Recovery of bioactive compounds in citrus wastewater by membrane operations

This chapter focuses on the application of membrane processes to citrus production, mainly concentrating on the recovery of bioactive compounds from citrus byproducts. The first section of the chapter will provide an overview of traditional processes in the citrus industry. Selected applications related to the use of pressure-driven membrane operations and the immobilization of beta-cyclodextrins in polymeric membranes will be analyzed and discussed in the second section.