Frank Lipnizki

Professor, Chemical Engineering, Lund University

Lund

Research Expertise

membranes

membrane processes

separation

About

Frank Lipnizki has been a Professor of Chemical Engineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Lund University, Sweden, since 2017. He leads the Membrane Group and manages MemLab, the university’s Industrial Membrane Process Research and Development Centre. Before joining Lund University, he spent 16 years at Alfa Laval – Business Centre Membranes in Denmark. The Membrane Group at Lund University is the largest in Sweden, focusing on the water-energy-food security nexus in alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. His main research interests include the integration and optimization of membrane-based separation processes in the food, biotech, pulp and paper industries, as well as in water and wastewater treatment. He also specializes in membrane fouling and cleaning strategies. Currently, he serves as the President of the European Membrane Society.

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Publications

Pervaporation-based hybrid process: a review of process design, applications and economics

Journal of Membrane Science

1999

Organophilic pervaporation: prospects and performance

Chemical Engineering Journal

1999

Mass transfer performance for hollow fibre modules with shell-side axial feed flow: using an engineering approach to develop a framework

Journal of Membrane Science

2001

MODELLING OF PERVAPORATION: MODELS TO ANALYZE AND PREDICT THE MASS TRANSPORT IN PERVAPORATION

Separation and Purification Methods

2001

Cross‐Flow Membrane Applications in the Food Industry

Membrane Technology

2010

A review of in situ real-time monitoring techniques for membrane fouling in the biotechnology, biorefinery and food sectors

Journal of Membrane Science

2019

Use of Pervaporation-Bioreactor Hybrid Processes in Biotechnology

Chemical Engineering & Technology

2000

Scale-up of pervaporation for the recovery of natural aroma compounds in the food industry. Part 1: simulation and performance

Journal of Food Engineering

2002

Concepts of industrial-scale diafiltration systems

Desalination

2002

Scale-up of pervaporation for the recovery of natural aroma compounds in the food industry Part 2: optimisation and integration

Journal of Food Engineering

2002

Hydrophobic pervaporation: influence of the support layer of composite membranes on the mass transfer

Separation Science and Technology

2002

Basic Aspects and Applications of Membrane Processes in Agro-Food and Bulk Biotech Industries

Comprehensive Membrane Science and Engineering

2010

Integration of vacuum and sweep gas pervaporation to recover organic compounds from wastewater

Separation and Purification Technology

2001

Hydrophobic Pervaporation of Binary and Ternary Solutions: Evaluation of Fluxes, Selectivities, and Coupling Effects

Separation Science and Technology

2005

The influence of permeant and membrane properties on mass transfer in pervaporation of volatile organic compounds from dilute aqueous solutions

Separation Science and Technology

2002

PERVAPORATION-BASED HYBRID PROCESSES IN TREATING PHENOLIC WASTEWATER: TECHNICAL ASPECTS AND COST ENGINEERING

Separation Science and Technology

2001

Refining Raw Cane Sugar in a Beet‐Sugar Factory

Beet‐Sugar Handbook

2005

Membrane processes and applications for biorefineries

Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes

2020

Membrane Processes for the Production of Bulk Fermentation Products

Membrane Technology

2010

Membrane Separation ProcessesAn Overview

Engineering Aspects of Membrane Separation and Application in Food Processing

2017

Industrieller Einsatz der Ultrafiltration in der pharmazeutischen Biotechnologie

Chemie Ingenieur Technik

2004

Membrane Processes for Sugar and Starch Processing

Engineering Aspects of Membrane Separation and Application in Food Processing

2017

Food & bev: anyone for a tasty beverage?

