Membrane life cycle management: an exciting opportunity for advancing the sustainability features of membrane separations

B Ma, M Ulbricht, C Hu, H Fan, X Wang… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Membrane science and technology is growing rapidly worldwide and continues to play an
increasingly important role in diverse fields by offering high separation efficiency with low …

The minus approach can redefine the standard of practice of drinking water treatment

E Reid, T Igou, Y Zhao, J Crittenden… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Chlorine-based disinfection for drinking water treatment (DWT) was one of the 20th century's
great public health achievements, as it substantially reduced the risk of acute microbial …

Progress and prospects of electrospun nanofibrous membranes for water filtration: A comprehensive review

MH Mobarak, AY Siddiky, MA Islam, A Hossain… - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
This review paper examines the potential of electrospun nanofibrous membranes as a
transformative solution to address the increasing worldwide water issue, with a focus on …

Simultaneous removal of natural organic matters and copper (II) with ultrafiltration for drinking water treatment

B Ma, Q Ke, M Ulbricht - Journal of Membrane Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane technology plays important roles in drinking water treatment in last decades;
ultrafiltration (UF) is typically used to separate natural organic matters (NOM) and …

[HTML][HTML] A hybrid process combining ion exchange resin and bipolar membrane electrodialysis for reverse osmosis remineralization

AAM Abusultan, JA Wood, T Sainio, AJB Kemperman… - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
A new reverse osmosis (RO) permeate remineralization process combining ion exchange
resin and bipolar membrane electrodialysis (BMED) was developed. Its feasibility for …

How do salt additives improve the permeability of the thin-film composite membrane?

T Wu, ZL Xu, YJ Tang - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Various salt additives were widely used to enhance the permeability of thin-film composite
(TFC) membranes. Researchers attributed the improvement in TFC membranes to the …

[HTML][HTML] Recovery of nutrients from residual streams using ion-exchange membranes: Current state, bottlenecks, fundamentals and innovations

N Pismenskaya, K Tsygurina, V Nikonenko - Membranes, 2022 - mdpi.com
The review describes the place of membrane methods in solving the problem of the recovery
and re-use of biogenic elements (nutrients), primarily trivalent nitrogen NIII and pentavalent …

Hydrological and biogeochemical processes controlling riparian groundwater quantity and quality during riverbank filtration

G Cui, X Su, S Zheng, S Tong, M Jiang - Environmental Pollution, 2024 - Elsevier
Groundwater exploitation in a riparian zone causes water infiltration from the river into the
aquifer. Owing to adsorption and redox reactions along the flow path, the quality of water …

Role of ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms in the removal of organic micropollutants during simulated riverbank filtration

J Zhao, S Fang, G Liu, W Qi, Y Bai, H Liu, J Qu - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Biodegradation plays an important role in the removal of organic micropollutants (OMPs)
during riverbank filtration (RBF) for drinking water production. The ability of ammonia …

[HTML][HTML] Roles of sulfites in reverse osmosis (RO) plants and adverse effects in RO operation

Y Maeda - Membranes, 2022 - mdpi.com
More than 60 years have passed since UCLA first announced the development of an
innovative asymmetric cellulose acetate reverse osmosis (RO) membrane in 1960. This …