Ceramic Membranes for Liquid Separation Processes
From Research to Real-World Applications
- 1st Edition - October 1, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editor: Zhenghua Zhang
- Language: English
Ceramic Membranes for Liquid Separation Processes: From Research to Real-World Applications aims to provide an extensive review of both conventional and advanced ceramic membra… Read more
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Description
Description
Ceramic Membranes for Liquid Separation Processes: From Research to Real-World Applications aims to provide an extensive review of both conventional and advanced ceramic membranes, focusing on their development and real-world applications. The book's objectives are to bridge the gap between academic research and industrial application. It presents the latest advancements in catalytic ceramic membranes and provides a comprehensive overview of the ceramic membrane industry. It addresses significant topics such as material innovations, fabrication techniques, mechanistic insights, membrane fouling and mitigation strategies, and the use of catalytic membranes in water and wastewater treatment applications. By highlighting both academic and industrial perspectives, the book seeks to educate and empower researchers, engineers, and policymakers working in the field of membrane technology and environmental engineering to promote the adoption of catalytic ceramic membranes as a promising solution for clean water reclamation.
Key features
Key features
- Comprehensive assessment of ceramic membrane technology and catalytic ceramic membranes
- Detailed coverage of pilot and full-scale applications in water purification and wastewater treatment
- Discusses emerging nanoconfined catalytic membranes for water purification
- Includes detailed analysis of available ceramic membrane companies, marketed products, and full-scale implementations
- Emphasis on bridging academic research with industrial practice via case study examples
- Covers gas-phase synthesis techniques, dynamic membrane techniques, catalytic activity mechanisms, and membrane regeneration and longevity
- Addresses the challenges of industrial scale-up and comparative analysis of hybrid membrane systems
Readership
Readership
Academic researchers, materials scientists and engineers, and industrial R&D engineers working in water and wastewater treatment, membrane technology, separation science and environmental engineering.
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. Introduction to ceramic membranes
1.1 Overview of ceramic membranes
1.2 Ceramic membrane applications
1.3 Ceramic membrane industries
1.4 Current academic developments shaping industrial applications
Part 1: Fabrication techniques and material innovations in ceramic membranes
2. Material innovations in ceramic membranes
2.1 Overview
2.2 Conventional materials
2.2.1. Alumina
2.2.2. Zirconia
2.2.3. Titania
2.2.4. Silicon carbide
2.3 Composite ceramic membranes
2.4 Nanostructured ceramic membranes
2.5 Conclusion
2.6 References
3. Fabrication techniques for ceramic membranes
3.1 Overview
3.2 Conventional fabrication techniques
3.2.1. Sintering
3.2.2. Extrusion
3.2.3. Slip casting
3.2.4. Tape casting
3.2.5. Pressing
3.2.6. Sol-gel
3.2.7. Dip-coating
3.2.8. Phase inversion
3.3 Advanced fabrication techniques
3.3.1. Spark plasma sintering
3.3.2. Laser sintering
3.3.3. 3D printing
3.3.4. Joule heating
3.3.5. Self-assembly
3.3.6. Microwave-assisted synthesis
3.3.7. Gas-phase synthesis
3.4 Comparison of fabrication techniques
3.5 Conclusion
3.6 References
4. Developments of catalytic ceramic membranes
4.1 Overview
4.2 Fundamentals of catalytic membranes
4.3 Catalytic-based ceramic membrane developments
4.3.1. 0-Dimensional
4.3.2. 1-Dimensional
4.3.3. 2-Dimensional
4.4 Fabrication strategies for catalytic ceramic membranes
4.4.1. Pressure deposition
4.4.2. Consolidated sintering
4.4.3. Sol-gel
4.4.4. Chemical vapor deposition
4.5 Conclusion
4.6 References
Part 2: Advances in academic research on ceramic membrane applications
5. Conventional water treatment applications
5.1 Overview
5.2 Drinking water treatment
5.2.1. Microfiltration
5.2.2. Ultrafiltration
5.3 Conventional wastewater treatment
5.3.1. Removal of dyes
5.3.2. Removal of pharmaceutical waste
5.3.3. Removal of heavy metals
5.4 Oil-water separation
5.4.1. Oil-in-water emulsion
5.4.2. Water-in-oil emulsion
5.5 Membrane bioreactor (MBR)
5.5.1. Aerobic MBR
5.5.2. Anaerobic MBR
5.5.3. Hybrid MBR
5.6 Desalination
5.6.1. Microfiltration pretreatment for reverse osmosis
