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 …

Disposal of treated effluents in water bodies or centralized effluent treatment plants may
serve an immediate purpose of wastewater remediation, but this does not curtail the fate of …

Adsorption-based desalination (AD) is an emerging concept to co-generate distilled fresh
water and cooling applications. The present study is aimed to provide a comprehensive …

Membrane contactor as a high-performance and cost-effective separation technology has
attracted considerable attentions for environmental protection. It offers promising …

As the world population grows, pure water becomes increasingly scarce, making wastewater
treatment necessary. However, the processes currently used to treat industrial wastewater …

To produce clean water from seawater desalination, superhydrophobic membranes are
essential for membrane distillation to minimize wetting. However, superhydrophobic …

A pilot-scale vacuum membrane distillation (VMD) demonstration plant for decontamination
of radioactive wastewater with 8.0 m 3/d water production was developed. The design …

The major challenge for membrane distillation (MD) is the membrane wetting resistance
induced by pollutants in the feed solution. The proposed solution for this issue was to …

Management of in-land reverse osmosis (RO) desalination brines generated from surface
brackish waters is a current challenge. Among the different near-Zero and Zero Liquid …

Solar-driven photothermal conversion vacuum membrane distillation (SVMD) becomes an
energy-efficient water treatment thanks to the thermal localization of photothermal …