Frontiers of membrane desalination processes for brackish water treatment: A review

S Honarparvar, X Zhang, T Chen, A Alborzi, K Afroz… - Membranes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Climate change, population growth, and increased industrial activities are exacerbating
freshwater scarcity and leading to increased interest in desalination of saline water. Brackish …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling technologies for desalination of brackish water—toward a sustainable water supply

S Honarparvar, X Zhang, T Chen, C Na… - Current Opinion in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Brackish groundwater is a largely untapped water resource that is available in much of the
arid US. The low salinity of brackish water (1000–10 000 mg/L TDS) makes it a viable …

Molecular thermodynamics for scaling prediction: Case of membrane distillation

MR Islam, IM Hsieh, B Lin, AK Thakur, CC Chen… - Separation and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) for water treatment is significantly impaired by the scaling of
dissolved minerals. The type and content of minerals generally measured as total dissolved …

Thermodynamic modeling of calcium carbonate scale precipitation: aqueous Na+-Ca2+-Cl–-HCO3–-CO32–-CO2 system

T Chen, S Honarparvar, D Reible, CC Chen - Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2022 - Elsevier
To allow for accurate calculations of calcium carbonate scaling in highly saline produced
waters, we present a comprehensive thermodynamic model based on the electrolyte …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling multicomponent ion transport to investigate selective ion removal in electrodialysis

S Honarparvar, D Reible - Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, 2020 - Elsevier
A 2-dimensional multicomponent ion transport model based on Nernst-Planck (NP) equation
and electroneutrality assumption is developed for an electrodialysis (ED) cell operated in the …

Phase equilibrium and evaporation process simulation for the lithium recovery from NaCl-LiCl-H2O system with high presence of organic NMP

L Lian, X Song, H Chen, J Yu - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
In the production process of polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), there is a waste liquid with the
main composition of NaCl-LiCl-NMP-H 2 O. For the recovery of LiCl, the phase equilibrium …

A comprehensive thermodynamic model for high salinity produced waters

S Tanveer, CC Chen - AIChE Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Reuse of produced waters in oil and gas production is a major concern due to high
treatment cost and regulations on disposal in the environment. To support development of …

Bridging two‐liquid theory with molecular simulations for electrolytes: An investigation of aqueous NaCl solution

SH Saravi, A Ravichandran, R Khare… - AIChE Journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We reexamine the theoretical framework of electrolyte nonrandom two‐liquid model and
formulate the binary interaction parameters as functions of species diameter (σ), effective …

Electrolyte thermodynamic models in Aspen process simulators and their applications

S Wang, Y Song, Y Zhang… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Electrolyte systems are becoming increasingly important as the process industries transition
to better address environmental sustainability and climate change. Industrial processes such …

Comprehensive thermodynamic modeling of saline water with electrolyte NRTL model: A study of aqueous Sr2+-Na+-Cl−-SO42− quaternary system

S Honarparvar, SH Saravi, D Reible, CC Chen - Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2018 - Elsevier
This study reports the parameters of electrolyte nonrandom two-liquid (eNRTL) model for
aqueous Sr 2+-Na+-Cl–-SO 4 2–quaternary system. The molecule-electrolyte interaction …