Selective membranes in water and wastewater treatment: Role of advanced materials

K Zuo, K Wang, RM DuChanois, Q Fang, EM Deemer… - Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Membrane separation has enjoyed tremendous advances in relevant material and
engineering sciences, making it the fastest growing technology in water treatment. Although …

Wetting phenomena in membrane distillation: Mechanisms, reversal, and prevention

M Rezaei, DM Warsinger, MC Duke, T Matsuura… - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is a rapidly emerging water treatment technology; however,
membrane pore wetting is a primary barrier to widespread industrial use of MD. The primary …

Occurrence and removal of organic micropollutants: An overview of the watch list of EU Decision 2015/495

MO Barbosa, NFF Moreira, AR Ribeiro, MFR Pereira… - Water research, 2016 - Elsevier
Although there are no legal discharge limits for micropollutants into the environment, some
regulations have been published in the last few years. Recently, a watch list of substances …

Principles and applications of direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD): A comprehensive review

BB Ashoor, S Mansour, A Giwa, V Dufour, SW Hasan - Desalination, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper, the current and most recent applications of direct contact membrane distillation
(DCMD) are discussed. Apart from its rapidly increasing use for the desalination of highly …

Polymeric membranes for desalination using membrane distillation: A review

J Ravi, MHD Othman, T Matsuura, MR Bilad… - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is a burgeoning membrane technology that has gained immense
interest among membrane scientists worldwide. Despite a slow start, both the theoretical …

Functionalized carbon nanotube (CNT) membrane: progress and challenges

M Sianipar, SH Kim, F Iskandar, IG Wenten - RSC advances, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The role of carbon nanotube (CNT) as filler in a membrane matrix became popular recently.
CNT is believed to solve the trade-off issue between permeability and selectivity, and also …

Fabrication and water treatment application of carbon nanotubes (CNTs)-based composite membranes: a review

L Ma, X Dong, M Chen, L Zhu, C Wang, F Yang… - Membranes, 2017 - mdpi.com
Membrane separation technology is widely explored for various applications, such as water
desalination and wastewater treatment, which can alleviate the global issue of fresh water …

Flux-enhanced PVDF mixed matrix membranes incorporating APTS-functionalized graphene oxide for membrane distillation

S Leaper, A Abdel-Karim, B Faki… - Journal of membrane …, 2018 - Elsevier
Air gap membrane distillation (AGMD) is an emerging desalination technology with the
potential to meet the challenge of global water scarcity due to its low cost and high thermal …

Photocatalytic TiO2 incorporated PVDF-co-HFP UV-cleaning mixed matrix membranes for effective removal of dyes from synthetic wastewater system via membrane …

A Yadav, P Sharma, AB Panda, VK Shahi - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
We report membranes with UV-cleaning properties by incorporating photocatalytic porous
TiO 2 sheets (PTS)(0–5 wt%) in the PVDF-co-HFP matrix. PTS were synthesized using …

Preparation and characterization of SLS-CNT/PES ultrafiltration membrane with antifouling and antibacterial properties

W Wang, L Zhu, B Shan, C Xie, C Liu, F Cui… - Journal of membrane …, 2018 - Elsevier
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were functionalized by a simple non-covalent modification with
sodium lignosulfonate (SLS), and the hybrid polyethersulfone (PES) ultrafiltration …