Fouling in reverse osmosis membranes: monitoring, characterization, mitigation strategies and future directions

MA Ahmed, S Amin, AA Mohamed - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Water scarcity has been a global challenge for many countries over the past decades, and
as a result, reverse osmosis (RO) has emerged as a promising and cost-effective tool for …

A critical review with emphasis on recent pieces of evidence of Moringa oleifera biosorption in water and wastewater treatment

A Benettayeb, M Usman, CC Tinashe, T Adam… - … science and pollution …, 2022 - Springer
The increasing demand for using competent and inexpensive methods based on
biomaterials, like adsorption and biosorption, has given rise to the low-priced alternative …

[HTML][HTML] Techno-economic assessment of a membrane-based wastewater reclamation process

G Pérez, P Gómez, I Ortiz, A Urtiaga - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Reclaimed water plays a crucial role in the water cycle since it constitutes an effective way to
improve the utilization of water resources and can help to cope with the water crisis …

Alleviation of RO membrane fouling in wastewater reclamation plants using an enhanced acid-base chemical cleaning method

L Zihao, J Wang, L Cheng, Q Yang, P Li, X Dong, B Xu… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Membrane fouling has always been a critical constraint in the operation of the reverse
osmosis (RO) process, and chemical cleaning is essential for mitigating membrane fouling …

Advanced membrane-based high-value metal recovery from wastewater

G Gebreslassie, HG Desta, Y Dong, X Zheng, M Zhao… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Considering the circular economy and environmental protection, sustainable recovery of
high-value metals from wastewater has become a prominent concern. Unlike conventional …

Role of coagulation/flocculation as a pretreatment option to reduce colloidal/bio-colloidal fouling in tertiary filtration of textile wastewater: A review and future outlooks

TA Aragaw, FM Bogale - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Textile industry wastewater has become a growing concern in recent years due to it has
been characterized by a high load of organic dyes, suspended and dissolved solids …

Preparation, modification and antifouling properties of polyaniline conductive membranes for water treatment: a comprehensive review

J Hao, L Wang, X Wang, J Wang, M He… - … : Water Research & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Membrane separation has made significant contributions to effective water treatment
technology in the fields of resource recovery, desalination and wastewater treatment in …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of temperature on fouling in anaerobic membrane bioreactor: SMP-and EPS-membrane interactions

D AbuKhadra, AD Grossman, A Al-Ashhab… - Water research, 2024 - Elsevier
Biofouling is the main challenge in the operation of anaerobic membrane bioreactors
(AnMBRs). Biofouling strongly depends on temperature; therefore, we hypothesize that the …

Recent aspects in membrane separation for oil/water emulsion

MS Shalaby, G Sołowski… - Advanced Materials …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Oily wastewater is generated by various industries in extraordinary growing volumes, such
as oil refineries, petrochemicals, metallurgical, food & beverages, and dairy industries …

Effect of minimal pre-treatment on reverse osmosis using surface water as a source

ER Cornelissen, DJH Harmsen, B Blankert… - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Reverse osmosis is increasingly used in drinking water supply for treatment of fresh water
sources which can directly result in high quality water. In practice reverse osmosis is never …