Mar 14, 2019   SOURCE: BusinessWire

Global Nanoporous Membranes Market Outlook to 2023 - The Growing Need to Treat Wastewater is the Key Driver of the Market - ResearchAndMarkets.com

The "Global Nanoporous Membranes Market - Segmented by Material Type (Organic, Inorganic, Hybrid), Application (Water Treatment, Fuel Cells, Biomedical, Food Processing), and Geography - Growth, Trends and Forecasts (2018 - 2023)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

The nanoporous membranes market is expected to be primarily driven by the growing need to treat wastewater owing to increase in deficit of freshwater sources, over the forecast period, 2018-2023.

The rise in investments in water desalination projects across the globe is further expected to boost the nanoporous membranes market growth.

Growing Need to Treat Wastewater - Driving the Nanoporous Membranes Market

Most of the human and industrial activities that use water, produce wastewater. As the overall demand for water grows, the quantity of wastewater produced and its overall pollution load are continuously increasing worldwide. Microporous membranes, with a pore size of around 0.1-5 micrometer (m), can only be used for filtering particles within the range of 1-10 m, which limits their application in water purification.

In order to overcome these disadvantages, nanoporous membranes were developed which exhibited high performance for water purification. With the increasing deficit of fresh water sources, the need for treating industrial wastewater with even minute pollutants is likely to increase, which is expected to boost the demand for nanoporous membranes in the coming years.

Water Treatment Application Dominated the Nanoporous Membranes Market

In 2017, water treatment application dominated the nanoporous membranes market. Nanoporous membranes are widely used for industrial wastewater treatment and for desalination. The desalination processes require new membranes with increased energy-efficiency, permeability-selectivity, resistance to fouling and chlorine.

In 2016, more than 23 billion gallons of high quality drinking water was produced per day using reverse osmosis seawater desalination globally. Many new desalination projects are coming up across the globe to meet water demand, which is likely to increase the demand of nanoporous membranes in the coming years.

Increase in Desalination Activities Driving the Asia-Pacific Nanoporous Membranes Market

The nanoporous membranes are currently being used in China for both industrial waste water treatment and desalination activities. China was the largest market for desalination system in 2017 accounting for 25.57% of the Asia-Pacific market. According to State Oceanic Administration (SOA), the country has around 131 sea water desalination plants which produces 66.6% of desalinated water for industrial purposes and the remainder for residential use.

India is estimated to be the fastest growing market for desalination system between 2018 and 2023. In March 2018, the state government announced its plan to set up a seawater desalination plant of 100 million liter per day (mld) capacity near Jodiya town in coastal Jamnagar district, Gujarat. This increase in desalination activities is likely to drive the nanoporous membranes market in the Asia-Pacific region during the forecast period.

Topics Covered

1. Introduction

2. Executive Summary

3. Nanoporous Membranes Market Insights

3.1 Industry Value Chain Analysis

3.2 Industry Attractiveness - Porter's Five Forces Analysis

4. Nanoporous Membranes Market Dynamics

4.1 Nanoporous Membranes Market Drivers

4.1.1 Growing Need to Treat Wastewater

4.1.2 Rising Water Desalination Activities

4.2 Nanoporous Membranes Market Restraints

4.2.1 Low Adoption in Developing Countries

4.2.2 Poor Fouling Resistance of Nanoporous Membranes

4.2.3 High Sensitivity of Polyamide Membranes to Oxidants

4.3 Nanoporous Membranes Market Opportunities

4.3.1 Surface Grafting of Fouling-Resistant Membrane

4.3.2 Fabrication of Multi-functional Membranes

5. Nanoporous Membranes Market Segmentation and Analysis

5.1 By Material Type

5.1.1 Organic

5.1.2 Inorganic

5.1.3 Hybrid

5.2 By Application

5.2.1 Water Treatment

5.2.2 Fuel Cells

5.2.3 Biomedical

5.2.4 Food Processing

5.2.5 Others

6. Regional Market Analysis

6.1 Asia-Pacific Nanoporous Membranes Market (2018-2023)

6.2 North America Nanoporous Membranes Market (2018-2023)

6.3 Europe Nanoporous Membranes Market (2018-2023)

6.4 South America Nanoporous Membranes Market (2018-2023)

6.5 Middle-East and Africa Nanoporous Membranes Market (2018-2023)

7. Competitive Landscape

7.1 Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Collaborations and Agreements

7.2 Market Share Analysis

7.3 Strategies Adopted by Leading Players

8. Company Profiles

8.1 SmartMembranes GmbH

8.2 SiMPore Inc.

8.3 inopor

8.4 InRedox LLC

8.5 Asia Production Bridge Co. Ltd.

8.6 Synder Filtration Inc.

8.7 Permionics Membranes Private Limited

8.8 Osmotech Membranes Pvt. Ltd.

8.9 Pure-Pro Water Corporation

8.10 Hunan Keensen Technology Co.

8.11 Microdyn-Nadir

8.12 DowDuPont

8.13 Alfa Laval AB

8.14 Applied Membranes Inc.

8.15 Koch Membrane Systems Inc.

8.16 Nitto Group

List Not Exhaustive

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