Spiral wound modules and spacers: Review and analysis

J Schwinge, PR Neal, DE Wiley, DF Fletcher… - Journal of membrane …, 2004 - Elsevier
The operation of spiral wound modules in industrial plants is affected by many parameters,
including the operating conditions, the arrangements of the spiral wound modules in arrays …

Challenges, opportunities and future directions of membrane technology for natural gas purification: a critical review

A Imtiaz, MHD Othman, A Jilani, IU Khan, R Kamaludin… - Membranes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Natural gas is an important and fast-growing energy resource in the world and its purification
is important in order to reduce environmental hazards and to meet the required quality …

Energy consumption for desalination—A comparison of forward osmosis with reverse osmosis, and the potential for perfect membranes

NM Mazlan, D Peshev, AG Livingston - Desalination, 2016 - Elsevier
Reverse osmosis (RO) is now the most ubiquitous technology for desalination, with
numerous seawater RO plants being built in water-stressed countries to complement …

Influence of crossflow membrane filter geometry and shear rate on colloidal fouling in reverse osmosis and nanofiltration separations

EMV Hoek, AS Kim, M Elimelech - Environmental Engineering …, 2002 - liebertpub.com
A laboratory-scale crossflow membrane filtration apparatus was designed to investigate the
relative influence of filter geometry and shear rate on colloidal fouling of reverse osmosis …

Effect of thermodynamic restriction on energy cost optimization of RO membrane water desalination

A Zhu, PD Christofides, Y Cohen - Industrial & Engineering …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Advances in highly permeable reverse osmosis (RO) membranes have enabled desalting
operations, in which it is practically feasible for the applied pressure to approach the osmotic …

A study of CaCO3 scale formation and inhibition in RO and NF membrane processes

C Tzotzi, T Pahiadaki, SG Yiantsios… - Journal of membrane …, 2007 - Elsevier
The formation of CaCO3 deposits on RO and NF membranes was investigated in connection
with permeate flux decline. Experiments, in the presence and absence of scale inhibitors …

Progress on reinforced braided hollow fiber membranes in separation technologies: A review

T Turken, R Sengur-Tasdemir, E Ates-Genceli… - Journal of Water …, 2019 - Elsevier
Advantages of hollow fiber membranes include high specific area, possibility of back
flushing, and lower pretreatment and maintenance requirements. Aggressive back flushing …

Poly (vinylidene fluoride) hollow fiber membrane for high-efficiency separation of dyes-salts

H Liu, Y Chen, K Zhang, C Wang, X Hu… - Journal of Membrane …, 2019 - Elsevier
A poly (vinylidene fluoride) hollow fiber membrane (HFM) was fabricated through a simple,
fast (one-step), and inexpensive procedure to separate dyes and salts (sodium sulfate …

Minimizing energy consumption in reverse osmosis membrane desalination using optimization-based control

AR Bartman, A Zhu, PD Christofides, Y Cohen - Journal of Process Control, 2010 - Elsevier
This work focuses on the design and implementation of an optimization-based control
system on an experimental reverse osmosis (RO) membrane water desalination process in …

Modeling of spiral wound membrane desalination modules and plants–review and research priorities

AJ Karabelas, M Kostoglou, CP Koutsou - Desalination, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Spiral Wound Membrane (SWM) modules are the basic components of modern
desalination and water treatment technology. To advance this technology, a comprehensive …