The Membrane Alternative Energy Implications for Industry Watt Committee Report Number 21 by J.A. Howell eBook
By: J.A. Howell
Publisher: routledge
Print ISBN: 9781851664764, 1851664769
eText ISBN: 9780203215777, 9781482296570, 1482296578
Edition: 1st
This book considers the uses of membrane technology in the chloralkali, water, food and biotechnology industries where the major effect of the technology is an improvement in product quality often allied to a saving in energy consumption.
This Report is the result of a project of the Watt
Committee on Energy which was asked to look into
the prospective use of membranes in the energy industries
and at the potential for energy conservation
by using membrane technology. A team of specialists
prepared a series of papers which were presented
at a Consultative Conference held in March
1989, where over 100 experts, from industries affected
by the technology, discussed the implications
of membrane usage. The results of the presentations
and deliberations have been incorporated into
a series of papers which are published as this Report
on ?The Membrane Alternative?. The Report
considers the uses of membrane technology in the
chlor-alkali, water, food and biotechnology industries
where the major effect of the technology is an
improvement in product quality, often allied to a
saving in overall energy consumption. The second
major section of the book covers the implications
for the power generation, oil and gas industries. It
is certain that major economies of energy utilisation
can be achieved by using membranes, although it is
likely to be convenience and quality that are the
overall driving force for their introduction.
