chapter Section I: Membrane Applications in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries and In Coservation of Natural Resources -- chapter 1 Membrane Applications in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries and in Conservation of Natural Resources: Introduction -- chapter 2 Application of Membrane Contactors as Mass Transfer Devices -- chapter 3 Membrane Chromatography -- chapter 4 Membranes in Gas Separation -- chapter 5 Pervaporation: Theory, Practice, and Applications in the Chemical and Allied Industries -- chapter 6 Current Status and Prospects for Ceramic Membrane Applications -- chapter 7 Membrane Technologies and Supercritical Fluids: Recent Advances -- chapter 8 Techniques to Enhance Performance of Membrane Processes -- chapter 9 Separation and Removal of Hydrocarbons Using Polymer Membranes -- chapter 10 Zeolite Membranes: Synthesis, Characterization, Important Applications, and Recent Advances -- chapter 11 _C000 page v 7:54pm and Minimization -- chapter 12 Membrane Extraction in Preconcentration, Sampling, and Trace Analysis -- chapter 13 Hybrid Liquid Membrane Processes with Organic Water-Immiscible Carriers (OHLM): Application in Chemical and Biochemical Separations -- chapter 14 Advancements in Membrane Processes for Pharmaceutical Applications -- chapter 15 Membranes in Drug Delivery -- chapter 16 Bio-Responsive Hydrogel Membranes -- chapter Section II: Membrane Applications in Biotechnology, Food Processing, Life Sciences, and Energy Conversion -- chapter 17 Membrane Applications in Biotechnology, Food Processing, Life Sciences, and Energy Conversion: Introduction -- chapter 18 Ultrafiltration-Based Protein Bioseparation -- chapter 19 Membrane Distillation in Food Processing -- chapter 20 Applications of Membrane Separation in the Brewing Industry -- chapter 21 Developments of Bipolar Membrane Technology in Food and Bio-Industries -- chapter 22 Applications of Membrane Technology in the Dairy Industry -- chapter 23 Microporous Membrane Blood Oxygenators -- chapter 24 _C000 page 7:54pm Using Membranes -- chapter 25 Use of Emulsion Liquid Membrane Systems in Chemical and Biotechnological Separations -- chapter 26 Membrane Electroporation and Emerging Biomedical Applications -- chapter 27 Proton-Conducting Membranes for Fuel Cells -- chapter Section III: Membrane Applications in Industrial Waste Management (Including Nuclear), Environmental Engineering, and Future Trends in Membrane Science -- chapter 28 Membrane Applications in Industrial Waste Management (Including Nuclear), Environmental Engineering, and Future Trends in Membrane Science: Introduction -- chapter 29 Treatment of Radioactive Effluents: Introduction, Fundamentals, and Scope of Different Membrane Processes -- chapter 30 Radioactive Waste Processing: Advancement in Pressure-Driven Processes and Current World Scenario -- chapter 31 Liquid Membrane-Based Separations of Actinides -- chapter 32 Reverse Osmosis-Based Treatment of Radioactive Liquid Wastes Generated in Hospital Facility and in Steel Industry: Case Studies -- chapter 33 Evaluation of Membrane-Based Processing of Radioactive Nuclear Plant Waste: Case Studies -- chapter 34 Application of Donnan Membrane Process for Recovery of Coagulants from Water Treatment Residuals -- chapter 35 Utilization of Membrane Processes in Treating Various Effluents Generated in Pulp and Paper Industry -- chapter 36 Membrane Bioreactors for Wastewater Treatment -- chapter 37 Membrane-Assisted Solvent Extraction for the Recovery of Metallic Pollutants: Process Modeling and Optimization -- chapter 38 Membrane Contactors for Gaseous Streams Treatments -- chapter 39 Strip Dispersion Technique: Application for Strategic and Precious Metal Separation and Treatment of Wastewater Streams -- chapter 40 Electrically Enhanced Membrane Separations and Catalysis -- chapter 41 Membrane Processes for Treatment of Industrial Tannery Effluents: A Case Study -- chapter 42 New Developments in Nanofiltration Technology: A Case Study on Recovery of Impurity-Free Sodium Thiocyanate for Acrylic Fiber Industry -- chapter 43 Future Progresses in Membrane Engineering.