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 …

Antifouling membranes for sustainable water purification: strategies and mechanisms

R Zhang, Y Liu, M He, Y Su, X Zhao… - Chemical Society …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
One of the greatest challenges to the sustainability of modern society is an inadequate
supply of clean water. Due to its energy-saving and cost-effective features, membrane …

A review of reverse osmosis membrane fouling and control strategies

S Jiang, Y Li, BP Ladewig - Science of the total environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Reverse osmosis (RO) membrane technology is one of the most important technologies for
water treatment. However, membrane fouling is an inevitable issue. Membrane fouling leads …

Membrane cleaning in membrane bioreactors: A review

Z Wang, J Ma, CY Tang, K Kimura, Q Wang… - Journal of membrane …, 2014 - Elsevier
Membrane bioreactors (MBRs) have been widely used in wastewater treatment and
reclamation. Membrane cleaning is an essential part during the operation of MBRs since …

Antifouling, fouling release and antimicrobial materials for surface modification of reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes

RR Choudhury, JM Gohil, S Mohanty… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Membrane fouling, which arises from the nonspecific interaction between the membrane
surface and foulants, significantly impedes the efficient application of membrane technology …

Fouling, performance and cost analysis of membrane-based water desalination technologies: A critical review

LN Nthunya, MF Bopape, OT Mahlangu… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
While water is a key resource required to sustain life, freshwater sources and aquifers are
being depleted at an alarming rate. As a mitigation strategy, saline water desalination is …

[HTML][HTML] Fouling mitigation strategies for different foulants in membrane distillation

A Alkhatib, MA Ayari, AH Hawari - Chemical Engineering and Processing …, 2021 - Elsevier
Providing clean water to a rapidly growing population is an issue that is currently getting lots
of attention to offer a sustainable solution for water scarcity. Membrane distillation (MD) is …

Retention of natural organic matter by ultrafiltration and the mitigation of membrane fouling through pre-treatment, membrane enhancement, and cleaning-A review

CD Peters, T Rantissi, V Gitis, NP Hankins - Journal of Water Process …, 2021 - Elsevier
Natural organic matter (NOM) is a common occurrence in all raw waters (eg, surface waters,
groundwater, and wastewater) that are used for freshwater production. NOM is a leading …

Developments and challenges in self‐healing antifouling materials

Z Wang, L Scheres, H **a… - Advanced functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐healing antifouling materials have gained rapidly increasing interest over the past
decade and have been studied and used in a rapidly increasing range of applications …

Antifouling thin-film composite membranes by controlled architecture of zwitterionic polymer brush layer

C Liu, J Lee, J Ma, M Elimelech - Environmental science & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
In this study, we demonstrate a highly antifouling thin-film composite (TFC) membrane by
grafting a zwitterionic polymer brush via atom-transfer radical-polymerization (ATRP), a …