Integration of Membrane Processes into Bioconversions

Proceedings of the European Membrane Society XVI Annual Summer School on Integration of Membrane Processes into Bioconversions, held August 22-27, 1999, in Veszprém, Hungary.
The purpose of this book is to give an overview of the current situation of membrane separation processes in the field of bioengineering and also to describe how their joint application possibilities can be used in both laboratory and industrial scale applications. In commercial applications, focus is centered on the fields of food industry, chemical/fine chemical industry, and environmental protection.
Most of the European experts in the interdisciplinary fields of membrane processes and bioconversions have contributed to the chapters in this work, making it the most up-to-date volume currently available.

I Fundamentals of membrane processes.- Membrane separation processes: General introduction.- Transport phenomena in membrane separations.- What makes filtration with membranes so fascinating? Basics of microfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration and reverse osmosis.- Fundamentals of gas separation, vapour permeation and pervaporation.- Membrane based processes with immobilised interfaces.- Pertraction through liquid and polymeric membranes.- II Introduction to biochemical engineering.- Enzyme catalysed reactions.- Bioreactor design using living cells or organisms.- III Integration of membrane processes and bioconversions.- Biocatalysts and membranes.- Application of membrane processes in food technologies.- Nanofiltration application in food technology and environmental protection.- Wine filtration by ceramic membranes.- Extraction of aromas from active fermentation reactors by pervaporation.- Membrane bioreactors.- Monitoring of membrane bioreactors.- Diffusion mass transfer in enzyme-membrane reactor.- Membrane fermentors.- Application of immersed membrane bioreactor for food industry effluent treatment.