1. CZECH MEMBRANE PLATFORM, o.s. CZECH MEMBRANE PLATFORM, o.s. Membrane processes in technologies for renewable resources, innovations and increasing of competitive advantage Ing. Miroslav Bleha, CSc.

2. CZECH MEMBRANE PLATFORM, o.s. The Platform interconnects activities of professional community, academic sphere and industrial producers and users of products and technologies in the membrane area – creation of strategy for its development. 2007 - 2011

3. CZECH MEMBRANE PLATFORM, o.s. www.czemp.cz BASIC MISSION OF THE PLATFORM CZEMP ensures the transfer and stabilization of infobases concerning membrane topics and supports the education in the field, CZEMP promotes the coordination of activities of subjects acting in the area of research and development of membrane processes, pursuing programmes and both domestic and foreign financial resources, CZEMP supports and defends common interests of its members with the aim to popularize membrane topics and create a proper atmosphere for their development and stabilization..

4. CZECH MEMBRANE PLATFORM, o.s. www.czemp.cz ČLENOVÉ.. Contacts: Moskevská 3001 470 01 Česká Lípa e-mail: info@czemp.cz info@czemp.cz tel.: 487 523 854 Executive director Ing. Miroslav Bleha e-mail: miroslav.bleha@czemp.cz miroslav.bleha@czemp.cz tel.: 725 103 963 Project manager Ing. Dana Černínová e-mail: dana.cerninova@czemp.cz dana.cerninova@czemp.cz tel.: 724 865 036 Promotion and education Ing. Darina Bouzková e-mail: darina.bouzkova@czemp.cz darina.bouzkova@czemp.cz tel.: 724 865 177

5. KEY SCIENTIFIC BODIES ACTING IN MEMBRANE FIELD Academy of Science of the Czech Republic Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, AS CR Department of Polymer membranes Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, AS CR Department of Separation Processes J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, AS CR Department of Structure and Dynamics in Catalysis

6. Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague Department of Polymers Department of Physical Chemistry Department of Inorganic Technology University of Pardubice, Faculty of Chemical Technology Department of environmental and chemical engineering Department of Fermentation Chemistry and Bioengineering Department of Inorganic Technology Department of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Technology Department of Dairy and Fat Technology

7. KEY INDUSTRIAL BODIES ACTING IN MEMBRANE FIELD MEGA a.s.  Producer and supplier of membranes and membrane technologies for water treatment, food processing, pharmaceutical and chemical industries  Production of ion-exchange membranes RALEX, spacers and membrane stacks according to their own know-how MemBrain s.r.o. MEGA –TEC s.r.o. DIAMO s.p., o.z. GEAM Interlacto Group s.r.o. Mikropur s.r.o. Eurowater spol. s r.o. VWS Memsep s.r.o. Moravia Lacto a.s.

8. Membrane separation Separation Problem Interface Science Device Design Material Science Material Processing System Integration Mass Transport Modelling Membrane Separations Systems

9. Membrane technologies for renewable resources, innovations and increasing of competitive advantage Membrane separations advanced processes – microfiltration, ultrafiltration, electrodialysis, separation of selected gases implemented and developing processes – pervaporation, membrane distillation, electrodeionisation, Membrane reactors bioreactors – parallel catalyzed reaction and product separation combined technologies – production and separation of gases fuel cells – direct transformation of energy energetic reactors – energy storage

10. Membrane separations Membranes stable under technological conditions (chemical, thermal, biological, pressure resistance) anti-fouling security ( surface and process adjustement, periodical regeneration of membrane function) Development trends qualitatively new materials – nanotechnologies ?? (functional polymers, controled morphology, inorganic types, hybrid structures, membrane modules, hollow fibres, folies, blocks) membrane technologies – optimization of processes, realization of new systems (yet unused separation principles)

11. Membrane reactors Bioreactors catalyzer in reaction medium or immobilized in membrane (product segregation, repeated technological procedure) Chemical reactors high-temperature reaction – ceramic membranes Fuel cells low-temperature – liquid or polymer electrolyte (catalyzer, conductive layer) medium-temperature – PEM, polymeric high-temperature – inorganic types

12. Utilization of renewable resources Biofuels of second generation utilization of biomass in technologies for the preparation of liquid and gaseous fuels (gasification of biomass – HTU = High Temperature Upgrading) biohydrogen (reforming of methane from HTU) biomethanol, bioDME (HTU) HTU diesel FT diesel (Fischer-Tropsch gas-liquid process) alcohols – mixture (HTU) development of new products and technologies (goal-directed herb growing – cellulose, sugars) Biofuels in booming countries – China, India, Brazil and others

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