The future of seawater desalination: energy, technology, and the environment

M Elimelech, WA Phillip - science, 2011 - science.org
In recent years, numerous large-scale seawater desalination plants have been built in water-
stressed countries to augment available water resources, and construction of new …

A review of the water desalination technologies

D Curto, V Franzitta, A Guercio - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Desalination is commonly adopted nowadays to overcome the freshwater scarcity in some
areas of the world if brackish water or salt water is available. Different kinds of technologies …

Science and technology for water purification in the coming decades

MA Shannon, PW Bohn, M Elimelech, JG Georgiadis… - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
One of the most pervasive problems afflicting people throughout the world is inadequate
access to clean water and sanitation. Problems with water are expected to grow worse in the …

The global rise of zero liquid discharge for wastewater management: drivers, technologies, and future directions

T Tong, M Elimelech - Environmental science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
Zero liquid discharge (ZLD) a wastewater management strategy that eliminates liquid
waste and maximizes water usage efficiency has attracted renewed interest worldwide in …

Forward osmosis: Principles, applications, and recent developments

TY Cath, AE Childress, M Elimelech - Journal of membrane science, 2006 - Elsevier
Osmosis is a physical phenomenon that has been extensively studied by scientists in
various disciplines of science and engineering. Early researchers studied the mechanism of …

Engineering metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) based thin-film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes for molecular separation

DL Zhao, F Feng, L Shen, Z Huang, Q Zhao… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a novel class of hybrid materials constructed from
metals ions/ions clusters and organic linkers. Owing to their well-defined porous structures …

Membrane-based processes for sustainable power generation using water

BE Logan, M Elimelech - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Water has always been crucial to combustion and hydroelectric processes, but it could
become the source of power in membrane-based systems that capture energy from natural …

Emerging desalination technologies for water treatment: a critical review

A Subramani, JG Jacangelo - Water research, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper, a review of emerging desalination technologies is presented. Several
technologies for desalination of municipal and industrial wastewater have been proposed …

Recent developments in forward osmosis: Opportunities and challenges

S Zhao, L Zou, CY Tang, D Mulcahy - Journal of membrane science, 2012 - Elsevier
Recently, forward osmosis (FO) has attracted growing attention in many potential
applications such as power generation, desalination, wastewater treatment and food …

Membrane fouling in osmotically driven membrane processes: A review

Q She, R Wang, AG Fane, CY Tang - Journal of membrane science, 2016 - Elsevier
The utilization of osmosis for engineered applications sparked off various emerging
technologies relying on osmotically driven membrane processes (ODMPs). Represented by …