Table of Contents

1. Integration of Selective Membranes in Chemical Processes: Benefits and Examples.- 2. Pd-based Selective Membrane State-of-the art.- 3. Hydrogen Palladium Selective Membranes: An Economic Perspective.- 4. Membrane Reactors Modeling.- 5. Membrane Integration in Natural Gas Steam Reforming.- 6. Autothermal Reforming Case Study.- 7. Technical and Economical Evaluation of WGS Reaction.- 8. Membrane Assisted Catalytic Decomposition of Hydrogen Sulphide.- 9. Alkanes Dehydrogenation.- 10. Steam Reforming of Natural Gas in a Reformer and Membrane Modules Test Plant. Plant Design Criteria and Operating Experience.- 11. Future Perspectives.

About the Author

Marcello De Falco is an academic researcher and an expert in reactor modelling. He has about 25 publications on reactor simulations and membrane technology assessment. Luigi Marrelli is Full Professor of Chemical Reactors and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome. He has 40 years academic research experience and about 100 publications on chemical thermodynamics, kinetics and reactor modelling. Gaetano Iaquaniello is Vice President of Technology & Business Development at Tecnimont-KT S.p.A., a major process engineering contractor. He has 35 years of experience in process development and plant design, and in industrial research activities. He graduated with honors in Chemical Engineering in 1975 from the University of Rome, Italy, with a PhD from U.E.R. des Sciences at University of Limoges, France, in 1984 and he has a Masters in Management from the London Business School, UK, which he received in 1997.