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 …

Hydrogen economy for sustainable development in GCC countries: A SWOT analysis considering current situation, challenges, and prospects

MI Khan, SG Al-Ghamdi - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The increasingly serious threat of climate change caused by the excessive use of fossil fuels
have been prompting GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) countries to aggressively seek a …

Does the green hydrogen economy have a water problem?

RR Beswick, AM Oliveira, Y Yan - ACS Energy Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Antoine Lavoisier named this new gas “hydrogen”, a combination of the roots hydro and
genes quite literally “water-former”. 1 Not long after, scientists discovered that by adding …

[HTML][HTML] Can emerging membrane-based desalination technologies replace reverse osmosis?

C Skuse, A Gallego-Schmid, A Azapagic, P Gorgojo - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Growing uncertainty in the future availability of freshwater sources has led to an increase in
installations for desalination of seawater. Reverse osmosis (RO), currently the most widely …

Comparison of desalination technologies using renewable energy sources with life cycle, PESTLE, and multi-criteria decision analyses

HT Do Thi, T Pasztor, D Fozer, F Manenti, AJ Toth - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, desalination continues to expand globally, which is one of the most effective
solutions to solve the problem of the global drinking water shortage. However, desalination …

Energy consumption and environmental impact assessment of desalination plants and brine disposal strategies

MN Soliman, FZ Guen, SA Ahmed, H Saleem… - Process Safety and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nowadays, desalination plants are considered as tools to utilize water from different natural
resources such as seawater and brackish water. Globally, the number of desalination plants …

[HTML][HTML] Desalination, minimal and zero liquid discharge powered by renewable energy sources: Current status and future perspectives

AP de Nicolás, Á Molina-García… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent decades, freshwater reserves have been under high threats, generated mainly by
anthropogenic causes such as rapid population growth and climate change. Currently, one …

Is desalination a solution to freshwater scarcity in develo** countries?

N Dhakal, SG Salinas-Rodriguez, J Hamdani… - Membranes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Rapid population growth and urbanization are two main drivers for the over-abstraction of
conventional freshwater resources in various parts of the world, which leads to the situation …

Sustainable off-grid residential heating and desalination: Integration of biomass boiler and solar energy with environmental impact analysis

J Zhu, TUK Nutakki, PK Singh, BS Abdullaeva… - Journal of Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
As global energy demand rises and the environmental impact of fossil fuel-based heating
systems becomes increasingly evident, transitioning to renewable energy sources like solar …

Redox-mediated electrodialysis for desalination, environmental remediation, and resource recovery

N Kim, A Aguda, C Kim, X Su - ACS Energy Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Electrochemically driven separation technologies have become a promising avenue for
tackling environmental and energy challenges. By bridging redox-based energy storage and …