Membrane distillation technology for molecular separation: a review on the fouling, wetting and transport phenomena

S Yang, SA Jasim, D Bokov, S Chupradit… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is a thermally-driven membrane-based separation technique,
which has shown great potential of use for molecular separation in different processes like …

Anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBRs) for municipal wastewater treatment-potential benefits, constraints, and future perspectives: An updated review

A Aslam, SJ Khan, HMA Shahzad - Science of the total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The application of Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactors (AnMBRs) for municipal
wastewater treatment has been made sufficiently sustainable for practical implementations …

New frontiers from removal to recycling of nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater in the Circular Economy

Á Robles, D Aguado, R Barat, L Borrás, A Bouzas… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nutrient recovery technologies are rapidly expanding due to the need for the appropriate
recycling of key elements from waste resources in order to move towards a truly sustainable …

Fouling and wetting in the membrane distillation driven wastewater reclamation process–A review

MR Choudhury, N Anwar, D Jassby… - Advances in colloid and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Fouling and wetting of membranes are significant concerns that can impede the widespread
application of the membrane distillation (MD) process during high-salinity wastewater …

[HTML][HTML] Desalination technologies, membrane distillation, and electrospinning, an overview

MB Abid, RA Wahab, MA Salam, IA Moujdin, L Gzara - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Water is a critical component for humans to survive, especially in arid lands or areas where
fresh water is scarce. Hence, desalination is an excellent way to effectuate the increasing …

Membrane distillation hybrids for water production and energy efficiency enhancement: A critical review

N Ghaffour, S Soukane, JG Lee, Y Kim, A Alpatova - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
With an ever-increasing demand in energy, constrained by strict environmental regulations,
process development faces stringent design requirements further limited by intrinsic …

A critical review on membrane separation processes applied to remove pharmaceutically active compounds from water and wastewater

CF Couto, LC Lange, MCS Amaral - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutically active compounds are a real threat all around the world. Conventional
water and wastewater treatment are not efficient in removing this kind of organic …

Fouling mitigation in forward osmosis and membrane distillation for desalination

WJ Lee, ZC Ng, SK Hubadillah, PS Goh, WJ Lau… - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
Freshwater scarcity is one of the grand challenges that has posed threats to the global
economy, societal stability and ecosystem balance. Desalination has been long recognized …

Resource recovery from wastewater by anaerobic membrane bioreactors: Opportunities and challenges

X Song, W Luo, FI Hai, WE Price, W Guo, HH Ngo… - Bioresource …, 2018 - Elsevier
This review examines the potential of anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) to serve as
the core technology for simultaneous recovery of clean water, energy, and nutrient from …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive review on wastewater nitrogen removal and its recovery processes

Y Zhou, Y Zhu, J Zhu, C Li, G Chen - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Discharging large amounts of domestic and industrial wastewater drastically increases the
reactive nitrogen content in aquatic ecosystems, which causes severe ecological stress and …