Membrane Technology

By Prof. Kaustubha Mohanty | IIT Guwahati

Learners enrolled: 546

This course will provide an insight to the membrane based separations that is an integral part of the down-stream processing of various industries. The course begins with introducing the development of membranes and discussing the basics which is followed by detail discussion on membrane materials and their properties. This course then deals with various methods of membrane preparations and their characterization. How separations (transport mechanism) takes places using membranes has been covered extensively. Further, principles of various membrane processes such as reverse osmosis, microfiltration, ultrafiltration, dialysis, liquid membrane, pervaporation etc. has been covered along with their applications in different industries. The course will enable students to develop necessary skills to design appropriate membrane based separation technique as per the need.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : Final year BE/B.Tech., ME/M.Tech./MS and PhD students

PREREQUISITES : NILL

INDUSTRY SUPPORT : All industries that require downstream processing using membrane such as Refineries, Pharmaceutical industries, food and beverage

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Chemical Engineering
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date :	24 Jan 2022
End Date :	15 Apr 2022
Enrollment Ends :	07 Feb 2022
Exam Date :	23 Apr 2022 IST

Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: Overview and membrane materials

Week 2: Material properties and preparation of phase-inversion membranes

Week 3: Preparation of composite, inorganic membranes and MF characterization

Week 4: MF and UF characterization and membrane transport

Week 5: Porous and non-porous membrane transport and Osmosis concepts

Week 6: Reverse Osmosis and Nanofiltration

Week 7: Ultrafiltration basics, transport models, applications

Week 8: Micellar-enhanced and affinity UF, bioseparation, Microfiltration basics, transport, fouling and applications

Week 9: Problems and solutions based on RO, UF & MF, Dialysis

Week 10: Electrodialysis, Pervaporation, Problems and solutions based on ED, PV

Week 11: Liquid Membranes, Gas separation, Membrane Distillation

Week 12: Facilitated Transport, Membrane contactors and other membrane processes

Books and references

1. M. H. Mulder, Basic Principles of Membrane Technology,Springer, 2004

2. B. K. Dutta, Mass Transfer and Separation Processes, PHI,2007.

3. K. Nath, Membrane Separation Processes, PHI, 2008.

4. M. Cheryan, Ultrafiltration & Microfiltration Handbook,Technomic, 1998.

Instructor bio

Prof. Kaustubha Mohanty

IIT Guwahati

Prof. Kaustubha Mohanty has obtained his PhD degree in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute Technology Kharagpur and is currently working as a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Indian Institute Technology Guwahati. He has more than 12 years of teaching and research experience at IIT Guwahati. His key research areas are biofuels, bioseparation, biological wastewater treatment, membrane technology, ionic liquids, and microalgae biorefinery and biomass pyrolysis. He has published more than 120 research papers in peer-reviewed journals and co-edited one book on Membrane Technology & Applications (Taylor & Francis, USA). He has an h-index of 27 and i10 index of 57 along with more than 2950 citations. He has supervised twelve PhD students and fifteen more are currently pursuing their PhD research under his supervision. He is involved in various sponsored and consultancy projects, four of which are currently running. He is an Editor of Journal of Chemistry; Associate Editor of The Journal of Institution of Engineers (India) Series: E; Associate Editor of Research Journal of Environmental Sciences; Review Editor of Frontiers in Bioenergy and Biofuel and Editorial board member of various journals. He is a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, UK and fellow of Institution of Engineers, India. He is also Member of Society of Chemical Industry, London; Member of Canadian Society for Chemical Engineers and Life Member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers. He has served IITG in various capacities as Chairman of Cultural board and Head of Career Development Centre.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 23 April 2022 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Guwahati .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team

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