HANDBOOK OF

INDUSTRIAL MEMBRANE
TECHNOLOGY
Edited by
Mark C. Porter
Consultant
Pleasanton, California
Reprint Edition
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NOYES PUBLICATIONS
Westwood, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Copyright 01990 by Noyes Publications
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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 88-17878
ISBN O-8155-1205-8
Printed in the United States
Published in the United States of America by
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Handbook of industrial membrane technology
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. Membranes (Technology) --Handbooks, manuals, etc.
I. Porter, Mark C.
TP159.M4H38 1988 880.2842 88-17876
ISBN O-81 55-l 205-8
Contributors
Richard W. Baker
Membrane Technology and
Research, Inc.
Menlo Park, CA
lngo Blume
Membrane Technology and
Research, inc.
Menlo Park, CA
John E. Cadotte
FilmTec Corporation
Minneapolis, MN
Gerard0 Catapano
University of Naples
Naples, Italy
Thomas A. Davis
Graver Water
Union, NJ
Enrico Drioli
University of Naples
Naples, Italy
A. Keith Fritzsche
Ramicon, Inc.
Woburn, MA
Gabriele lorio
University of Naples
Naples, Italy
James E. Kurz
Permea, Inc.
St. Louis, MO
Robert J. Petersen
Filmlec Corporation
Minneapolis, MN
Mark C. Porter
Consultant
Pleasanton, CA
Robert Rautenbach
Rhein Westfalen Technische
Hochschule Aachen
Aachen, West Germany
Heiner Strathmann
Fraunhofer-lnstitut fur Grenzflachen-
und Bioverfahrenstechnik
Stuttgart, West Germany
Richard G. Sudak
Separation Processes, Inc.
Solana Beach, CA
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