Sustainable brine management from the perspectives of water, energy and mineral recovery: A comprehensive review

O Ogunbiyi, J Saththasivam, D Al-Masri, Y Manawi… - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Desalination activities around the world are increasing as a result of water scarcity. The
discharge of brine from desalination processes poses a significant threat to the environment …

Renewable energy-driven membrane distillation in the context of life cycle assessment

M Kaczmarczyk, M Mukti, N Ghaffour, S Soukane… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Desalination and water treatment processes have seen a worldwide increase due to
increasingly limited access to drinking water sources. In this context, the article focuses on …

Theoretical and experimental research of novel fluorine doped hierarchical Sn3O4 microspheres with excellent photocatalytic performance for removal of Cr (VI) and …

D Zeng, C Yu, Q Fan, J Zeng, L Wei, Z Li… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Here, novel fluorine doped Sn 3 O 4 microspheres with highly photocatalytic performance
were reported. UV–vis diffuse reflectance spectrum (DRS) and transient photocurrent …

Brine solution: Current status, future management and technology development

SN Backer, I Bouaziz, N Kallayi, RT Thomas… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Desalination brine is extremely concentrated saline water; it contains various salts, nutrients,
heavy metals, organic contaminants, and microbial contaminants. Conventional disposal of …

Sustainable carbon-negative mineral extraction from desalination brine

TG Vo, YT Ng, P Thangasamy… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024 - Elsevier
Effective brine management requires an economical and sustainable methodology to treat
multiple pollutants in a single reaction and recover valuable resources like fresh water and …

Intermediate concentrate demineralization techniques for enhanced brackish water reverse osmosis water recovery–A review

X Li, D Hasson, R Semiat, H Shemer - Desalination, 2019 - Elsevier
Brackish water (BW) desalination represents an untapped potential for augmenting water
resources by the reliable technology of reverse osmosis (RO). There is a significant …

Eco-efficiency analysis of desalination by precipitation integrated with reverse osmosis for zero liquid discharge in oil refineries

FM Ronquim, HM Sakamoto, JC Mierzwa… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
In a process for industrial water reuse with zero liquid discharge (ZLD), a membrane
separation step followed by an evaporative process is usually required. It is proposed here …

Treatment of wastewater reverse osmosis concentrate using alginate-immobilised microalgae: Integrated impact of solution conditions on algal bead performance

A Mohseni, M Kube, L Fan, FA Roddick - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Alginate can be used for entrapment of microalgal cells in gel beads to achieve high-rate
treatment of wastewater and can overcome the difficulties of cell separation that would occur …

Removal of organic phosphonate HEDP by Eu-MOF/GO composite membrane

C Li, Q Yang, D Liu, H Nie, Y Liu - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
The efficient removal of organic phosphonate 1-hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-diphosphonic acid
(HEDP) from reverse osmosis brine concentrate was investigated by coupling adsorption …

Impact of polarity reversal on inorganic scaling on carbon nanotube-based electrically-conducting nanofiltration membranes

B Jung, S Ma, CM Khor, NK Khanzada, A Anvari… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
We demonstrate electrically-conductive nanofiltration (ECNF) membranes that inhibit
mineral scaling with an external alternating current (AC) source during the treatment of both …