Environmental impacts of desalination and brine treatment-Challenges and mitigation measures

A Panagopoulos, KJ Haralambous - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2020 - Elsevier
Desalination is perceived as an effective and reliable process for obtaining freshwater from
aqueous saline solutions such as brackish water, seawater and brine. This can be clarified …

Is desalination a solution to freshwater scarcity in developing countries?

N Dhakal, SG Salinas-Rodriguez, J Hamdani… - Membranes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Rapid population growth and urbanization are two main drivers for the over-abstraction of
conventional freshwater resources in various parts of the world, which leads to the situation …

Interfacial polymerization of covalent organic frameworks (COFs) on polymeric substrates for molecular separations

R Wang, X Shi, A Xiao, W Zhou, Y Wang - Journal of Membrane Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) represent a new family of porous polymers with highly
ordered two or three-dimensional channels. Although numerous studies have been focused …

Facile fabrication of COF-LZU1/PES composite membrane via interfacial polymerization on microfiltration substrate for dye/salt separation

YY Su, X Yan, Y Chen, XJ Guo, XF Chen… - Journal of Membrane …, 2021 - Elsevier
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have attracted great interest as advanced membrane
materials due to their uniform channel structure and high porosity. In this work, COF …

Characterisation of algal organic matter produced by bloom-forming marine and freshwater algae

LO Villacorte, Y Ekowati, TR Neu, JM Kleijn, H Winters… - Water Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Algal blooms can seriously affect the operation of water treatment processes including low
pressure (micro-and ultra-filtration) and high pressure (nanofiltration and reverse osmosis) …

Seawater reverse osmosis desalination and (harmful) algal blooms

LO Villacorte, SAA Tabatabai, DM Anderson, GL Amy… - Desalination, 2015 - Elsevier
This article reviews the occurrence of HABs in seawater, their effects on the operation of
seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) plants, the indicators for quantifying/predicting these …

[HTML][HTML] Scaled-up multistage reverse electrodialysis pilot study with natural waters

C Simoes, B Vital, T Sleutels, M Saakes… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
A multistage reverse electrodialysis system was studied at the REDstack research facility
(the Afsluitdijk, the Netherlands) for over 30 days to describe the performance of such …

Fouling control in SWRO desalination during harmful algal blooms: A historical review and future developments

AB Alayande, J Lim, J Kim, S Hong, AS Al-Amoudi… - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are a major barrier to the stable and efficient operation of
seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination plants. Although the intensity varies …

The sociopolitical factors impacting the adoption and proliferation of desalination: A critical review

Y Ibrahim, RA Ismail, A Ogungbenro, T Pankratz… - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
The globally recurring droughts, day-zero scenarios and the lack of resiliency of traditional
water resources to climate change has led to an increased dependence on desalination as …

A comprehensive overview of environmental footprints of water desalination and alleviation strategies

A Shokri, M Sanavi Fard - International Journal of Environmental Science …, 2023 - Springer
Desalination is considered the most practiced method to overcome the mounting pressure of
water scarcity. Regardless of outstanding performance and manifold advantages presented …