Understanding of the design basics of membrane separation processes, calculation of important process characteristics. Scopes and limitations of various membrane applications. Training by calculation excercises.

Basics of membrane separation processes; mass transfer models; general apsects of membrane, module and process design; industrially important separations (reverse osmosis, nanofiltration, ultrafiltration, microfiltration, gas permeation, electrodialysis and others); process design approaches; case studies.

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