Mechanisms and models for water transport in reverse osmosis membranes: history, critical assessment, and recent developments

M Heiranian, H Fan, L Wang, X Lu… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Water scarcity is one of the greatest societal challenges facing humanity. Reverse osmosis
(RO) desalination, a widely used membrane-based technology, has proven to be effective to …

Towards a low-energy seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant: A review and theoretical analysis for future directions

K Park, J Kim, DR Yang, S Hong - Journal of Membrane Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Seawater is receiving consideration as an infinite water source in the current era of water
shortage. The application of seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) to prepare seawater for …

Hybrid renewable energy systems for desalination

F Esmaeilion - Applied Water Science, 2020 - Springer
Water and energy are two key factors in human life that always control the growth and
development of human societies. Climate changes, increasing the population in urban areas …

Graphene oxide modified polyamide nanofiltration membrane with improved flux and antifouling properties

S Bano, A Mahmood, SJ Kim, KH Lee - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic–inorganic hybrid materials are considered the most promising candidates in the
preparation of nanofiltration (NF) membranes. The incorporation of nano-particles in a …

Selection of pretreatment technologies for seawater reverse osmosis plants: A review

M Badruzzaman, N Voutchkov, L Weinrich… - Desalination, 2019 - Elsevier
Seawater desalination using reverse osmosis (RO) process has increased substantially in
the recent past and is expected to grow at an increasingly rapid pace in the future …

Enabling graphene oxide nanosheets as water separation membranes

M Hu, B Mi - Environmental science & technology, 2013 - ACS Publications
We report a novel procedure to synthesize a new type of water separation membrane using
graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets such that water can flow through the nanochannels …

Energy and environmental issues in desalination

S Miller, H Shemer, R Semiat - Desalination, 2015 - Elsevier
The growth in population and in the standard of living in the developing countries coupled
with inefficient use of water and pollution of available water resources have driven …

How RO membrane permeability and other performance factors affect process cost and energy use: A review

Y Okamoto, JH Lienhard - Desalination, 2019 - Elsevier
Reverse osmosis (RO) technology has progressed steadily over the last few decades. Those
gains were achieved through improvements in both RO membrane element performance …

Opportunities for solar water desalination worldwide

M Shatat, M Worall, S Riffat - Sustainable cities and society, 2013 - Elsevier
Water desalination is increasingly becoming a competitive solution for providing drinking-
water in many countries around the world. The desalination of saline water has been …

Cross-linked graphene oxide membrane having high ion selectivity and antibacterial activity prepared using tannic acid-functionalized graphene oxide and …

MY Lim, YS Choi, J Kim, K Kim, H Shin, JJ Kim… - Journal of Membrane …, 2017 - Elsevier
A covalently cross-linked graphene oxide (GO) membrane was prepared by a facile vacuum
filtration method followed by a cross-linking process using tannic acid-functionalized GO (TA …