New directions on membranes for removal and degradation of emerging pollutants in aqueous systems

DL Zhao, W Zhou, L Shen, B Li, H Sun, Q Zeng… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Emerging pollutants (EPs) refer to a group of non-regulated chemical or biological
substances that have been recently introduced or detected in the environment. These …

Nanocomposite membranes for water separation and purification: Fabrication, modification, and applications

MR Esfahani, SA Aktij, Z Dabaghian… - Separation and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Water pollution is one of the greatest challenges around the world. Nanocomposite
membranes are a promising modified version of traditional polymeric membranes for water …

Removal of contaminants of emerging concern by membranes in water and wastewater: a review

S Kim, KH Chu, YAJ Al-Hamadani, CM Park… - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
This review summarizes comprehensive recent studies on the removal of contaminants of
emerging concern (CECs) by forward osmosis (FO), reverse osmosis (RO), nanofiltration …

Membrane-based separation of potential emerging pollutants

SP Dharupaneedi, SK Nataraj, M Nadagouda… - Separation and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The potential emerging pollutants (PEPs) such as hazardous chemicals, toxic metals, bio-
wastes, etc., pose a severe threat to human health, hygiene and ecology by way of polluting …

Sustainability considerations in membrane-based technologies for industrial effluents treatment

M Kamali, DP Suhas, ME Costa, I Capela… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Treatment of industrial effluents (EFs) from the polluted wastewater sources using
membrane technologies is an effective and attractive alternative to overcome the …

Coupling of membrane filtration and advanced oxidation processes for removal of pharmaceutical residues: A critical review

SO Ganiyu, ED Van Hullebusch, M Cretin… - Separation and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals as emerging pollutants have become a major concern not only because of
the threat posed to health and safety of the aquatic life but also due to their continuous …

A review of advances in EDCs and PhACs removal by nanofiltration: Mechanisms, impact factors and the influence of organic matter

S Wang, L Li, S Yu, B Dong, N Gao, X Wang - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanofiltration (NF) has been increasingly applied in municipal water treatment plants
because it has a high removal rate of organic pollutants while simultaneously reserving …

Boosting the performance of nanofiltration membranes in removing organic micropollutants: trade-off effect, strategy evaluation, and prospective development

Y Liu, K Wang, Z Zhou, X Wei, S **a… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In view of the high risks brought about by organic micropollutants (OMPs), nanofiltration (NF)
processes have been playing a vital role in advanced water and wastewater treatment …

Fundamental water and salt transport properties of polymeric materials

GM Geise, DR Paul, BD Freeman - Progress in Polymer Science, 2014 - Elsevier
Fundamental water and salt transport properties of polymers are critical for applications such
as reverse osmosis (RO), nanofiltration (NF), forward osmosis (FO), pressure-retarded …

Membrane processes for removal of pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) from water and wastewaters

M Taheran, SK Brar, M Verma, RY Surampalli… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs), which find their way easily into the water
sources, are emerging as a major concern for drinking water quality and aquatic species …