5.6.2. Membrane distillation
5.6.3. Electrodialysis
5.7 Organic solvent filtration
5.8 Conclusion
5.9 References
6. Advancements of catalytic ceramic membranes
6.1 Overview
6.2 Catalytic ozonation ceramic membranes
6.3 Integrated Fenton-like process ceramic membranes
6.4 Other oxidants-based catalytic ceramic membranes
6.5 Electrochemically enhanced ceramic membranes
6.6 Photocatalytic ceramic membranes
6.7 Catalytic degradation mechanism studies
6.8 Conclusion
6.9 References
7. Nanoconfined catalytic ceramic membranes
7.1 Overview
7.2 Preparation of nanoconfined catalytic ceramic membranes
7.2.1. Spatial confinement using 2D nanomaterials
7.2.2. Spatial confinement within membrane pores
7.3 Mechanistic insights
7.3.1. Reaction kinetics
7.3.2. Catalyst properties
7.3.3. Degradation pathways
7.4 Applications of nanoconfined catalytic ceramic membranes
7.5 Conclusion
7.6 References
8. Membrane fouling and mitigation strategies
8.1 Overview
8.2 Type of foulants
8.2.1. Organic
8.2.2. Inorganic
8.2.3. Biological
8.2.4. Colloidal
8.3 Classical blockage models
8.3.1. Standard blockage
8.3.2. Intermediate blockage
8.3.3. Complete blockage
8.3.4. Filter cake blockage
8.4 Combined blockage models
8.4.1. Cake-standard
8.4.2. Cake-intermediate
8.4.3. Cake-complete
8.4.4. Complete standard
8.4.5. Intermediate standard
8.5 Mitigation techniques
8.5.1. Hydraulic backwashing
8.5.2. Dynamic membrane
8.5.3. Chemical washing
8.5.4. Microbubbles aeration
8.5.5. Coagulation
8.5.6. Advanced oxidation processes
8.5.7. Membrane regeneration and longevity
8.6 Conclusion
8.7 References
Part 3: Real-world applications of ceramic membranes
9. Ceramic membrane industries
9.1 Overview
9.2 Type of commercialized ceramic membranes
9.3 Integration of ceramic membranes with other technologies
9.4 Computational modelling and simulation
9.5 Industrial scale-up and challenges
9.6 Conclusion
9.7 References
10. Full-scale application of ceramic membranes
10.1 Overview
10.2 Drinking water treatment
10.3 Wastewater treatment
10.3.1. Municipal wastewater
10.3.2. Oily wastewater
10.3.3. Heavy metals wastewater
10.3.4. Papermaking wastewater
10.3.5. Semiconductor wastewater
10.3.6. Medicinal wastewater
10.3.7. Slaughterhouse wastewater
10.4 Other full-scale applications
10.4.1. Food industry
10.4.2. Pharmaceutical industry
10.4.3. Tobacco industry
10.4.4. Seawater pre-treatment for aquaculture
10.4.5. Black odorous water
10.5 Pre-treatment for desalination
10.6 Conclusion
10.7 References
Part 4: Assessment of ceramic membranes for future prospects and strategic insights
11. Evaluation of ceramic membrane technology for industrial applications
11.1 Overview
11.2 Techno-economic analysis
11.2.1. Technical/Technology feasibility
11.2.2. Economic feasibility
11.3 Life-cycle assessment
11.3.1. Energy consumption
11.3.2. Carbon footprint
11.3.3. Waste generation
11.4 Policy and regulatory implications
11.5 SWOT analysis
11.4.1. Strength
11.4.2. Weaknesses
11.4.3. Threats
11.4.4. Opportunities
11.6 References
1.1 Overview of ceramic membranes
1.2 Ceramic membrane applications
1.3 Ceramic membrane industries
1.4 Current academic developments shaping industrial applications
Part 1: Fabrication techniques and material innovations in ceramic membranes
2. Material innovations in ceramic membranes
2.1 Overview
2.2 Conventional materials
2.2.1. Alumina
2.2.2. Zirconia
2.2.3. Titania
2.2.4. Silicon carbide
2.3 Composite ceramic membranes
2.4 Nanostructured ceramic membranes
2.5 Conclusion
2.6 References
3. Fabrication techniques for ceramic membranes
3.1 Overview
3.2 Conventional fabrication techniques
3.2.1. Sintering
3.2.2. Extrusion
3.2.3. Slip casting
3.2.4. Tape casting
3.2.5. Pressing
3.2.6. Sol-gel
3.2.7. Dip-coating
3.2.8. Phase inversion
3.3 Advanced fabrication techniques
3.3.1. Spark plasma sintering
3.3.2. Laser sintering
3.3.3. 3D printing
3.3.4. Joule heating
3.3.5. Self-assembly
3.3.6. Microwave-assisted synthesis
3.3.7. Gas-phase synthesis
3.4 Comparison of fabrication techniques
3.5 Conclusion
3.6 References
4. Developments of catalytic ceramic membranes
4.1 Overview
4.2 Fundamentals of catalytic membranes
4.3 Catalytic-based ceramic membrane developments
4.3.1. 0-Dimensional
4.3.2. 1-Dimensional
4.3.3. 2-Dimensional
4.4 Fabrication strategies for catalytic ceramic membranes
4.4.1. Pressure deposition
4.4.2. Consolidated sintering
4.4.3. Sol-gel
4.4.4. Chemical vapor deposition
4.5 Conclusion
4.6 References
Part 2: Advances in academic research on ceramic membrane applications
