Applying transition-state theory to explore transport and selectivity in salt-rejecting membranes: A critical review

I Shefer, K Lopez, AP Straub… - Environmental Science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Membrane technologies using reverse osmosis (RO) and nanofiltration (NF) have been
widely implemented in water purification and desalination processes. Separation between …

Pressure-driven membrane desalination

W Liu, JL Livingston, L Wang, Z Wang… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Pressure-driven membrane desalination (PMD), such as reverse osmosis or nanofiltration, is
an energy-efficient technology that addresses water shortages by using saline waters to …

Comparison of ion selectivity in electrodialysis and capacitive deionization

AN Shocron, RS Roth, EN Guyes… - … & Technology Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Ion-selective removal is an important frontier in water purification technologies. For many
emerging applications, removing all ions indiscriminately can lead to excessive energy …

Quantifying uncertainty in nanofiltration transport models for enhanced metals recovery

D Rehman, F Sheriff, JH Lienhard - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
To decarbonize our global energy system, sustainably harvesting metals from diverse
sourcewaters is essential. Membrane-based processes have recently shown great promise …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental and economic evaluation of nanofiltration as a pre-treatment for added-value elements recovery from seawater desalination brines

M Figueira, D Rodríguez-Jiménez, J López, M Reig… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Desalination brine mining emerges as a solution to supply raw materials to the European
Union industry in a circular economy approach since valuable minerals and metals (eg, B …

Limited ion-ion selectivity of salt-rejecting membranes due to enthalpy-entropy compensation

I Shefer, O Peer-Haim, R Epsztein - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Water and ion transport in salt-rejecting membranes, such as nanofiltration (NF) and reverse
osmosis (RO), are exposed to different hindrance effects that result in selectivity between …

Novel insight into prior induced crystallization on brackish water nanofiltration

W Liu, B Liu, X Zhu, J Zhu - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
An ultrafiltration/nanofiltration system enhanced by induced crystallization was constructed.
The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility and contribution of fouling mitigation …

Analysis of energy, water, land and cost implications of zero and minimal liquid discharge desalination technologies

MG O'Connell, N Rajendran, M Elimelech, J Gilron… - Nature Water, 2024 - nature.com
Desalination is increasingly essential to ensure access to water as climate change and
population growth stress fresh water supplies. Already in use in water-stressed regions …

Modulating interfacial polymerization via 1-methylimidazole as reactive additive for nanofiltration membrane with high-performance

Y Liu, X Dong, M Wang, S Guo, H Zhang, Z Wang - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanofiltration (NF) membrane technology has become the most critical alternative to resolve
fresh water resources shortage and water pollution. Preparing polyamide (PA) NF …

Is conductivity measurement or inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry reliable to define rejection of different ions?

S Xu, R He, S Zhao, HK Shon, T He - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Rejection of single salts or ions is a basic and crucial characteristic of nanofiltration (NF)
membranes. The simple and most pursued method to quantify the salt concentration has …