ABSTRACT
Over the years, ceramic membrane has demonstrated many advantages compared to polymeric membrane due to its superior thermal stability, excellent chemical resistance, and great mechanical strength. Figure 11.1 shows the timeline for the development of ceramic membrane technology over the last 80 years. Despite examples such as the development and implementation of ceramic membranes for uranium enrichment during the Manhattan project in 1942, and later by the French Atomic Agency in the 1950s, it was not until the 1980s that ceramic membrane research started to develop in earnest and ceramic membranes were applied to more conventional applications such as ltration and gas separation. The increased use of ceramic membranes in recent years is driven by their advantages over traditional technologies.
