Membrane technology in renewable-energy-driven desalination

A Ali, RA Tufa, F Macedonio, E Curcio… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Growing requirements of freshwater and unsustainable nature of fossil fuels are driving the
interest in using renewable energy for desalination applications. Due to their less energy …

Thin-film composite hollow fiber membrane with inorganic salt additives for high mechanical strength and high power density for pressure-retarded osmosis

CF Wan, T Yang, W Gai, Y De Lee, TS Chung - Journal of membrane …, 2018 - Elsevier
Using high salinity draw solutions in pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) demands novel
membranes with a higher withstanding pressure and a higher power density to take full …

Investigations of inorganic and organic fouling behaviors, antifouling and cleaning strategies for pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) membrane using seawater …

G Han, J Zhou, C Wan, T Yang, TS Chung - Water research, 2016 - Elsevier
By employing seawater desalination brine (SWBr) and wastewater brine (WWBr) as the feed
pair, membrane fouling behaviors as well as antifouling and cleaning strategies for the state …

Advanced anti-fouling membranes for osmotic power generation from wastewater via pressure retarded osmosis (PRO)

G Han, JT Liu, KJ Lu, TS Chung - Environmental science & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A facile and versatile approach was demonstrated for the fabrication of low-fouling pressure
retarded osmosis (PRO) membranes for osmotic power generation from highly polluted …

Zwitterions coated hollow fiber membranes with enhanced antifouling properties for osmotic power generation from municipal wastewater

D Zhao, G Qiu, X Li, C Wan, K Lu, TS Chung - Water research, 2016 - Elsevier
Fouling on pressure-retarded osmosis (PRO) membranes leads to severe declines in water
flux and power density because their porous substrates are facing the wastewater feed …

Thin-film composite hollow fiber membranes incorporated with graphene oxide in polyethersulfone support layers for enhanced osmotic power density

MJ Park, S Lim, RR Gonzales, S Phuntsho, DS Han… - Desalination, 2019 - Elsevier
This study focused on the development of pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) thin film
composite (TFC) membranes for enhanced osmotic power using hollow fiber …

Pre-treatment of wastewater retentate to mitigate fouling on the pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) process

T Yang, CF Wan, JY Xiong, TS Chung - Separation and Purification …, 2019 - Elsevier
Pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) has been widely investigated to harness the osmotic
energy from salinity gradient. Seawater desalination brine (SWBr) and wastewater retentate …

Renewable energy-driven desalination: New trends and future prospects of small capacity systems

L García-Rodríguez, AM Delgado-Torres - Processes, 2022 - mdpi.com
New trends and future prospects for small capacity systems of Renewable Energy-driven
DESalination (REDES) are reviewed and assessed in this paper over a nominal …

Mitigation of inorganic fouling on pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) membranes by coagulation pretreatment of the wastewater concentrate feed

CF Wan, S Jin, TS Chung - Journal of Membrane Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Utilization of wastewater or wastewater concentrate as the feed solution in pressure retarded
osmosis (PRO) via thin film composite (TFC) membranes causes rapid and significant …

Pressure-retarded osmosis with wastewater concentrate feed: Fouling process considerations

Q She, L Zhang, R Wang, WB Krantz… - Journal of Membrane …, 2017 - Elsevier
Pressure-retarded osmosis (PRO) has attracted worldwide attention for its potential
applications in renewable osmotic energy harvesting, low energy seawater desalination …