Membrane technologies in wastewater treatment: a review

E Obotey Ezugbe, S Rathilal - Membranes, 2020 - mdpi.com
In the face of water shortages, the world seeks to explore all available options in reducing
the over exploitation of limited freshwater resources. One of the surest available water …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the potential and limitations of membrane-based technologies for the treatment of oilfield produced water

AE Mansi, SM El-Marsafy, Y Elhenawy… - Alexandria Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, the recent advances in standalone membrane technologies were investigated
for produced water treatment and reclamation. The effect of operating parameters (ie …

Improvement in microfiltration process of oily wastewater: A comprehensive review over two decades

AH Behroozi, MR Ataabadi - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microfiltration (MF) technology has become an emerging and promising separation process
for oily wastewater (OW) pre-treatment owing to its high oil separation efficiency and ease of …

Enhanced reverse osmosis filtration via chaotic advection induced by patterned membranes: A numerical study

JE Park, SY Jung, TG Kang - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper numerically explores the potential of patterned membranes inducing chaotic
advection to enhance the efficiency of reverse osmosis (RO) filtration. We compared the …

Impact of membrane spacers on concentration polarization, flow profile, and fouling at ion exchange membranes of electrodialysis desalination: Diagonal net spacer …

SKA Al-Amshawee, MYBM Yunus - Chemical Engineering Research and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The idea of electrodialysis was discovered 120 years ago, and its industrial development
was initiated more than 50 years ago due to the introduction of ion exchange membranes …

Controlling ion transport with pattern structures on ion exchange membranes in electrodialysis

J Kim, S Kim, R Kwak - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
In electrodialysis (ED), ion transport through ion exchange membranes governs its
desalination performance. In this paper, we decipher the effects of non-conductive pattern …

[PDF][PDF] Temperature and concentration polarization in membrane distillation: A technical review

M Suleman, M Asif, SA Jamal - Desalin. Water Treat, 2021 - deswater.com
abstract Recently, the seawater and brackish water desalination process have gained
widespread attention due to the scarcity of drinking water. Among several membrane …

Halophyte biorefinery for polyhydroxyalkanoates production from Ulva sp. Hydrolysate with Haloferax mediterranei in pneumatically agitated bioreactors and …

S Ghosh, J Coons, C Yeager, P Halley… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
The present study tested the outdoor cultivation of Haloferax mediterranei for PHA
production from green macroalgae Ulva sp. in pneumatically agitated bioreactors and …

Helical-Ridge-Membranes from PVDF for enhanced gas–liquid mass transfer

M Tepper, M Padligur, D Wypysek, L Budeus… - Journal of Membrane …, 2023 - Elsevier
New membrane geometries have the potential to increase mixing at the feed and permeate
side to counteract concentration polarization and fouling. Such membrane geometries can …

Rotation-in-a-Spinneret integrates static mixers inside hollow fiber membranes

M Tepper, Y Eminoglu, N Mehling, J Walorski… - Journal of Membrane …, 2022 - Elsevier
Turbulence promoters boost the efficiency of membrane applications suffering from mass
transfer limitations. To counteract these mass transfer limitations, static mixers were …