ABSTRACT
136 137Science and technology in today’s world are moving at a rapid pace toward a newer visionary era. Environmental engineering science in a similar manner is witnessing drastic challenges. Ecological disbalance, environmental catastrophes, and stringent environmental restrictions have urged the scientific domain and the civil society to gear forward toward newer innovations and newer technologies. Scientific vision, scientific introspection, and deep scientific fortitude are today’s torchbearers toward a newer visionary tomorrow. This treatise addresses and re-envisions the wide application of membrane science in environmental protection and industrial wastewater treatment. Reverse osmosis (RO), nanofiltration (NF), and ultrafiltration (UF) are the hallmarks of this treatise. The wide vision of mankind, the scientist’s immense prowess, and the vast scientific rigor of environmental engineering science will lead a long and visionary way in the true realization of industrial wastewater treatment issues and the areas of membrane separation processes. Water science and technology are ushering in a new era of immense scientific understanding and vision. This treatise targets the vast environmental perspectives of the membrane applications. Scientific endeavor of this treatise is targeted toward membrane chemistry, structure, function, membrane properties, performance and engineering models, fouling and control, chemical process design, and the whole gamut of membrane applications. The author pointedly focuses on the immense potential of novel separation processes such as membrane science as well as the wide gamut of non-traditional environmental engineering techniques.
