A comprehensive review on comparison among effluent treatment methods and modern methods of treatment of industrial wastewater effluent from different sources

K Sathya, K Nagarajan, G Carlin Geor Malar… - Applied Water …, 2022 - Springer
In recent years, rapid development in the industrial sector has offered console to the people
but at the same time, generates numerous amounts of effluent composed of toxic elements …

China's wastewater treatment: Status quo and sustainability perspectives

C Zhang, B Quan, J Tang, K Cheng, Y Tang… - Journal of Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
After decades of rapid development, China has accomplished the transition of wastewater
treatment from underdevelopment to an industrial powerhouse, and China's wastewater …

Interaction between humic acid and silica in reverse osmosis membrane fouling process: A spectroscopic and molecular dynamics insight

D Li, W Lin, R Shao, YX Shen, X Zhu, X Huang - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Combined organic and inorganic fouling is a primary barrier constraining the performance of
reverse osmosis (RO) membrane. In this work, we conducted a systematic study focusing on …

Adsorption of ammonia nitrogen and phenol onto the lignite surface: An experimental and molecular dynamics simulation study

X Liu, Y Tu, S Liu, K Liu, L Zhang, G Li, Z Xu - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ammonia nitrogen and phenol are typical inorganic and organic pollutants in the coal
chemical wastewater, respectively. In this study, the adsorption characteristics of ammonia …

Comparison of membrane fouling induced by protein, polysaccharide and humic acid under sodium and calcium ionic conditions

Y Wang, X Zheng, D Li, J Tian, H Wu, Y Zhang - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
To further compare the effect of sodium and calcium on the membrane fouling mechanism of
typical organic matters, the adsorption behavior of sodium alginate, humic acid and bovine …

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 …

Membrane distillation treatment of landfill leachate: Characteristics and mechanism of membrane fouling

Z Yan, Z Lu, X Chen, Y Jiang, Z Huang, L Liu… - Separation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Landfill leachate (LFL), which contains organic and inorganic contaminants in high
concentration, poses a detrimental hazard to the ambient environment. Although membrane …

Which surface is more scaling resistant? A closer look at nucleation theories for heterogeneous gypsum nucleation in aqueous solutions

Y Yin, T Li, K Zuo, X Liu, S Lin, Y Yao… - … Science & Technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Developing engineered surfaces with scaling resistance is an effective means to inhibit
surface-mediated mineral scaling in various industries including desalination. However …

Sustainable reuse of shale gas wastewater by pre-ozonation with ultrafiltration-reverse osmosis

P Tang, B Liu, Y Zhang, H Chang, P Zhou… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Membrane-based processes are increasingly applied in shale gas flowback and produced
water (SGFPW) reuse. However, severe membrane fouling remains a big challenge for …

Research on the mechanism of nanofiltration membrane fouling in zero discharge process of high salty wastewater from coal chemical industry

Y Suo, Y Ren - Chemical Engineering Science, 2021 - Elsevier
The influence of representative typical pollutants in the zero-discharge process of coal
chemical high-salty wastewater on the fouling behavior of nanofiltration membranes was …