Alessandro Tamburini

Dr. Alessandro Tamburini

Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi di Palermo, viale delle Scienze Ed. 6, 90128 Palermo, Italy
orcid

Research Focus & Metrics

Academic Career Length

18Years (2009-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

View All Publications
9 July 2020 in Membranes
Verified
Journal Article
Open access
PDF file
Luigi GurreriLuigi Gurreri
Luigi Gurreri
Alessandro TamburiniAlessandro Tamburini
Alessandro Tamburini
Andrea CipollinaAndrea Cipollina
Andrea Cipollina
Giorgio MicaleGiorgio Micale
Giorgio Micale
This paper presents a comprehensive review of studies on electrodialysis (ED) applications in wastewater treatment, outlining the current status and the future prospect. ED is a membrane process of separation under the action of an electric field, where ions are selectively transported across ion-exchange membranes. ED of both conventional or unconventional fashion has been tested to treat several waste or spent aqueous solutions, including effluents from various industrial processes, municipal wastewater or salt water treatment plants, and animal farms. Properties such as selectivity, high separation efficiency, and chemical-free treatment make ED methods adequate for desalination and other treatments with significant environmental benefits. ED technologies can be used in operations of concentration, dilution, desalination, regeneration, and valorisation to reclaim wastewater and recover water and/or other products, e.g., heavy metal ions, salts, acids/bases, nutrients, and organics, or electrical energy. Intense research activity has been directed towards developing enhanced or novel systems, showing that zero or minimal liquid discharge approaches can be techno-economically affordable and competitive. Despite few real plants having been installed, recent developments are opening new routes for the large-scale use of ED techniques in a plethora of treatment processes for wastewater.

1 December 2012 in Chemical Engineering Research and Design
Verified
Journal Article
Closed access
Andrea CipollinaAndrea Cipollina
Andrea Cipollina
MSM.G. Di Sparti
M.G. Di Sparti
Alessandro TamburiniAlessandro Tamburini
Alessandro Tamburini
Giorgio MicaleGiorgio Micale
Giorgio Micale

1 November 2018 in Desalination
Verified
Journal Article
Closed access
MCMariagiorgia Floriana La Cerva
Mariagiorgia Floriana La Cerva
Luigi GurreriLuigi Gurreri
Luigi Gurreri
MTMichele Tedesco
Michele Tedesco
Andrea CipollinaAndrea Cipollina
Andrea Cipollina
MCMichele Ciofalo
Michele Ciofalo
Giorgio MicaleGiorgio Micale
Giorgio Micale

1 October 2014 in Journal of Membrane Science
Verified
Journal Article
Closed access
Luigi GurreriLuigi Gurreri
Luigi Gurreri
Alessandro TamburiniAlessandro Tamburini
Alessandro Tamburini
Andrea CipollinaAndrea Cipollina
Andrea Cipollina
Giorgio MicaleGiorgio Micale
Giorgio Micale
MCM. Ciofalo
M. Ciofalo

1 January 2015 in Chemical Engineering Research and Design
Verified
Journal Article
Closed access
MTMichele Tedesco
Michele Tedesco
Andrea CipollinaAndrea Cipollina
Andrea Cipollina
Alessandro TamburiniAlessandro Tamburini
Alessandro Tamburini
IBI. David L. Bogle
I. David L. Bogle
Giorgio MicaleGiorgio Micale
Giorgio Micale

1 December 2011 in Chemical Engineering Journal
Verified
Journal Article
Closed access
Alessandro TamburiniAlessandro Tamburini
Alessandro Tamburini
Andrea CipollinaAndrea Cipollina
Andrea Cipollina
Giorgio MicaleGiorgio Micale
Giorgio Micale
ABA. Brucato
A. Brucato
MCM. Ciofalo
M. Ciofalo