Research Papers by E. Drioli

The problem of water shortage affects not only human and industrial activities but also an adequate and sustainable food production. Water quality in agriculture does not have the same requirements as that of drinking water and also properly treated wastewaters can be used for irrigation. The two po

In the last years, boron and arsenic are gaining wide attention in the water treatment community due to their adverse effects both on human/animal health and on agriculture. As a consequence, nowadays, the number of water treatment plants equipped with boron and arsenic removal facilities is growing

This work was aimed at evaluating adsorption of water molecules onto membrane surfaces modified by sulphonamide derivates. Controlling interfacial forces at the membrane-feed interface were assessed by combining experimental and theoretical studies. The phenomena experimentally observed were also in

In the present paper we illustrate applications of a new set of force balance equations able to predict the average size of a droplet forming during cross-flow membrane emulsification processes. These balance equations allow to correlate the droplet diameters with the advancing and receding contact

In recent years the study of new materials in the field of catalysis has been attracted the attention of scientific world in order to prepare catalysts more stable, selective and with the possibility of their easy recovery and recycle. In this work we investigated the preparation and characterizatio

Capsules of PEEKWC are prepared using a membrane process combined with phase inversion technique. Polymeric droplets were prepared using a mono-pore film in polyethylene with pore diameter ranging from 300 to 1000 mm. The morphology, porosity and shell thickness of the made capsules are modified cha

The concentration of bergamot peel oils by pervaporation, with and without enzymatic pre-treatment, is studied. The influence of different PV membranes, industrial enzymes and operational parameters on the PV process are also investigated. GC-MS analyses are carried out to evaluate the recovery of t

Ion-size recognition of three trivalent metal ions (Fe(III), Al(III), Cr(III)) with 3-phenyl-4-acyl-5-isoxazolones derivatives has been studied by the liquid-liquid extraction method. The diffusion of the corresponding complexes with Fe(III) in supported liquid membrane (SLM) system has been evaluat

Membrane distillation may represent an innovative tool to ameliorate treatment of uraemia by allowing the purification of the blood ultrafiltrate and the re-injection of the purified water to the patients. The optimisation of the overall process in terms of energetic requirements, membrane area, and