报告题目：Electrodriven Membrane Processes: Approaches and Challenges Ahead

　　报 告 人：Prof. Bart Van der Bruggen

　　工作单位：Department of Chemical Engineering, KU Leuven, Belgium

　　报告时间：2015年10月15日（星期四）9:30-10:30

　　报告地点：行政楼214报告厅

　　报告人简介：

　　Bart Van der Bruggen（1972.10-），比利时荷语鲁汶大学教授，欧洲膜协会主席，浙江工业大学膜科学与水技术中心特聘教授，Separation and Purification Technology杂志主编，Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology杂志执行主编，Desalination & Water Treatment杂志编委会委员，任50多个期刊审稿人等。主要从事纳滤膜的制备及饮用水净化、清洁生产等方面的研究，取得令人瞩目的成绩。在Environmental Science and Technology, Journal of Membrane Science, Water Research 等杂志发表论文260多篇，目前个人H因子为47。主持 “ Integrated Sanitation and Agriculture Systems”等项目多项，曾获“Prince Abdulaziz International Prize for Water”等奖励。

　　报告摘要：

　　This presentation will give a general introduction to current membrane research and applications, with a focus on electrodriven membrane processes. The use of an electrical potential difference as the driving force for membrane separations has been known since well over half a century, but applications remained limited to a small selection until the turn of the century. Desalination of brackish water is the most well-known of these traditional applications.

　　Since the turn of the centuries, however, electromembrane processes have become a very dynamic field, which completes the separation spectrum of membrane technologies. This is related to several new trends in the technology:

　　(1) Bipolar membranes have opened a new range of applications, which are of high industrial interest in view of the development of sustainable processes, and allow for recycling of brines;

　　(2) The selectivity of electromembranes has been enhanced by intrinsic modifications to the membranes, and by engineering of electromembrane processes (or a combination of both);

　　(3) New processes were developed in which an efficient separation of charged compounds is required, such as in electromembrane extraction of peptides and in electromembrane (bio)reactors.

　　These trends make electromembrane separations to a field with exciting prospects with an outlook to viable applications in various interesting markets. It requires, however, research and development in integrated disciplines. These relate to product recycling, chemical and biochemical engineering, and polymer science and technology. As a result, should be considered rather a trend than a hype.