Membrane engineering in the circular economy : renewable sources valorization in energy and downstream processing in agro-food industry

Section I: Membrane engineering and renewable energy in the circular economy 1. Introduction to the fundamentals of the membrane engineering 2. The impact of membrane engineering in the circular economy 3. The zero-waste economy: From food waste to industry 4. Renewable sources to bio-refineries, biomass conversion and membrane technology  5. Circular economy in selected wastewater treatment techniques 6. Bio-methane and food grade CO2 from biogas via membrane separation 7. Hydrogen economy and bio-ethanol exploitation: The role of membrane reactor technology and the competition between food and energy Section II: Membrane separation technology in agro-food downstream processing 8. Agro-food wastes: New sources of antioxidants 9. Membrane-based bio-refinery in agro-food wastewaters processing 10. Pressure-driven membrane processes for the recovery of antioxidants from winery wastewaters 11. Recovery of bioactive compounds from dairy processing by-products 12. Recovery of water-soluble dietary fiber components from cereal processing by-products 13. Valorisation of citrus by-products by membrane processes 14. Valorisation of Phenolic Extracts from Olea europaea L. by membrane operations 15. Membrane distillation and pervaporation technology in bio-refinery 16. Seafood processing by-products by membrane processes 17. Sustainable use of tomato pomace for the production of high added value food, feed and nutraceutical products.Section III: Case studies 18. Advanced membrane-based process for biogas up-grading produced by a real bio-digester in south of Italy 19. Food engineering for industrial biogas production in Austria: A case study 20. Sustainable and green bio-ethanol extraction from sugar juice for biofuel production via membrane engineering 21. Total discharge of olive mill waste waters to produce bioactive animal feed for feeding productive animals, to improve animal welfare and produce high added value bio-functional livestock products 22. Natural convection heat transfer during radio frequency thawing 23. Silica derivatives in the cosmetic, pharmaceutical, luxury and food industries