Editorial: Advanced Membrane Science and Technology for Sustainable Environmental Applications

Editorial : Sustainable Development of Cognitive Science and Technology Ecosystem an Overview to the “Human Brain Project” as a Functioning Sample

Membrane Distillation - Examples of Applications in Technology and Environmental Protection

This paper presents membrane distillation (MD), a separation process based on evaporation through pores of a hydrophobic membrane. Different configurations of the process were considered. Membrane properties, transport phenomena through the membranes, and module designs have been discussed. Applications of MD in water and wastewater treatment as well as in the food industry have been presented....

Membrane technology for sustainable treated wastewater reuse: agricultural, environmental and hydrological considerations.

Field experiments were conducted in agricultural fields in which secondary wastewater of the City of Arad (Israel) is reused for irrigation. For sustainable agricultural production and safe groundwater recharge the secondary effluent is further polished by a combined two-stage membrane pilot system. The pilot membrane system consists of two main in row stages: Ultrafiltration (UF) and Reverse O...

Hierarchically nanostructured materials for sustainable environmental applications

This review presents a comprehensive overview of the hierarchical nanostructured materials with either geometry or composition complexity in environmental applications. The hierarchical nanostructures offer advantages of high surface area, synergistic interactions, and multiple functionalities toward water remediation, biosensing, environmental gas sensing and monitoring as well as catalytic ga...

Guest Editorial: Advanced Combinatorial Optimization and Applications

Biographical notes: Dr. Said Ben Messaoud received his Diploma of “Maîtrise” in Applied Mathematics from the Faculty of Sciences of Monastir in 1998, his MS degree from the INPGGrenoble, in 2000 and his PhD degree in Optimization in 2004 from the Technology University of Troyes. He is a Assistant Professor at the Higher Institute for Informatics and Mathematics of Monastir-Tunisia. His research...