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 …

Salinity gradients for sustainable energy: primer, progress, and prospects

NY Yip, D Brogioli, HVM Hamelers… - … science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
Combining two solutions of different composition releases the Gibbs free energy of mixing.
By using engineered processes to control the mixing, chemical energy stored in salinity …

Membrane distillation hybrids for water production and energy efficiency enhancement: A critical review

N Ghaffour, S Soukane, JG Lee, Y Kim, A Alpatova - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
With an ever-increasing demand in energy, constrained by strict environmental regulations,
process development faces stringent design requirements further limited by intrinsic …

Recent developments in pressure retarded osmosis for desalination and power generation

M Tawalbeh, A Al-Othman, N Abdelwahab… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
When two streams of different salinities are mixed, Gibbs free energy of mixing is released.
This energy can be harvested and further converted to electric energy through pressure …

Membranes and processes for forward osmosis-based desalination: Recent advances and future prospects

YN Wang, K Goh, X Li, L Setiawan, R Wang - Desalination, 2018 - Elsevier
Forward osmosis (FO) is an increasingly important technology that has been deemed
promising for addressing the global issue of water scarcity. Rapid progress over the past …

Towards sustainability in water-energy nexus: Ocean energy for seawater desalination

Z Li, A Siddiqi, LD Anadon, V Narayanamurti - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2018 - Elsevier
Seawater desalination is an important option for addressing the world's water supply
challenges. Current desalination plants use enormous quantities of energy and cause a …

Biofouling of membrane distillation, forward osmosis and pressure retarded osmosis: Principles, impacts and future directions

A Bogler, S Lin, E Bar-Zeev - Journal of Membrane Science, 2017 - Elsevier
The water-energy nexus has motivated the quest for new membrane-based technologies
that target potable water and energy production. To this end, membrane distillation (MD) …

Salinity gradient energy generation by pressure retarded osmosis: A review

RR Gonzales, A Abdel-Wahab, S Adham, DS Han… - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) has gained attention due to its use as a salinity gradient
energy-generating membrane process. This process can convert difference in salinity …

Pilot studies on synergetic impacts of energy utilization in hybrid desalination system: multi-effect distillation and adsorption cycle (MED-AD)

HS Son, MW Shahzad, N Ghaffour, KC Ng - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
The hybridization of desalination processes is one of the most promising technologies to
overcome the current limitations of desalination technologies while maximizing the …

Combination of forward osmosis (FO) process with coagulation/flocculation (CF) for potential treatment of textile wastewater

G Han, CZ Liang, TS Chung, M Weber, C Staudt… - Water research, 2016 - Elsevier
A novel combination of forward osmosis (FO) process with coagulation/flocculation (CF)(FO–
CF) has been experimentally conceived for the treatment and reuse of textile wastewater. FO …