In the face of water shortages, the world seeks to explore all available options in reducing
the over exploitation of limited freshwater resources. One of the surest available water …

The large volumes of oily wastewater generated by various industries, such as oil and gas,
food and beverage, and metal processing, need to be de-oiled prior to being discharged into …

This paper presents a review of recent advances in reverse osmosis technology as related
to the major issues of concern in this rapidly growing desalination method. These issues …

Pressure-driven membrane-based technologies represent a valid approach to reduce the
environmental pollution of several agro-food by-products. Recently, in relation to the major …

Olive oil production represents an agro-industrial activity of vital economic importance for
many Mediterranean countries. However, it is associated with the generation of a huge …

In spite of all promising perspectives for nanofiltration, not only in drinking water production
but also in wastewater treatment, the food industry, the chemical and pharmaceutical …

Olive tree cultivation has a long history in the Mediterranean countries, and even today
consists an important cultural, economic, and environmental aspect of the area. The …

Typically, the various agro-food by-products of the food industry are treated by standard
membrane processes, such as microfiltration, ultrafiltration and nanofiltration, in order to …

Food wastes are today considered as a cheap source of valuable components since the
existent technologies allow the recovery of target compounds and their recycling inside the …

The performance of nanofiltraton (NF) membranes are characterized by a high selectivity for
multivalent anions, whereas poor selective separation capacity for multivalent cations and …