Despite its ability to treat high salinity feeds and its integration readiness with renewable
energy, membrane distillation (MD) is still facing many challenges. Intrinsically, the process …

Abstract Spiral Wound Membrane (SWM) modules are the basic components of modern
desalination and water treatment technology. To advance this technology, a comprehensive …

For water reuse applications,“tight” nanofiltration (NF) membranes (of polyamide) as an
alternative to reverse osmosis (RO) can be an effective barrier against pharmaceuticals …

Feed spacers are important for the impact of biofouling on the performance of spiral-wound
reverse osmosis (RO) and nanofiltration (NF) membrane systems. The objective of this study …

The study of the influence of water vapor in the feed stream of a mixed gas membrane
separation system is of considerable practical importance. Water vapor may plasticize the …

The effect of spacer geometry on fluid dynamics and mass transfer in feed channels of spiral
wound membranes has been investigated. Three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics …

One of the key issues in membrane technology is to avoid fouling which is formed on the
membrane surface. To get over this trouble, the use of a patterned surface was suggested as …

This paper numerically explores the potential of patterned membranes inducing chaotic
advection to enhance the efficiency of reverse osmosis (RO) filtration. We compared the …

In this paper, authors breakdown the specific energy consumption for seawater and brackish
water desalination in an attempt to quantify the value of high permeability membranes on …

Practical modeling for assessing the efficiency of a full-scale reverse osmosis (RO) system
may be a challenging task. This is because the operating conditions of RO systems can …