Current trends and future developments on (bio-) membranes: membranes in environmental applications

Front Cover -- Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Preface -- 1 CO2 emission and air pollution (volatile organic compounds, etc.)-related problems causing climate change -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.1.1 Climate systems -- 1.1.2 International reports -- 1.1.2.1 Hydrosphere -- 1.1.2.2 Lithosphere -- 1.1.2.3 Atmosphere -- 1.1.2.4 Biosphere -- 1.1.3 Pollution -- 1.1.3.1 Point source pollution -- 1.1.3.2 Nonpoint source pollution -- 1.1.3.3 Categories of pollution -- 1.1.3.3.1 Air pollution -- Air pollutants -- Impacts of air pollution -- 1.1.3.3.2 Water pollution -- Origins and pollutants -- Impacts of water pollution -- Minamata disease -- 1.1.4 Sources and pollutants -- 1.2 CO2 emission -- 1.2.1 The ozone layer -- 1.2.1.1 The destruction of the ozone layer -- 1.2.2 Climate change -- 1.2.2.1 Historical concentrations of greenhouse gases -- 1.2.2.2 Increasing the concentrations of greenhouse gases -- 1.2.2.3 The warming world -- 1.2.3 Sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2) and the environmental problems -- 1.2.3.1 Conventional systems for CO2 capture -- 1.2.3.1.1 Oxy-fuel combustion capture -- 1.2.3.1.2 Precombustion capture -- 1.2.3.1.3 Postcombustion capture -- 1.3 Air pollution -- 1.3.1 Impact of airborne absorbing particles on surface albedo -- 1.3.1.1 Snow-darkening effect -- 1.3.1.2 Self-feedback effect -- 1.3.1.3 Photochemistry effect -- 1.3.1.4 Particle effect through large-scale meteorology -- 1.3.1.5 Rainout effect -- 1.4 Conclusion and future trends -- List of acronyms -- References -- Further reading -- 2 Air pollution (volatile organic compound, etc.) and climate change -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Air pollutants -- 2.3 Climate change -- 2.4 Catalytic treatment of volatile organic compound and NOx -- 2.4.1 Volatile organic compounds treatment -- 2.4.2 NOx abatement.