凯发_Enrico Drioli

Speaker-Enrico Drioli

Enrico Drioli
University of Calabria, Itly

CAREER

Distinguished Visiting Professor, Faculty ofEngineering & Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Australia (January 2016)

Distinguished Adjunct Professor, Center of Excellence in Desalination Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah Saudi Arabia (2012)

WCU(World Class University) Distinguished Visiting Professor, Department of Energy Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul Korea (2009)

EmeritusProfessor, School of Engineering of the University of Calabria (2012)

Professor of Chemistry and Electrochemistry at the School of Engineering of the University of Naples (since 1968-1982)

Professor at the School of Engineering of the University of Calabria (1981-2011).

Dean of the School of Engineering of the University of Calabria (1982-1985).

Founding Director of the Institute on MembraneTechnology (ITM) of CNR (from 2011)

Director of the Institute on Membranes and Chemical Reactors of the National Research Council (1993 - 2001).

Director of the Institute on Membrane Technology (ITM) of CNR (2002 - 2008)

RESEARCHINTEREST

Membranes in Artificial Organs, Integrated Membrane Processes, Membrane Preparation Transport Phenomena, Membrane Distillation and Membrane Contactors, Catalytic Membrane and Catalytic Membrane Reactors

BIOGRAPHY:

Coordinator of the European Erasmus Mundus Doctorate in Membrane Engineering (EUDIME);

Scientific Coordinator of various international Contracts/Agreements: ITM-CNR-KACST - (1)Hydrophobic membrane preparation for membrane contactors application; ITM-CNR-KISR (Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research) - Evaluation of the potentialities of the membrane distillation technology for desalting de-oiled filtered high concentrated saline waters; RHODIA; etc

Member of the Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) for the KAUST Water Desalination and Reuse (WDR) Center from 2010;

MIAC International Award for International Collaborationand Promotion (October 2015)

Award with the Academician Semenov Medal of Russian Academy of Engineering Science (2014)

Honorary Membership of the Czech Society of Chemical Engineering (2012)

2011, “Richard Maling Barrer Prize” of the EMS, for his “outstanding contributions to membrane science and technology”

2009, Doctorate Honoris Causa from University of Paul Sabatier of Toulouse, France

2005, International Cooperation Honor Award, Membrane Industry Association of China (MIAC) for special dedication to International Cooperation between China and Europe in the field of membrane science and technology

2005– Present, Guest professor, Jiangsu Polytechnic University, China

1999, Honorary President, European Membrane Society

1992, Doctorate Honoris Causa in Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Russian Academy of Science

1991, Honorary Professor, China Northwest University in Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

1982– 1998, President, European Society of Membrane Science and Technology (European Membrane Society)

Advisory Board of “Journal of Membrane Science”, of “Polish Journal of Chemical Technology”; Editorial Board of various other international scientific Journals.

Exec. Editor: Applied Water Science Journal, Springer Berlin Heidelberg (Germany) and Membrane Water Technology, Techno Press (Korea)

Author of more of 750 scientific papers, 22 patents, and 24 books

Title：Composite Graphene and beyond Graphene Membranes

SymposiumDesalination

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Abstract

Many areas around the globe suffer the scarcity of clean and fresh water as well as the access to adequate sanitation due to the exponential increase in the world’s population and industrial activities over the last decades.

Current state-of-the-art technology allows for the provision of refresh water by processing seawater and brackish water by means of membrane operations and in particularly reverse osmosis plants. Though the reverse osmosis is 10 folds more efficient than thermal processes, it is not yet an intensely competitive technology from an energetic point of view, especially for those countries that suffer important energy shortages (1). Also, seasonal variations in seawater quality as well as sensitivity to fouling, scaling and brine disposal make the RO-process necessary to the integration with pre-treatment steps, such as nanofiltration, and post-treatment steps, such as membrane distillation and membrane crystallization. Nanofiltration takes advantages of reducing hardness and total dissolved solid with a recover factor up to 50% and energy saving of 25-30%. Membrane Distillation and Crystallization are envisaged as suited processes to handle the brine problems, taking advantages of production of ultra-pure, desalted and demineralized water as well as concentration of aqueous salts or inorganic acids up to high concentrations, and crystallization (2).

Despite the sustainability of integrated membrane processes, there is still a great demand for advanced materials, which can yield more efficient production of clean and safe water while reducing the energy need to produce it. The choice of 2D layered materials for the fabrication of advanced membranes appears to be a reliable route for allocating in the same device complementary functions, including mass, charge and energy transport (3).

Herein, the potentiality of graphene and 2D materials beyond graphene in water processing is discussed. Nanopores, local defects and wrinkling in graphene sheets as well as the insertion of functional groups in the pore edges or between the stacked layers are discerned with the membrane ability to let water pass through, but also to stop pollutants and salts at the interface according to size exclusion, chemical and electrostatic interactions and Donnan’s exclusion mechanisms. Electronical features are also examined in relation to the possibility to realize devices for self-sustainable energy recovery, production and storage. Finally, perspectives on the future of 2D electronic materials beyond graphene, including phosphorene, silicene, and other transition metal dichalcogenide, are discussed with an emphasis to the synthesis, characterization and production of nanoporous desalination membranes through which water flow and ion filtering can be regulated (4-7).