ABSTRACT
Industrial development in this century will be characterized by technologies that allow not only less consumption of raw materials and energy but also permit recovery and reuse of all process streams with least damage to the environment. Membrane science and technology has a big role to play in this changing industrial environment. Membrane-based separation technology has now reached to full-fledged commercial environmental friendly technology to answer the multifarious demands of industry. The growth of membrane science is largely due to the impressive developments in the field of membrane material science and the evolution of different membrane-related equipment.
