A tale of two foulants: the coupling of organic fouling and mineral scaling in membrane desalination

T Tong, X Liu, T Li, S Park, B Anger - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Membrane desalination that enables the harvesting of purified water from unconventional
sources such as seawater, brackish groundwater, and wastewater has become …

Carbon nanomaterial-based membranes for water and wastewater treatment under electrochemical assistance

X Fan, G Wei, X Quan - Environmental Science: Nano, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Membrane separation has been widely used in water and wastewater treatment due to its
relatively low cost, easy operation and high efficiency. However, current membranes suffer …

[HTML][HTML] Desalination by batch reverse osmosis (RO) of brackish groundwater containing sparingly soluble salts

E Hosseinipour, E Harris, HA El Nazer, YMA Mohamed… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Batch RO desalination is a new approach to high-recovery, energy-efficient desalination. So
far, however, batch RO has been tested mostly with pure sodium chloride solutions. An …

Fouling and membrane degradation in electromembrane and baromembrane processes

PY Apel, S Velizarov, AV Volkov, TV Eliseeva… - Membranes and …, 2022 - Springer
This work provides an overview of the processes of fouling, the deposition of substances on
the surface or in the pores of membranes, leading to deterioration of their performance …

Desalinated brackish water with improved mineral composition using monovalent-selective nanofiltration followed by reverse osmosis

P Nativ, O Leifman, O Lahav, R Epsztein - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Typical product water from desalination plants is depleted of salts and important minerals
that are essential for its final consumption as well as its conveyance in the distribution …

Silica mitigated calcium mineral scaling in brackish water reverse osmosis

KG Lu, S Ma, D Hua, H Liu, C Li, J Song, H Huang… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Although the autopsies of reverse osmosis (RO) membranes from full-scale, brackish water
desalination plants identify the co-presence of silica and Ca-based minerals in scaling …

A mixed-charged polyelectrolyte complex nanofiltration membrane for mitigating scaling during high-recovery wastewater effluent desalination

H Huang, N Maman, R Bernstein - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
The high salinity of wastewater effluent restricts its sustainable use for irrigation.
Nanofiltration (NF) membranes can desalinate effluent. However, the applicability of …

Enhanced removal of phosphate using pomegranate peel-modified nickel‑lanthanum hydroxide

M Akram, B Gao, J Pan, R Khan, MA Inam, X Xu… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, a bimetallic Ni/La nanoparticle-laded biosorbent was fabricated from
pomegranate fibers by solvothermal synthesis method. The material exhibited a high …

[HTML][HTML] Thin film composite polyamide reverse osmosis membrane technology towards a circular economy

A Lejarazu-Larrañaga, J Landaburu-Aguirre… - Membranes, 2022 - mdpi.com
It is estimated that Reverse Osmosis (RO) desalination will produce, by 2025, more than
2,000,000 end-of-life membranes annually worldwide. This review examines the …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative analysis of conventional and emerging technologies for seawater desalination: Northern Chile as a case study

A Saavedra, H Valdés, A Mahn, O Acosta - Membranes, 2021 - mdpi.com
The aim of this work was to study different desalination technologies as alternatives to
conventional reverse osmosis (RO) through a systematic literature review. An expert panel …