Separation processes, membranes and polymers

Director: Jorge Labanda Angulo

Members of the research group: David Curcó Cantarell, Alberto Cruz Alcalde, Núria López Vinent, Joan Llorens Llacuna

Research topics:

• Integration of technologies for the treatment of aqueous effluents: membrane technology, advanced oxidation processes, and constructed wetlands.
• Recovery of water, nutrients, and other valuable resources from wastewater.
• Removal of organic contaminants from wastewater.
• Membrane technology in water treatment: reverse osmosis, nanofiltration, ultrafiltration, and forward osmosis.
• Modeling of nanofiltration of complex industrial solutions.
• Adsorption with carbon and lignocellulosic materials.
• Assisted ultrafiltration for the recovery of heavy metals present in wastewater.
• Modeling and application of ion exchange membrane chromatography for biomolecule separation.
• Rheology of colloidal suspensions and activated sludge: thixotropy and linear viscoelasticity.