5. Conventional water treatment applications
5.1 Overview
5.2 Drinking water treatment
5.2.1. Microfiltration
5.2.2. Ultrafiltration
5.3 Conventional wastewater treatment
5.3.1. Removal of dyes
5.3.2. Removal of pharmaceutical waste
5.3.3. Removal of heavy metals
5.4 Oil-water separation
5.4.1. Oil-in-water emulsion
5.4.2. Water-in-oil emulsion
5.5 Membrane bioreactor (MBR)
5.5.1. Aerobic MBR
5.5.2. Anaerobic MBR
5.5.3. Hybrid MBR
5.6 Desalination
5.6.1. Microfiltration pretreatment for reverse osmosis
5.6.2. Membrane distillation
5.6.3. Electrodialysis
5.7 Organic solvent filtration
5.8 Conclusion
5.9 References
6. Advancements of catalytic ceramic membranes
6.1 Overview
6.2 Catalytic ozonation ceramic membranes
6.3 Integrated Fenton-like process ceramic membranes
6.4 Other oxidants-based catalytic ceramic membranes
6.5 Electrochemically enhanced ceramic membranes
6.6 Photocatalytic ceramic membranes
6.7 Catalytic degradation mechanism studies
6.8 Conclusion
6.9 References
7. Nanoconfined catalytic ceramic membranes
7.1 Overview
7.2 Preparation of nanoconfined catalytic ceramic membranes
7.2.1. Spatial confinement using 2D nanomaterials
7.2.2. Spatial confinement within membrane pores
7.3 Mechanistic insights
7.3.1. Reaction kinetics
7.3.2. Catalyst properties
7.3.3. Degradation pathways
7.4 Applications of nanoconfined catalytic ceramic membranes
7.5 Conclusion
7.6 References
8. Membrane fouling and mitigation strategies
8.1 Overview
8.2 Type of foulants
8.2.1. Organic
8.2.2. Inorganic
8.2.3. Biological
8.2.4. Colloidal
8.3 Classical blockage models
8.3.1. Standard blockage
8.3.2. Intermediate blockage
8.3.3. Complete blockage
8.3.4. Filter cake blockage
8.4 Combined blockage models
8.4.1. Cake-standard
8.4.2. Cake-intermediate
8.4.3. Cake-complete
8.4.4. Complete standard
8.4.5. Intermediate standard
8.5 Mitigation techniques
8.5.1. Hydraulic backwashing
8.5.2. Dynamic membrane
8.5.3. Chemical washing
8.5.4. Microbubbles aeration
8.5.5. Coagulation
8.5.6. Advanced oxidation processes
8.5.7. Membrane regeneration and longevity
8.6 Conclusion
8.7 References
Part 3: Real-world applications of ceramic membranes
9. Ceramic membrane industries
9.1 Overview
9.2 Type of commercialized ceramic membranes
9.3 Integration of ceramic membranes with other technologies
9.4 Computational modelling and simulation
9.5 Industrial scale-up and challenges
9.6 Conclusion
9.7 References
10. Full-scale application of ceramic membranes
10.1 Overview
10.2 Drinking water treatment
10.3 Wastewater treatment
10.3.1. Municipal wastewater
10.3.2. Oily wastewater
10.3.3. Heavy metals wastewater
10.3.4. Papermaking wastewater
10.3.5. Semiconductor wastewater
10.3.6. Medicinal wastewater
10.3.7. Slaughterhouse wastewater
10.4 Other full-scale applications
10.4.1. Food industry
10.4.2. Pharmaceutical industry
10.4.3. Tobacco industry
10.4.4. Seawater pre-treatment for aquaculture
10.4.5. Black odorous water
10.5 Pre-treatment for desalination
10.6 Conclusion
10.7 References
Part 4: Assessment of ceramic membranes for future prospects and strategic insights
11. Evaluation of ceramic membrane technology for industrial applications
11.1 Overview
11.2 Techno-economic analysis
11.2.1. Technical/Technology feasibility
11.2.2. Economic feasibility
11.3 Life-cycle assessment
11.3.1. Energy consumption
11.3.2. Carbon footprint
11.3.3. Waste generation
11.4 Policy and regulatory implications
11.5 SWOT analysis
11.4.1. Strength
11.4.2. Weaknesses
11.4.3. Threats
11.4.4. Opportunities
11.6 References
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: October 1, 2026
- Language: English
About the editor
About the editor
ZZ
Zhenghua Zhang
Prof. Zhenghua Zhang is the Deputy Dean at the Institute of Environment and Ecology, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, China. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Queensland University of Science and Technology, Australia. Prof. Zhang received his PhD in Environmental Engineering from the University of New South Wales, Australia, where he also completed his postdoctoral research. He holds a master’s degree in Polymer Chemistry and Physics and a bachelor’s degree in Polymer Materials and Engineering from Zhejiang University, China. His main research interests include membrane technology, water treatment, catalytic processes, and material science. His work focuses on the development of advanced catalytic ceramic membranes for environmental applications and the scaling up of these technologies for industrial use.
Affiliations and expertise
Tsinghua University, China