Research Papers by G. Capannelli

In the field of the wastewater treatment, membrane bioreactor technology continues to gain more and more interest thanks to high purification performance, low environmental impact, high possibility of treated water reuse. The more crucial factor in membrane bioreactor application is fouling tendency

Reverse osmosis (RO) and nanofiltration (NF) processes gain more and more interest in the desalination market. Recently, seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) has become more widespread, using relatively large plants, whilst NF is being applied before thermal desalination, as an advanced treatment for inc

The results of preliminary experiments for the production of new tomato juices based on the introduction of a microfiltration (MF) stage before the reverse osmosis (RO) stage are reported. Ceramic multichannel membranes with an average pore size in the micrometer tenths were used in the MF stage to

Poly(vinylidene) fluoride (PVDF)-ZrO2 composite membranes were prepared by casting and immersion into a water bath of ternary suspensions obtained by adding additional amounts of ZrO2 particles to PVDF solutions. Methods to obtain an intimate dispersion of the inorganic particles in the PVDF solutio

This work investigates the hydrogenation of methylenecyclohexane using catalytic membrane reactors. Flat polymeric (PVDF) and tubular ceramic (γ-Al2O3) membranes were prepared and the hydrogenation catalyst, palladium, was deposited into their porous structure. Characterisations were carried out on

Different membrane processes were experimented on at pilot scale to verify the possibility of reusing textile wastewater. The pilot plant used sand filtration and ultrafiltration (UF) as pre-treatments for a membrane process of nanofiltration (NF) or reverse osmosis (RO). UF was obtained by the inst