Roles and performance enhancement of feed spacer in spiral wound membrane modules for water treatment: A 20-year review on research evolvement

W Lin, Y Zhang, D Li, X Wang, X Huang - Water research, 2021 - Elsevier
Membrane technologies have been widely applied in water treatment, wastewater
reclamation and seawater desalination. Feed spacer present in spiral wound membrane …

Fouling control and modeling in reverse osmosis for seawater desalination: A review

N Najid, JN Hakizimana, S Kouzbour, B Gourich… - Computers & Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of the antifouling Reverse Osmosis (RO) membranes requires modeling
and simulation as an essential tool alongside the progress of RO membrane technologies …

Photocatalytic and antifouling properties of electrospun TiO2 polyacrylonitrile composite nanofibers under visible light

CA Bode-Aluko, O Pereao, HH Kyaw… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Polyacrylonitrile and its TiO 2 composites were electrospun into nanofibers in N, N'-
dimethylformamide for photocatalysis and antifouling experiments. The resultants nanofibers …

Comparison of energy consumption of osmotically assisted reverse osmosis and low-salt-rejection reverse osmosis for brine management

Z Wang, D Feng, Y Chen, D He… - … Science & Technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Minimum and zero liquid discharge (MLD/ZLD) are emerging brine management strategies
that attract heightened attention. Although conventional reverse osmosis (RO) can improve …

Inhibition of biofouling on reverse osmosis membrane surfaces by germicidal ultraviolet light side-emitting optical fibers

H Rho, P Yu, Z Zhao, CS Lee, K Chon, F Perreault… - Water research, 2022 - Elsevier
Biofouling of membrane surfaces poses significant operational challenges and costs for
desalination and wastewater reuse applications. Ultraviolet (UV) light can control biofilms …

The evolution of feed spacer role in membrane applications for desalination and water treatment: A critical review and future perspective

N Sreedhar, N Thomas, N Ghaffour, HA Arafat - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
The membrane research community has witnessed a significant research growth on feed
spacers since 2010, both in quantity and scope. Increasingly novel spacer geometries and …

3D printed honeycomb-shaped feed channel spacer for membrane fouling mitigation in nanofiltration

S Park, Y Dal Jeong, JH Lee, J Kim, K Jeong… - Journal of Membrane …, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of a superior feed channel spacer is one among the problems that have to
be resolved to effectively mitigate foulant accumulation in the membrane system and …

Antibacterial thin film nanocomposite reverse osmosis membrane by doping silver phosphate loaded graphene oxide quantum dots in polyamide layer

S Li, B Gao, Y Wang, B Jin, Q Yue, Z Wang - Desalination, 2019 - Elsevier
The development of thin film nanocomposite (TFN) reverse osmosis (RO) membranes has
promoted the membrane technology for desalination. Novel nanocomposites are urgently …

Impacts of non-uniform filament feed spacers characteristics on the hydraulic and anti-fouling performances in the spacer-filled membrane channels: Experiment and …

W Lin, R Shao, X Wang, X Huang - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Feed spacer is universally used in spiral-wound nanofiltration (NF) and reverse osmosis
(RO) membrane modules. It can separate membrane sheets, create flow channels, promote …

Antiscaling 3D printed feed spacers via facile nanoparticle coating for membrane distillation

N Thomas, M Kumar, G Palmisano, RKA Al-Rub… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Surface modification of feed spacers rather than membranes may hold more merit as an
antiscaling strategy in membrane distillation (MD), as it avoids compromising the …