Mathematical and Computational Modelling in Membrane Separations: From Preparation to Processes
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Fabrication and Characterization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 1012
Special Issue Editor
Interests: molecular simulations; equations of state; data-driven modelling; membranes for gas separation; transport properties; glassy polymers; mixed matrix membranes
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to submit your manuscript to the Special Issue "Mathematical and Computational Modelling in Membrane Separations: From Preparation to Processes".
In the portfolio of technologies available for green processes and net-zero solutions, membrane separations offer a sustainable alternative to energy-intensive processes. Detailed knowledge of the performance of membrane materials over wide operating ranges is a necessary prerequisite for the design of efficient membrane processes. Mathematical and computational analysis can greatly support membrane material and process design, and can help to compact the lab-to-market cycle of innovative solutions.
This Special Issue is dedicated to recent advances in all aspects of modelling in membrane science and engineering, from the rationalisation of manufacturing protocols to tailor end-use performance, to the development of transport models, and to membrane process control and optimisation. Macroscopic, molecular, and data-driven approaches are of interest, as well as multi-scale strategies and novel hybrid methods combining physics-based and data-driven approaches.
We welcome both original research and review/perspective articles that offer valuable insights into the future trajectory of the field and propose directions for its advancement. Contributions focusing on the integration of sustainability principles within computational analysis and their implications for the development and application of membranes are highly encouraged.
We look forward to receiving your manuscripts.
Dr. Eleonora Ricci
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- transport models
- membrane properties prediction
- membrane process optimisation
- numerical simulations
- thermodynamic modelling
- computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
- molecular modelling
- data-driven modelling
- multi-scale models
- structure–processing–property relationships
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