Institute on Membrane Technology, University of Calabria, Italy.
Annu Rev Chem Biomol Eng. 2012;3:395-420. doi: 10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-062011-081027. Epub 2012 Apr 5.
Our modern society must solve various severe problems to maintain and increase our quality of life: from water stress to global warming, to fossil fuel depletion, to environmental pollution. The process intensification (PI) strategy is expected to contribute to overcoming many of these issues by facilitating the transition from a resource-intensive to a knowledge-intensive industrial system that will guarantee sustainable growth. Membrane operations, which respond efficiently to the requirements of the PI strategy, have the potential to replace conventional energy-intensive separation techniques, which will boost the efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of separations as well as conversion processes. This work critically reviews the current status and emerging applications of (integrated) membrane operations with a special focus on energy and environmental applications.
我们的现代社会必须解决各种严重的问题，以维持和提高我们的生活质量：从水资源短缺到全球变暖，再到化石燃料枯竭，以及环境污染。过程强化 (PI) 策略有望通过促进从资源密集型向知识密集型工业系统的转变来应对许多这些问题，从而保证可持续增长。膜操作有效地响应 PI 策略的要求，具有取代传统能源密集型分离技术的潜力，这将提高分离和转化过程的效率，减少其对环境的影响。这项工作批判性地回顾了（集成）膜操作的现状和新兴应用，特别关注能源和环境应用。
