<p>Section I: Membrane engineering and renewable energy in the circular economy<br>1. Introduction to the fundamentals of the membrane engineering<br>2. The impact of membrane engineering in the circular economy<br>3. The zero-waste economy: From food waste to industry<br>4. Renewable sources to bio-refineries, biomass conversion and membrane technology <br>5. Circular economy in selected wastewater treatment techniques<br>6. Bio-methane and food grade CO2 from biogas via membrane separation<br>7. Hydrogen economy and bio-ethanol exploitation: The role of membrane reactor technology and the competition between food and energy</p> <p>Section II: Membrane separation technology in agro-food downstream processing<br>8. Agro-food wastes: New sources of antioxidants<br>9. Membrane-based bio-refinery in agro-food wastewaters processing<br>10. Pressure-driven membrane processes for the recovery of antioxidants from winery wastewaters<br>11. Recovery of bioactive compounds from dairy processing by-products<br>12. Recovery of water-soluble dietary fiber components from cereal processing by-products<br>13. Valorisation of citrus by-products by membrane processes<br>14. Valorisation of Phenolic Extracts from Olea europaea L. by membrane operations<br>15. Membrane distillation and pervaporation technology in bio-refinery<br>16. Seafood processing by-products by membrane processes<br>17. Sustainable use of tomato pomace for the production of high added value food, feed and nutraceutical products.</p> <p>Section III: Case studies<br>18. Advanced membrane-based process for biogas up-grading produced by a real bio-digester in south of Italy<br>19. Food engineering for industrial biogas production in Austria: A case study<br>20. Sustainable and green bio-ethanol extraction from sugar juice for biofuel production via membrane engineering <br>21. Total discharge of olive mill waste waters to produce bioactive animal feed for feeding productive animals, to improve animal welfare and produce high added value bio-functional livestock products<br>22. Natural convection heat transfer during radio frequency thawing<br>23. Silica derivatives in the cosmetic, pharmaceutical, luxury and food industries</p>