MATS holds the seminar “Innovative Approaches in Greener Membrane Design for Environmental Applications”

On March 31st, 2025, the research group MATS (Material Technology and Sustainability) successfully organized the seminar titled “Innovative Approaches in Greener Membrane Design for Environmental Applications” at the School of Engineering of the University of Valencia.
The event, part of the CARBONBRANE and METHBRANE projects, brought together researchers in the field of sustainable polymeric membranes to present their latest advances in membrane preparation and application techniques for environmental protection and decarbonization.

Seminar Program

• Session I: Advances in PVDF and PVDF-HFP flat-sheet and hollow-fibre membrane preparation techniques:

  • Amaury Ochoa – “Desarrollo de membranas electrohiladas basadas en homopolímeros y copolímeros de PVDF y consolidación por termocompresión”
  • Félix Montero – “Transitioning to green solvents in electrospun PVDF membrane production: Safer manufacturing with DMSO”
  • Rafa Font – “Desarrollo de membranas de lámina plana basadas en copolímeros de PVDF-HFP con disolventes eutécticos profundos para aplicaciones gas-líquido”
  • Álex Gálvez – “Avances en la fabricación, caracterización y aplicación de membranas poliméricas de fibra hueca de PVDF”
• Session II: Greening decarbonization technologies with novel membrane materials:
  • Gorka Marco – “Evaluation of dialkylimidazolium chain length on the properties and CO₂/CH₄ and CO₂/N₂ separation performance of [NTf₂]-based supported ionic liquid membranes”
  • Javi Soler – “Desarrollo de membranas líquidas soportadas mediante la incorporación de disolventes eutécticos profundos en biomembranas comerciales basadas en celulosa para separación de gases”
  • Carlos Pérez – “Preparación y caracterización de biomembranas basadas en quitosano y poli(vinil alcohol) entrecruzadas con ácido cítrico”
  • Rubén Hervás – “Integración e intensificación de tecnologías con base biológica para la purificación de biogás y el tratamiento del escurrido del digestato de EDAR: estudio de biorreactor anóxico de membranas bifásico (TP-MBR)”

The event opened and closed with remarks from Professor José Badia, and stood out for the high scientific level of the presentations and the strong commitment to the development of sustainable solutions for today’s environmental challenges.

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