Sfoglia Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Ambiente - Tesi di Dottorato per Autore "Curcio, Efrem"
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Bio-Hybrid Membrane Process for Food-based Wastewater Valorisation: a pathway to an efficient integrated membrane process design
Gebreyohannes, Abaynesh Yihdego; Giorno, Lidietta; Curcio, Efrem; Aimar, Pierre; Vankelecom, Ivo F.J.; Molinari, Raffaele (2014-11-11)The food industry is by far the largest potable water consuming industry that releases about 500 million m3 of wastewater per annum with very high organic loading. Simple treatment of this stream using conventional ... -
Biodegradable polymeric membrane systems for tissue engineering applications
Messina, Antonietta; De Bartolo, Loredana; Curcio, Efrem; Molinari, Raffaele (2013-11-12) -
Development of Tailored Hydrogel Composite Membranes for Application in Membrane Contactors
Majidi Salehi, Shabnam; Pantano, Pietro; Curcio, Efrem; Di Profio, Gianluca; Fontananova, Enrica (2017-07-11)This work was performed during the period from November 2013 to May 2015 in the Institute on Membrane Technology (ITM-CNR) at the University of Calabria (UNICAL), under supervision of Prof. Efrem Curcio, Dr. Gianluca Di ... -
Dynamic operation and control of cell culture environments in bioreactors for bioartificial liver application
Naghib, Seyed Danial; Pantano, Pietro; Di Renzo, Alberto; Curcio, Efrem; Di Maio, Francesco Paolo; De Bartolo, Loredana (2017-07-11)On the global scale, liver diseases are severe public health problems, with the incidences of end-stage liver disease (ESLD) rising annually. Isolated hepatocytes represent a good model of liver metabolism because they are ... -
Innovative UV-LED polymerised bicontinuous microemulsion coating for membranes with special emphasis on MBRs
Schmidt, Slefan-André; Pantano, Pietro; Curcio, Efrem; Gabriele, Bartolo; Figoli, Alberto (2017-07-11)The main objective of this work is the preparation of polymerisable bicontinuous microemulsion (PBM) coatings applied onto commercial membranes for improving the anti-fouling properties and performance, in terms of water ... -
Mass and momentum transfer in membrane-based bioartificial liver systems
Khakpour, Shervin; Pantano, Pietro; De Bartolo, Loredana; Curcio, Efrem (2017-07-11)Liver failure, caused by acute or chronic end-stage liver disease (ESLD) imposes a significant disease burden worldwide. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis is ranked as 12th cause of death in the United States and 4th ... -
Membrane Distillation in Integrated Seawater Desalination Systems
Ji, Xiaosheng; Drioli, Enrico; Curcio, Efrem; Molinari, Raffaele (12-11-2010) -
Modelling study of vanadium based alloys and crystalline porous materials for gas separation membranes
Borisova Evtimova, Jenny; De Luca, Giorgio; Curcio, Efrem; Molinari, Raffaele (2016-02-26)Gas! membrane! separation! is! an! attractive! technology! that! is! often! superior! to! other! more! conventional! procedures! for! separation! of! gaseous! species! in! terms! of! energy! consumption! and! environmental! ... -
Performance of hollow fiber membrane bioreactor as a bioartificial liver
Magdy Ahmed, Haysam Mohamed; Pantano, Pietro; De Bartolo, Loredana; Curcio, Efrem (2017-07-11)C'è una crescente necessità di sviluppare un dispositivo bioartificiale di tipo epatico da utilizzare sia in applicazioni in vitro, per la sperimentazione della tossicità di molecole da parte delle aziende farmaceutiche, ... -
Preparation of mixed matrix membranes for water treatment
Grosso, Valentina; Panano, Pietro; Drioli, Enrico; Fontananova, Enrica; Di Profio, Gianluca; Curcio, Efrem; Gabriele, Bartolo (2017-07-11)The treatment of wastewater and its reuse is a very important topic in industrial processes. This because not only avoids drawing on natural resources, but also enables a significant reduction in the amount of wastewater ... -
Process intensification:integrated membrane operations for brackish and seawater desalination
Al-Obaidani, Sulaiman; Drioli, Enrico; Curcio, Efrem; Molinari, Raffaele (2014-06-10)The present research study is focusing on the evaluation of the integrated membrane system which merges the membrane contactor technology such as gas-liquid membrane contactors (GLMC) and membrane distillation /crystallization ... -
Realizzazione di membrane polimeriche innovative per la crescita in vitro di tessuti umani
Campana, Carla; De Bartolo, Loredana; Curcio, Efrem (2010-11-12) -
Renewable energy generation and hydrogen production from concentrated brine by reverse eectrodialysis
Tufa, Ramato Ashu; Drioli, Enrico; Curcio, Efrem; Molinari, Raffaele (2016-02-26)Salinity Gradient Power-Reverse Electrodialysis (SGP-RE) is among the emerging membrane-based technologies for renewable energy generation. In RE, cation exchange membranes (CEM) and anion exchange membranes (AEMs) are ... -
Reverse electrodialysis for energy recovery: material development and performance evalution
Avci, Ahmet Halil; Critelli, Salvatore; Curcio, Efrem (2018-05-11)Salinity Gradient Power- Reverse Electrodialysis (SGP-RED), so-called blue energy, is a promising untapped membrane based renewable and sustainable energy generation technology. Salinity gradient energy can be defined as ... -
Studio teorico di membrane bicompatibili per applicazioni farmaceutiche
Cairo, Patrizia; Tocci, Elena; Curcio, Efrem; Molinari, Raffaele (2014-05-29)To design advanced dosage forms, suitable carrier materials are used to overcome the undesirable properties of drug molecules. Hence various kinds of high-performance biomaterials are being constantly developed. From ...