Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes: Membrane Desalination Systems: The Next Generation explores recent developments and future perspectives in the area of membrane desalination systems. It includes fundamental principles, the different types of smart nano-structured materials, energy and brine disposal issues, design approaches and the environmental impact of membrane desalination technology. The book provides an extensive review of literature in the area of membranes for desalination systems of low energy consumption and discusses the membrane modelling necessary for desalination system validation in achieving high water recovery, low energy and near-zero liquid discharge.

1. Graphene and CNT Technology 2. Carbon-based membranes for Desalination 3. The Impact of Termoplasmonics in Membrane Technology 4. Electrospun Nanofibrous Membranes for Desalination 5. Full-Scale membrane Distillation Systems and Performance Improvment Through Modeling: A Review 6. Membrane Wetting in Membrane Distilation 7. Membrane Crystallization 8. A Review: Desalinating by Forward Osmosis 9. Wind Aided Intensified Evaporation (WAIV): An Environmentally Sustainable Method for Brine Managemen 10. Membrane Desalination in Shale Gas Industry: Applications and Perspectives 11. Fundamentals of Pressure Retarded Osmosis 12. Mathematical Modeling for Electromembrane Processes 13. Salinity Gradient Power Reverse Electrodialysis 14. Integrating Pressure Retarded Osmosis and Membrane Distillation 15. Forward Osmosis, Reverse Electrodialysis and Membrane Distillation: New Integration Options in Pretreatment and Posttreatment Mmebrane Desalination Process 16. The Next Generation Energy Efficient Membrane Desalination Systen wutg Advanced Key Technologies: Mega-Ton Water System 17. The REAPower Project: Power Production from Saline Waters and Concentrated Brines 18. Membrane Operations for Minerals Recovery from Seawater