Ion separations with membranes

C Tang, ML Bruening - Journal of Polymer Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Ion separations are important for resource recovery, water treatment, and energy production
and storage. Techniques such as chemical precipitation, selective adsorption, and solvent …

Pressure-driven membrane desalination

W Liu, JL Livingston, L Wang, Z Wang… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Pressure-driven membrane desalination (PMD), such as reverse osmosis or nanofiltration, is
an energy-efficient technology that addresses water shortages by using saline waters to …

Biomimetic dynamic membrane for aquatic dye removal

W Chen, J Mo, X Du, Z Zhang, W Zhang - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
This study utilized physical adsorption and filtration of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and
laccases to fabricate biomimetic dynamic membrane (BDM) for the advanced treatment of …

MXene nanocomposite nanofiltration membrane for low carbon and long-lasting desalination

Q Xue, K Zhang - Journal of Membrane Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Current membranes have limitations in permeability and selectivity, and require long-time
stability, which drive the development of high-performance nanofiltration (NF) membranes …

The effect of feed spacer geometry on membrane performance and concentration polarisation based on 3D CFD simulations

B Gu, CS Adjiman, XY Xu - Journal of Membrane Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Feed spacers are used in spiral wound reverse osmosis (RO) membrane modules to keep
the membrane sheets apart as well as to enhance mixing. They are beneficial to membrane …

MXene-regulation polyamide membrane featuring with bubble-like nodule for efficient dye/salt separation and antifouling performance

Y Wang, H Xu, M Ding, L Zhang, G Chen, J Fu… - RSC …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Removing salt from dye/salt mixtures using nanofiltration (NF) membranes needs to be
improved to ensure high permeability, high selectivity, and antifouling performance. In this …

Reporting the unreported: the reliability and comparability of the literature on organic solvent nanofiltration

HA Le Phuong, CF Blanford, G Szekely - Green Chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN) is an energy-efficient separation technique that has the
potential to improve environmental sustainability in many industrial sectors, including food …

Scaling in reverse osmosis desalination plants: A perspective focusing on development of comprehensive simulation tools

AJ Karabelas, ST Mitrouli, M Kostoglou - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
Regarding RO-membrane scaling, a major issue of practical significance is the adequacy
and reliability of available methods to assess feed-water scaling propensity, select and …

Comparative study of nanofiltration membrane characterization devices of different dimension and configuration (cross flow and dead end)

A Imbrogno, AI Schäfer - Journal of membrane science, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Comparison of nanofiltration characterization data from literature is challenging due
to different hydrodynamics and system designs, which affect membrane retention. In this …

Tailorable metal–organic framework based thin film nanocomposite membrane for lithium recovery from wasted batteries

B Han, SM Chevrier, Q Yan, JCP Gabriel - Separation and Purification …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper presents a tailorable method for the preparation of hierarchically structured
membranes for efficient lithium recovery. Firstly, a metal–organic framework (MOF), namely …