Biofouling of membrane distillation, forward osmosis and pressure retarded osmosis: Principles, impacts and future directions

A Bogler, S Lin, E Bar-Zeev - Journal of Membrane Science, 2017 - Elsevier
The water-energy nexus has motivated the quest for new membrane-based technologies
that target potable water and energy production. To this end, membrane distillation (MD) …

A comprehensive review on forward osmosis water treatment: Recent advances and prospects of membranes and draw solutes

Y Xu, Y Zhu, Z Chen, J Zhu, G Chen - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Forward osmosis (FO) is an evolving membrane separation technology for water treatment
and reclamation. However, FO water treatment technology is limited by factors such as …

[HTML][HTML] Desalination by batch reverse osmosis (RO) of brackish groundwater containing sparingly soluble salts

E Hosseinipour, E Harris, HA El Nazer, YMA Mohamed… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Batch RO desalination is a new approach to high-recovery, energy-efficient desalination. So
far, however, batch RO has been tested mostly with pure sodium chloride solutions. An …

Comparison of fouling propensity between reverse osmosis, forward osmosis, and membrane distillation

EW Tow, DM Warsinger, AM Trueworthy… - Journal of membrane …, 2018 - Elsevier
Resistance to fouling is often cited as an advantage of emerging desalination technologies
such as forward osmosis and membrane distillation over the widely-used reverse osmosis …

[HTML][HTML] Characteristics and influencing factors of organic fouling in forward osmosis operation for wastewater applications: A comprehensive review

QV Ly, Y Hu, J Li, J Cho, J Hur - Environment international, 2019 - Elsevier
Wastewater reuse is considered one of the most promising practices for the achievement of
sustainable water management on a global scale. In the context of the safe reuse of water …

Inorganic fouling mitigation by salinity cycling in batch reverse osmosis

DM Warsinger, EW Tow, LA Maswadeh, GB Connors… - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Enhanced fouling resistance has been observed in recent variants of reverse osmosis (RO)
desalination which use time-varying batch or semi-batch processes, such as closed-circuit …

A review of fouling mechanisms, control strategies and real-time fouling monitoring techniques in forward osmosis

I Ibrar, O Naji, A Sharif, A Malekizadeh, A Alhawari… - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
Forward osmosis has gained tremendous attention in the field of desalination and
wastewater treatment. However, membrane fouling is an inevitable issue. Membrane fouling …

Impact of salt retention on true batch reverse osmosis energy consumption: experiments and model validation

QJ Wei, CI Tucker, PJ Wu, AM Trueworthy, EW Tow - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
In theory, the batch reverse osmosis (RO) process achieves the lowest practical energy
consumption by varying pressure over time. However, few batch RO systems have been …

Sodium lignosulfonate as an extracting agent of methylene blue dye using a polymer-enhanced ultrafiltration technique

S Sotelo, E Oyarce, K Roa, A Boulett, G Pizarro… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The purpose of this research was to evaluate the efficacy of sodium lignosulfonate (LS) as a
dye adsorbent in the removal of methylene blue (MB) from water by polymer-enhanced …

Organic fouling control in reverse osmosis (RO) by effective membrane cleaning using saturated CO2 solution

H Alnajjar, A Tabatabai, A Alpatova, T Leiknes… - Separation and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Although reverse osmosis (RO) currently dominates the global desalination market,
membrane fouling remains a major operational obstacle, which penalizes sustainable plant …