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 …

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 …

Forward osmosis technology for water treatment: Recent advances and future perspectives

J Wang, X Liu - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Forward osmosis is an emerging osmosis-driven membrane process, which has benefits of
low energy consumption, low operational pressure, easy equipment, and low fouling. This …

Membrane fouling in osmotically driven membrane processes: A review

Q She, R Wang, AG Fane, CY Tang - Journal of membrane science, 2016 - Elsevier
The utilization of osmosis for engineered applications sparked off various emerging
technologies relying on osmotically driven membrane processes (ODMPs). Represented by …

Membrane-based processes for wastewater nutrient recovery: Technology, challenges, and future direction

M **e, HK Shon, SR Gray, M Elimelech - Water research, 2016 - Elsevier
Wastewater nutrient recovery holds promise for more sustainable water and agricultural
industries. We critically review three emerging membrane processes–forward osmosis (FO) …

Recent advances in functionalized polymer membranes for biofouling control and mitigation in forward osmosis

MD Firouzjaei, SF Seyedpour, SA Aktij… - Journal of Membrane …, 2020 - Elsevier
Forward osmosis (FO) is an osmotically driven process widely studied for water desalination,
wastewater treatment, and water reuse, as well as dilution and concentration of aqueous …

Forward osmosis for application in wastewater treatment: A review

K Lutchmiah, ARD Verliefde, K Roest, LC Rietveld… - Water research, 2014 - Elsevier
Research in the field of Forward Osmosis (FO) membrane technology has grown
significantly over the last 10 years, but its application in the scope of wastewater treatment …

Forward and pressure retarded osmosis: potential solutions for global challenges in energy and water supply

C Klaysom, TY Cath, T Depuydt… - Chemical society …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Osmotically driven membrane processes (ODMP) have gained renewed interest in recent
years and they might become a potential solution for the world's most challenging problems …

Application of membrane separation processes in phosphorus recovery: A review

X Li, S Shen, Y Xu, T Guo, H Dai, X Lu - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The depletion of phosphorus resources and the excess discharge of phosphorus into waste
streams are contrasting problems. The key to solving both problems is to recover …

Osmotic membrane bioreactor (OMBR) technology for wastewater treatment and reclamation: Advances, challenges, and prospects for the future

X Wang, VWC Chang, CY Tang - Journal of membrane science, 2016 - Elsevier
Osmotic membrane bioreactor (OMBR) is an emerging technology integrating a forward
osmosis (FO) process into a membrane bioreactor (MBR). This technology has been gaining …