Electrodialysis for water desalination: A critical assessment of recent developments on process fundamentals, models and applications

A Campione, L Gurreri, M Ciofalo, G Micale… - Desalination, 2018 - Elsevier
The need for unconventional sources of fresh water is pushing a fast development of
desalination technologies, which proved to be able to face and solve the problem of water …

Membrane fouling in desalination and its mitigation strategies

PS Goh, WJ Lau, MHD Othman, AF Ismail - Desalination, 2018 - Elsevier
Water scarcity at global level has called for attentions to establish new and innovative
technologies that can be tapped to provide sustainable solutions to water crisis. Membrane …

Superior performance of a membrane bioreactor through innovative in-situ aeration and structural optimization using computational fluid dynamics

L Shen, Q Wu, Q Ye, H Lin, J Zhang, C Chen, R Yue… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The optimization of membrane bioreactors (MBRs) involves a critical challenge in structural
design for mitigation of membrane fouling. To address this issue, a three-dimensional …

Membrane fouling in osmotically driven membrane processes: A review

Q She, R Wang, AG Fane, CY Tang - Journal of membrane science, 2016 - Elsevier
The utilization of osmosis for engineered applications sparked off various emerging
technologies relying on osmotically driven membrane processes (ODMPs). Represented by …

Membrane distillation: Perspectives for sustainable and improved desalination

D González, J Amigo, F Suárez - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is a promising separation technology that can help reducing the
worldwide water-energy stress in a sustainable way. MD uses low-grade thermal energy to …

Synthetic membranes for water purification: status and future

AG Fane, R Wang, MX Hu - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Membrane technology offers the best options to “drought proof” mankind on an increasingly
thirsty planet by purifying seawater or used (waste) water. Although desalination by reverse …

Modelling approaches in membrane distillation: A critical review

I Hitsov, T Maere, K De Sitter, C Dotremont… - Separation and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation is a technique aimed at separating non-volatile components such as
salts from aqueous feed streams. Mathematical modelling of a complex process like …

Roles and performance enhancement of feed spacer in spiral wound membrane modules for water treatment: A 20-year review on research evolvement

W Lin, Y Zhang, D Li, X Wang, X Huang - Water research, 2021 - Elsevier
Membrane technologies have been widely applied in water treatment, wastewater
reclamation and seawater desalination. Feed spacer present in spiral wound membrane …

Fouling control and modeling in reverse osmosis for seawater desalination: A review

N Najid, JN Hakizimana, S Kouzbour, B Gourich… - Computers & Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of the antifouling Reverse Osmosis (RO) membranes requires modeling
and simulation as an essential tool alongside the progress of RO membrane technologies …

Membrane processes for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning

J Woods - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
This article reviews literature on using membranes in heating, ventilation, and air
conditioning (HVAC) applications. Membranes enable the separation of one species from …