Membrane Technologies in Food Industry and Bioprocessing
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Processing and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2024 | Viewed by 2672
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food processing; membrane separation processes; drying; bioactive compounds of food; residues and byproducts
Interests: ultrafiltration; proteins; protein hydrolysates; chromatography; purification; vegetal proteins; peptides; bioactive peptides
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Today consumers have more information about the food quality they purchase. They want safe and high quality foods.
In addition, the environmental issue takes on an important proportion, implying that food today must be related to maintaining health and not intervening in the environment.
In this context, membrane separation processes is considered an important tool to improve food systems, since they are conducted under mild conditions and consequently maintaining the nutritional and functional quality of the raw materials. Also recognized as a green technology by its characteristics of low energy consumption, production costs, equipment size, and waste generation.
This special issue is focused on membrane separation technologies applied on food and bioprocessing. We are expecting high quality research, experimental or theoretical papers. Review papers are also welcome. All aspects related directly or indirectly to food processing are included in the area of this Special Issue:
- Membrane separation technologies that have the potential to be innovative, sustainable, and affordable alternatives compared to conventional technologies;
- Combinations of membrane processes;
- Membranes for food industries: fruits, vegetables, oils, proteins;
- Membranes and bioreactors;
- Application of membrane processes to recovery bioactive molecules from agrifood residues.
Dr. Lourdes Maria Corrêa Cabral
Prof. Dr. Kapel Romain
Prof. Dr. Manuel Dornier
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Membranes is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- membrane
- food processing
- separation
- purification
- concentration
- recovery