Filtration & Separation

2006

8th Aachen Membrane Colloquium

Membrane Technology

2000

Effects of net-type spacers on heat and mass transfer in direct contact membrane distillation and comparison with ultrafiltration studies

Journal of Membrane Science

2003

Membranes in Food Technology

Handbook of Food Engineering

2018

Focus on fouling monitoring

Filtration + Separation

2019

Beer Dealcoholization

Encyclopedia of Membranes

2014

Beer Clarification

Encyclopedia of Membranes

2014

Water recovery by treatment of food industry wastewater using membrane processes

Environmental Technology

2019

‘Blister free’ membranes are targeted at the dairy-processing industry

Membrane Technology

2017

Preface

Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes

2024

The Modification of Polyethersulfone Membranes with Polyacrylic Acid

Membranes and Membrane Technologies

2021

Nanofiltration of Bleaching Pulp and Paper Effluents in Tubular Polymeric Membranes

Separation Science and Technology

1997

Membrane Processes for Sugar and Starch Processing

Contemporary Food Engineering

2017

Membrane separation processes in pulp and paper production

Filtration & Separation

1991

Biomass Pretreatment, Biorefineries, and Potential Products for a Bioeconomy Development

Biomass Fractionation Technologies for a Lignocellulosic Feedstock Based Biorefinery

2016

A year in the life of a Lewabrane membrane case study

Filtration + Separation

2014

Enhanced membrane bioreactor (MBR) operation by optimisation of bacterial population

Unknown Venue

Membrane processes in fruit juice production

Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes

2024

Application of membrane techniques for ground water purification

Resource Recovery in Drinking Water Treatment

2023

Response surface methodology to optimize membrane cleaning in nanofiltration of kraft black liquor

Separation and Purification Technology

2025

Electrodialysis with sacrificial magnesium anode for nutrient recovery from primary municipal wastewater: Effect on membrane fouling behaviours

Desalination

2024

Pilot-scale nanofiltration and techno-economic evaluation of lignin recovery from kraft black liquor

Journal of Wood Chemistry and Technology

2024

Direct Membrane Filtration (DMF) of municipal wastewater – A study on the prevention and remediation of fouling

Journal of Water Process Engineering

2024

β-galactosidase immobilization on ceramic ultrafiltration membrane for simultaneous lactose hydrolysis and protein separation

Journal of Water Process Engineering

2024

Application of bipolar membrane electrodialysis for acidification of skim milk. A comprehensive study on process performance and effects on ion-exchange membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

2024

Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes

Unknown Venue

2024

Towards multiscale X-ray tomographic imaging in membrane science — A perspective

Journal of Membrane Science

2024

The influence of different ultrafiltration set‐ups on the mineral partitioning between skim milk streams

International Journal of Dairy Technology

2024

Fabrication of nanoclay embedded adsorptive electrospun nanofiber membrane for removal of trace organic molecules

Materials Today Communications

2023

The potential of salinity gradient energy based on natural and anthropogenic resources in Sweden

Renewable Energy

2023

Protein Shift – How Membrane Technology Can Contribute

Chemie Ingenieur Technik

2023

Comparison of membrane fouling during ultrafiltration with adsorption studied by quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D)

Journal of Membrane Science

2023

Evaluation and Mapping of Sustainable Water and Wastewater Treatment with Membrane Processes in South Africa and Sweden

The Thinker

2023

Investigating the impact of stormwater fouling on polysulfone ultrafiltration membranes modified with deep eutectic solvents

Journal of Water Process Engineering

2023

2nd International Sustainable Energy Conference

Unknown Venue

Low-Molecular-Weight Lignin Recovery with Nanofiltration in the Kraft Pulping Process

Membranes

2022

Effect of membrane purification and concentration of sucrose in sugar beet molasses for the production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

2022

Development of Antifouling Polysulfone Membranes by Synergistic Modification with Two Different Additives in Casting Solution and Coagulation Bath: Synperonic F108 and Polyacrylic Acid

Materials

2022

Development of polysulfone ultrafiltration membranes with enhanced antifouling performance for the valorisation of side streams in the pulp and paper industry

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

2022

Editorial: Fouling in Membrane Filtration Systems

Frontiers in Chemical Engineering

2021

Membrane assisted processing of acetone, butanol, and ethanol (ABE) aqueous streams

Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification

2021

Chapter 5 Membrane operations in the sugar and brewing industry

Membrane Systems in the Food Production

2021

Application Potential of Membrane Processes in the Concept of Lignocellulose Biorefineries

Chemie Ingenieur Technik

2021

In situ real-time investigations on adsorptive membrane fouling by thermomechanical pulping process water with quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D)

Separation and Purification Technology

2021

Correlation between membrane surface properties, polymer nature and fouling in skim milk ultrafiltration

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

2020

Modification of PES ultrafiltration membranes by cationic polyelectrolyte Praestol 859: Characterization, performance and application for purification of hemicellulose

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

2020

Analysis of membrane fouling by Brunauer-Emmett-Teller nitrogen adsorption/desorption technique

Scientific Reports

2020

Development of antifouling ultrafiltration PES membranes for concentration of hemicellulose

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

2020

Purification of Sucrose in Sugar Beet Molasses by Utilizing Ceramic Nanofiltration and Ultrafiltration Membranes

Membranes

2019

Galactoglucomannan Recovery with Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Membranes: Process Performance and Cost Estimations

Membranes

2019

On-Site Recovery of Hemicelluloses from Thermomechanical Pulp Mill Process Water by Microfiltration and Ultrafiltration

Journal of Wood Chemistry and Technology

2019

Handbook of Food Engineering

Unknown Venue

2018

Investigations of Alkaline and Enzymatic Membrane Cleaning of Ultrafiltration Membranes Fouled by Thermomechanical Pulping Process Water

Membranes

2018

Functional Channel Membranes for Drinking Water Production

Water

2018

Engineering Aspects of Membrane Separation and Application in Food Processing

Unknown Venue

2017

8. Membrane operations in the sugar and brewing industry

Integrated Membrane Operations

2013

Food Industry Applications

Encyclopedia of Membrane Science and Technology

2013

Membrane Processes in Biorefineries: From Feedstock Preparation to Downstream Processing

Procedia Engineering

2012

Membrane process opportunities and challenges in the bioethanol industry

Desalination

2010

Opportunities and challenges of using ultrafiltration for the concentration of diluted coating materials

Desalination

2008

Performance, energy and cost evaluation of a nanofiltration plant operated at elevated temperatures

Separation and Purification Technology

2008

Membrane applications in the pulp and paper industry: Experience on lab, pilot and industrial scale

Desalination

2006

Anwendungen der Querstrommembranfiltration in der Lebensmittelindustrie

Membranen

2006

The influence of process parameters on aroma recovery by hydrophobic pervaporation

Desalination

2006

Industrial Applications of Ultrafiltration in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Engineering in Life Sciences

2005

Influence of impermeable components on the permeation of aqueous 1-propanol mixtures in hydrophobic pervaporation

Journal of Membrane Science

2004

Hydrophobic pervaporation for environmental applications: Process optimization and integration

Environmental Progress

2002

Simulation and Process Design of Pervaporation Plate-and-Frame Modules to Recover Organic Compounds from Waste Water

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

1999

Einsatz von Pervaporation‐Bioreaktor‐Hybridprozessen in der Biotechnologie

Chemie Ingenieur Technik

1998

Education

BENG, Manufacturing and management / June, 1995

Bath

Dipl.-Ing., Mechanical Engineering with Process Engineering / October, 1996

Bochum

PhD, Chemical Engineering / December, 1999

Bath

Experience

Lund University

Lunds Universitet Tekniska Högskola

Professor / January, 2017 — Present

Adjunct Professor / January, 2014 — December, 2016

Professor / January, 2017 — Present

Adjunct Professor / January, 2014 — December, 2016

Alfa Laval Nakskov - Business Centre Membranes

Business and product manager / February, 2009 — December, 2016

Lund University - Department of Food Engineering

Post-Doc Researcher / February, 2000 — December, 2000

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