Environmental impacts of desalination and brine treatment-Challenges and mitigation measures

A Panagopoulos, KJ Haralambous - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2020 - Elsevier
Desalination is perceived as an effective and reliable process for obtaining freshwater from
aqueous saline solutions such as brackish water, seawater and brine. This can be clarified …

Desalination brine disposal methods and treatment technologies-A review

A Panagopoulos, KJ Haralambous… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Brine, also known as concentrate, is the by-product of the desalination process that has an
adverse impact on the environment due to its high salinity. Hence, viable and cost-effective …

Wetting phenomena in membrane distillation: Mechanisms, reversal, and prevention

M Rezaei, DM Warsinger, MC Duke, T Matsuura… - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is a rapidly emerging water treatment technology; however,
membrane pore wetting is a primary barrier to widespread industrial use of MD. The primary …

Two dimensional MXenes as emerging paradigm for adsorptive removal of toxic metallic pollutants from wastewater

T Rasheed, F Kausar, K Rizwan, M Adeel, F Sher… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Effective methods for removing harmful metals from wastewater have had a huge impact on
reducing freshwater scarcity. Because of its excellent removal effectiveness, simplicity and …

Membrane distillation: Perspectives for sustainable and improved desalination

D González, J Amigo, F Suárez - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is a promising separation technology that can help reducing the
worldwide water-energy stress in a sustainable way. MD uses low-grade thermal energy to …

Energy consumption and environmental impact assessment of desalination plants and brine disposal strategies

MN Soliman, FZ Guen, SA Ahmed, H Saleem… - Process Safety and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nowadays, desalination plants are considered as tools to utilize water from different natural
resources such as seawater and brackish water. Globally, the number of desalination plants …

Inorganic membranes: Preparation and application for water treatment and desalination

A Kayvani Fard, G McKay, A Buekenhoudt, H Al Sulaiti… - Materials, 2018 - mdpi.com
Inorganic membrane science and technology is an attractive field of membrane separation
technology, which has been dominated by polymer membranes. Recently, the inorganic …

Waste to wealth: A critical analysis of resource recovery from desalination brine

I Ihsanullah, J Mustafa, AM Zafar, M Obaid, MA Atieh… - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Desalination brine has several potential adverse impacts on the marine environment.
Though, the concerns and counter-arguments regarding the environmental impacts of …

Barium removal from synthetic natural and produced water using MXene as two dimensional (2-D) nanosheet adsorbent

AK Fard, G Mckay, R Chamoun, T Rhadfi… - Chemical engineering …, 2017 - Elsevier
MXene as two dimensional (2-D) Titanium (III) Carbide (II)(Ti 3 C 2 T x) nanosheets was
synthesized and processed by etching bulk MAX phase Titanium (III) Aluminium Carbide …

Beneficiation of saline effluents from seawater desalination plants: fostering the zero liquid discharge (ZLD) approach-a techno-economic evaluation

A Panagopoulos - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Zero liquid discharge (ZLD) and the utilization of saline effluents (brine) for resource
recovery have recently attracted interest. A major environmental threat is the discharge of …