September 2015 Monthly Dinner Meeting | AIChE

September 2015 Monthly Dinner Meeting

Wednesday, September 9, 2015,
5:30pm to 9:30pm
CDT
In-Person / Local
5509 Park Place
Rosemount, IL 60018
United States
Title: "From biomass to biopharmaceuticals; from fracking to farming What are membrane separations and why are they important for future separations applications?"
Abstract "As chemical engineers perhaps the best known membrane based separation process is reverse osmosis for desalination of salt water to produce drinking water. However membranes find many other applications including • cleaning produced water from fracking operations • treating water from farming operations • catalytic membranes for biomass hydrolysis • purification of pharmaceuticals and biopharmaceuticals, • removing endocrine disruptors from wastewater • blood oxygenation • kidney dialysis • membrane chromatography Membrane separations are commercially attractive for the following reasons. • They often cost less to operate • They are environmentally benign • They are easy to scale up • They fill niche applications As the drive to develop more sustainable manufacturing processes increases, many new membrane based processes are being developed. The aims of this presentation are threefold. (a) Highlight the great breadth of commercialized membrane based separation processes. (b) Introduce some potential new membrane based separation processes e.g. for treating hydraulic fracturing flow back waters; producing fuels and chemicals from biomass (c) Highlight some of the challenges facing designers of new membranes for future separations.

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