Reverse osmosis desalination: A state-of-the-art review

M Qasim, M Badrelzaman, NN Darwish, NA Darwish… - Desalination, 2019 - Elsevier
Water scarcity is a grand challenge that has always stimulated research interests in finding
effective means for pure water production. In this context, reverse osmosis (RO) is …

Membrane fouling in desalination and its mitigation strategies

PS Goh, WJ Lau, MHD Othman, AF Ismail - Desalination, 2018 - Elsevier
Water scarcity at global level has called for attentions to establish new and innovative
technologies that can be tapped to provide sustainable solutions to water crisis. Membrane …

Interfacial solar evaporation by a 3D graphene oxide stalk for highly concentrated brine treatment

CTK Finnerty, AK Menon, KM Conway… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
In this work, we demonstrate a 3-dimensional graphene oxide (3D GO) stalk that operates
near the capillary wicking limit to achieve an evaporation flux of 34.7 kg m–2 h–1 under 1 …

Performance prediction of a reverse osmosis unit using an optimized Long Short-term Memory model by hummingbird optimizer

FA Essa, M Abd Elaziz, MA Al-Betar… - Process Safety and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The accessibility to freshwater suitable for human use is a modern problem in many
countries of the world. One of the well-known methods to overcome this problem is the …

Membrane technology for sustainable water resources management: Challenges and future projections

M Issaoui, S Jellali, AA Zorpas, P Dutournie - Sustainable Chemistry and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Although water is essential for human survival and has always been critical to the social and
economic growth of the world, it is unfortunately distributed irregularly worldwide and is …

A novel solar-powered thermal desalination unit coupled with a reverse osmosis plant to increase overall water recovery

RH Mohammed, NAA Qasem, AM Farid… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
The global water crisis could be alleviated by converting saline water to potable water
through desalination technologies. Reverse osmosis is the dominant technology in the …

Nanocomposite nanofiltration membranes: State of play and recent advances

DJ Johnson, N Hilal - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Much research has been carried out in recent years to investigate the use of nanomaterials
as fillers in polymeric nanofiltration membranes, to improve water transport and fouling …

Nuclear desalination: A state-of-the-art review

A Al-Othman, NN Darwish, M Qasim, M Tawalbeh… - Desalination, 2019 - Elsevier
Thermal desalination is an energy intensive process that satisfies its requirement from
conventional fossil fuel sources. Current research efforts aim at finding alternatives for fossil …

Novel and conventional technologies for landfill leachates treatment: A review

V Torretta, N Ferronato, IA Katsoyiannis, AK Tolkou… - Sustainability, 2016 - mdpi.com
Municipal solid waste final disposal represents an environmental burden worldwide since
landfilling, or open dumping, is still the preferred solution for the end of life of solid discarded …

The operation and applicability to hydrogen fuel technology of green hydrogen production by water electrolysis using offshore wind power

O Akdağ - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrogen is gaining attention as a transportation fuel due to its potential for long-term and
sustainable energy supply, as well as its capacity to address security and environmental …