Environmental sustainability and ions removal through electrodialysis desalination: Operating conditions and process parameters

M Sedighi, MMB Usefi, AF Ismail, M Ghasemi - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Electrodialysis, a membrane separation method, uses an electrical potential difference to
separate ions in aqueous solutions. Electrodialysis is used in several industries for the …

A review of reverse osmosis membrane fouling and control strategies

S Jiang, Y Li, BP Ladewig - Science of the total environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Reverse osmosis (RO) membrane technology is one of the most important technologies for
water treatment. However, membrane fouling is an inevitable issue. Membrane fouling leads …

Fouling, performance and cost analysis of membrane-based water desalination technologies: A critical review

LN Nthunya, MF Bopape, OT Mahlangu… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
While water is a key resource required to sustain life, freshwater sources and aquifers are
being depleted at an alarming rate. As a mitigation strategy, saline water desalination is …

[HTML][HTML] Fouling mitigation strategies for different foulants in membrane distillation

A Alkhatib, MA Ayari, AH Hawari - Chemical Engineering and Processing …, 2021 - Elsevier
Providing clean water to a rapidly growing population is an issue that is currently getting lots
of attention to offer a sustainable solution for water scarcity. Membrane distillation (MD) is …

Fouling and its control in membrane distillation—A review

LD Ti**g, YC Woo, JS Choi, S Lee, SH Kim… - Journal of Membrane …, 2015 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is an emerging thermally-driven technology that poses a lot of
promise in desalination, and water and wastewater treatment. Developments in membrane …

A critical review of membrane wettability in membrane distillation from the perspective of interfacial interactions

H Chang, B Liu, Z Zhang, R Pawar, Z Yan… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
Hydrophobic membranes used in membrane distillation (MD) systems are often subject to
wetting during long-term operation. Thus, it is of great importance to fully understand factors …

Principles and applications of direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD): A comprehensive review

BB Ashoor, S Mansour, A Giwa, V Dufour, SW Hasan - Desalination, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper, the current and most recent applications of direct contact membrane distillation
(DCMD) are discussed. Apart from its rapidly increasing use for the desalination of highly …

Understanding the fouling/scaling resistance of superhydrophobic/omniphobic membranes in membrane distillation

L Liu, Z **ao, Y Liu, X Li, H Yin, A Volkov, T He - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation has shown great promises in desalinating various water streams.
Significant progresses have been made in the past decades owing to the development of …

A critical review on membrane separation processes applied to remove pharmaceutically active compounds from water and wastewater

CF Couto, LC Lange, MCS Amaral - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutically active compounds are a real threat all around the world. Conventional
water and wastewater treatment are not efficient in removing this kind of organic …

Stable superhydrophobic ceramic-based carbon nanotube composite desalination membranes

Y Dong, L Ma, CY Tang, F Yang, X Quan, D Jassby… - Nano …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Membrane distillation (MD) is a promising process for the treatment of highly saline
wastewaters. The central component of MD is a stable porous hydrophobic membrane with …