Ceramic membrane technology for water and wastewater treatment: A critical review of performance, full-scale applications, membrane fouling and prospects

MB Asif, Z Zhang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Application of ceramic membrane technology in water and wastewater is rapidly growing.
Inherent advantages of ceramic membrane including chemical/thermal stability, low fouling …

Developing better ceramic membranes for water and wastewater Treatment: Where microstructure integrates with chemistry and functionalities

Q Gu, TCA Ng, Y Bao, HY Ng, SC Tan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ceramic membranes are being increasingly applied in water/wastewater treatment,
chemical, beverage and pharmaceutical industry, due to their excellent filtration/separation …

[HTML][HTML] Engineered pine nut shell derived activated carbons for improved removal of recalcitrant pharmaceuticals in urban wastewater treatment

AS Mestre, RMC Viegas, E Mesquita, MJ Rosa… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Novel powdered activated carbons (PACs) from pine cones and pine nut shells (PNSs) were
tested for the competitive adsorption of pharmaceutical compounds (PhCs) in spiked (100 …

[HTML][HTML] Powdered activated carbon full-scale addition to the activated sludge reactor of a municipal wastewater treatment plant: Pharmaceutical compounds control …

M Campinas, RMC Viegas, CMM Almeida… - Journal of Water …, 2022 - Elsevier
Powdered activated carbon (PAC) dosing to a conventional activated sludge (AS) reactor is
a low-investment option for controlling pharmaceutical compounds (PhCs) in municipal …

Assessing the applicability of a new carob waste-derived powdered activated carbon to control pharmaceutical compounds in wastewater treatment

RMC Viegas, AS Mestre, E Mesquita… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper assesses the applicability of a new carob waste-derived powdered activated
carbon (PAC) obtained by steam activation for pharmaceutical compounds (PhCs) removal …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrafiltration and nanofiltration for the removal of pharmaceutically active compounds from water: the effect of operating pressure on electrostatic solute …

A Giacobbo, IF Pasqualotto, RCC Machado Filho… - Membranes, 2023 - mdpi.com
The present work investigates nanofiltration (NF) and ultrafiltration (UF) for the removal of
three widely used pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs), namely atenolol …

[HTML][HTML] Decolourisation of real industrial and synthetic textile dye wastewater using activated dolomite

AA Zahuri, MF Abdul Patah, Y Kamarulzaman… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Textile effluent accounts for 22% of the total industrial wastewater produced in Malaysia.
Due to their ubiquitous use in organic dyes, inefficiently treated textile wastewaters pose …

Hierarchically porous interlayer for highly permeable and fouling-resistant ceramic membranes in water treatment

Z Zhang, Q Gu, TCA Ng, J Zhang, X Zhang… - Separation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ceramic membranes are being increasingly adopted in water and wastewater treatment
owing to their performance and long-term benefits. In addition to the attempts to reduce the …

Activated carbons in full-scale advanced wastewater treatment

AS Mestre, M Campinas, RMC Viegas… - Advanced materials for …, 2022 - Elsevier
Activated carbons are versatile adsorbents that can play a crucial role in the enhancement of
wastewater treatment, namely by controlling organic microcontaminants of emerging …

Ammonia recovery and fouling mitigation of hydrolyzed human urine treated by nanofiltration and reverse osmosis

H Ray, F Perreault, TH Boyer - Environmental Science: Water …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Ammonia is a critical compound due to the numerous industry products which rely on its
production such as fertilizer, refrigerant gas, and textile manufacturing. Ammonia is also a …