Membrane Separation Processes
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The official GTU curriculum for Membrane Separation Processes (subject code 2713011) as prescribed for CE · Semester 1 divides the course into 2 units, covering 48 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2713011)Unit 1 Rate governed and equilibrium membrane separation processes
- Types of membranes
- Flow patterns
- Preparation and characterization of membranes
- Melt pressing
- Film stretching
- Sol-gel peptization
- Interfacial polymerization etc
- Measurement of pore size and solute rejection properties
Unit 2 Reverse Osmosis
- - Design and operating parameters
- Various transport models
- Kedem-katchalsky model
- Spiegler-kedem model
- Solution- diffusion model
- Concentration polarization and flux decline
- Design of an RO module
- Forward Osmosis 5 30 3 Nanofiltration:- Transport mechanism in NF membranes
- Parameters affecting the performance of NF membranes
- Fouling model
- determination of various resistances. 5 4 Ultrafiltration:- Factors affecting performance of ultrafiltration
- Resistance model
- Gel polarization model
- Fouling and flux decline
- Micellar-enhanced ultrafiltration
- Affinity ultrafiltration
- microfiltration advances 7 5 Membrane gas Separation:- Membranes for gas separation
- Fundamental mechanism of gas transport
- Knudsen diffusion
- Molecular sieving
- Solution diffusion
- Dual sorption model
- Factors affecting gas permeation
- Complete mixing model
- Solution of equations
- Equations for multicomponent mixtures
- Cross- flow model
- Countercurrent Model
- Applications 6 Pervaporation:- Mass transfer and thermodynamics aspects of pervaporation
- Temperature drop at membrane interface 5 18 7 Dialysis:- Principle of dialysis
- Dialysis systems
- Mass transfer in 4 dialysis
- Modeling of solute transport in hemodialyzer
- Advantages of diffusion dialysis
- Application of diffusion dialysis
- Electrodialysis 8 Liquid Membrane:- Benefits of liquid membrane
- Bulk liquid membrane
- Emulsion liquid membrane
- Thin sheet supported liquid membrane
- Hollow fibre supported liquid membrane