular importance for energy-intensive industrial separation processes in ...
A team of international researchers has developed a new class of ultrathin polymer membranes that can rapidly and selectively ...
A New Approach to Molecular Separation. The study, Ultrathin polymer membranes with locked intrinsic microporosity for ...
The rising demand for sustainable wastewater management and high-value resource recovery is pressing industries involved in, e.g., textiles, metals, and food production, to adopt energy-efficient and ...
Rice University has established the Rice Center for Membrane Excellence (RiCeME), which is dedicated to developing advanced membrane materials and separation technologies for energy, environmental ...
A new nature-inspired membrane uses perfectly uniform one-nanometer pores to filter molecules with remarkable precision. The ...
Lithium ions can move through nanotube channels far faster than expected, exposing an unusual gap between theory and real ...
Researchers have developed a novel class of nanotube membranes that enable ultrafast ion transport. The findings open new ...
Separating molecules is critical to producing many essential products. For example, in petroleum refining, the hydrocarbons – chemical compounds composed of hydrogens and carbons – in crude oil are ...
Dairy processors are focusing on utility reduction, water recovery, and efficiency due to rising energy costs and ...
Separation processes are essential elements of the technological foundations of the seven IOF industries included in this report. For the chemical and petroleum refining industries, separation ...
Carbon capture is becoming a practical engineering task and vacuum technology helps make separation, regeneration, and ...