Prospects of polymeric nanocomposite membranes for water purification and scalability and their health and environmental impacts: A review

NF Al Harby, M El-Batouti, MM Elewa - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Water shortage is a major worldwide issue. Filtration using genuine polymeric membranes
demonstrates excellent pollutant separation capabilities; however, polymeric membranes …

Development of high performance pervaporation desalination membranes: A brief review

M Mukherjee, S Roy, K Bhowmick, S Majumdar… - Process Safety and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Water scarcity rises as the level of water pollution continues to increase with the progress of
urbanization, industrialization and exponential growth of population. Therefore, saline water …

Incorporation of Al2O3 into cellulose triacetate membranes to enhance the performance of pervaporation for desalination of hypersaline solutions

I Prihatiningtyas, GA Gebreslase, B Van der Bruggen - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, nanocomposite membranes were prepared by incorporating alumina (Al 2 O 3)
nanoparticles into cellulose triacetate (CTA) membranes in order to enhance the …

Pervaporative desalination of high-salinity water

D Wu, A Gao, H Zhao, X Feng - Chemical Engineering Research and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Desalination of high salinity water by pervaporation using hydrophilic poly (ether-block-
amide) membranes was investigated. A flux of 1680 g/(m 2 h) and almost complete salt …

A comparison of capacitive deionization and membrane capacitive deionization using novel fabricated ion exchange membranes

MM Elewa, M El Batouti, NF Al-Harby - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Another technique for desalination, known as membrane capacitive deionization (MCDI),
has been investigated as an alternative. This approach has the potential to lower the voltage …

Experimental and economic investigation of sweeping gas membrane distillation/pervaporation modules using novel pilot scale device

MB Elsheniti, A Ibrahim, O Elsamni, M Elewa - Separation and Purification …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the increasing demand for freshwater, the disposal of the highly saline water resulting
from industrial processes and seawater desalination plants has become a critical …

Desalination by pervaporation

Z Xie, N Li, Q Wang, B Bolto - Emerging technologies for sustainable …, 2018 - Elsevier
Desalination by pervaporation has the potential to be an efficient way of getting freshwater
from nonpotable saline sources with the advantage in its excellent salt rejection and …

Structures, properties, and performances—Relationships of polymeric membranes for pervaporative desalination

NR Singha, M Karmakar, PK Chattopadhyay, S Roy… - Membranes, 2019 - mdpi.com
For the fulfilment of increasing global demand and associated challenges related to the
supply of clean-and-safe water, PV has been considered as one of the most attractive and …

Novel heterogeneous cellulose-based ion-exchange membranes for electrodialysis

MM Naim, ME Batouti, MM Elewa - Polymer Bulletin, 2022 - Springer
Heterogeneous membranes are generally prepared by mixing ion-exchange (IE) resins,
whether cation or anion resins, with a polymer matrix, in which the resin is well embedded …

Bentonite-loaded carboxy methylcellulose membrane for pervaporative desalination

FU Nigiz, ND Hilmioglu - Desalination and water treatment, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, bentonite clay incorporated carboxy methylcellulose (CMC) membrane was
prepared and used for pervaporative desalination of a NaCl–water solution at different …