Insights on the development of enhanced antifouling reverse osmosis membranes: Industrial applications and challenges

M Tawalbeh, L Qalyoubi, A Al-Othman, M Qasim… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Reverse osmosis (RO) membranes are widely employed due to their inherent advantage of
achieving excellent water permeation rates and high salt rejection. However, fouling is a …

Mitigating electrodialysis membrane fouling in seawater desalination

IG Wenten, MZ Bazant, K Khoiruddin - Separation and Purification …, 2024 - Elsevier
Seawater electrodialysis with ion exchange membranes provides superior ion selectivity,
bypassing the limitations of methods like reverse osmosis. However, fouling poses …

Sessile drop method: Critical analysis and optimization for measuring the contact angle of an ion-exchange membrane surface

M Ponomar, E Krasnyuk, D Butylskii, V Nikonenko… - Membranes, 2022 - mdpi.com
The contact angle between a membrane surface and a waterdrop lying on its surface
provides important information about the hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity of the membrane …

Approaches to the Modification of Perfluorosulfonic Acid Membranes

EY Safronova, AA Lysova, DY Voropaeva… - Membranes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Polymer ion-exchange membranes are featured in a variety of modern technologies
including separation, concentration and purification of gases and liquids, chemical and …

Scaling-resistant anion-exchange membrane prepared by in situ modification with a bifunctional polymer containing quaternary amino groups

DY Butylskii, VA Troitskiy, MV Sharafan… - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Membrane scaling and subsequent cleaning efficiency are major factors limiting commercial
applications of electrodialysis. The generation of OH− ions during water splitting at the …

Integrating divalent-selective electrodialysis in brackish water desalination

L Monat, R Liu, M Elimelech, O Nir - Environmental Science & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Brackish water desalination is imperative for meeting water demands in arid regions far from
the seashore. Reverse osmosis, the leading desalination technology, removes nearly all …

Polyelectrolyte multilayers coating of aliphatic polyamide anion-exchange membranes to increase monovalent/divalent anions selectivity in electrodialysis

M Ahmad, M Ahmed, S Hussain, A Ali, M Zahra, MI Din… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Layer-by-layer (LBL) modification of aliphatic polyamide anion-exchange
membranes (AEMs) with poly (4-styrenesulfonate)(PSS) and protonated poly …

Efficient anion-exchange membranes with anti-scaling properties obtained by surface modification of commercial membranes using a polyquaternium-22

DY Butylskii, VA Troitskiy, MA Ponomar, IA Moroz… - Membranes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Anion-exchange membranes modified with a polyquaternium-22 (PQ-22) polymer were
studied for their use in electrodialysis. The use of PQ-22 for modification makes it possible to …

Overlimiting convection at a heterogeneous cation-exchange membrane studied by particle image velocimetry

T Belloň, Z Slouka - Journal of Membrane Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Electroconvection and gravitational convection are recognized as the primary mechanisms
driving overlimiting currents in ion-exchange systems. Here, we use particle image …

Interplay between Forced Convection and Electroconvection during the Overlimiting Ion Transport through Anion-Exchange Membranes: A Fourier Transform Analysis …

L Hernández-Pérez, MC Martí-Calatayud… - Membranes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Electrodialysis (ED) applications have expanded in recent years and new modes of
operation are being investigated. Operation at overlimiting currents involves the …