Decarbonized and circular brine management/valorization for water & valuable resource recovery via minimal/zero liquid discharge (MLD/ZLD) strategies

A Panagopoulos, V Giannika - Journal of Environmental Management, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Brine (saline wastewater/water) from desalination, salt lakes, and industrial activities (eg,
pharmaceutical industries, oil & gas industries) has received a lot of attention around the …

Application of bipolar membrane electrodialysis for simultaneous recovery of high-value acid/alkali from saline wastewater: An in-depth review

T Chen, J Bi, Z Ji, J Yuan, Y Zhao - Water Research, 2022‏ - Elsevier
With the development of comprehensive utilization of high-salinity wastewater, salt
resources regeneration has been considered as the fundamental requirement for process …

Membrane-based water and wastewater treatment technologies: Issues, current trends, challenges, and role in achieving sustainable development goals, and circular …

N Shehata, D Egirani, AG Olabi, A Inayat… - Chemosphere, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Membrane-based technologies are recently being considered as effective methods for
conventional water and wastewater remediation processes to achieve the increasing …

Study on the water resources and the opportunities for sustainable desalination & minimal/zero liquid discharge (MLD/ZLD) practices in Greece (Eastern …

A Panagopoulos, V Giannika - Sustainable Water Resources …, 2023‏ - Springer
In recent years, climate change has resulted in a major decline in river levels, erratic rainfall,
and issues procuring freshwater. This research article analyzes the water status in Greece …

Process simulation and analysis of high‐pressure reverse osmosis (HPRO) in the treatment and utilization of desalination brine (saline wastewater)

A Panagopoulos - International Journal of Energy Research, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Reverse osmosis (RO) is nowadays considered to be the most dominant desalination
technology. Nonetheless, due to osmotic pressure constraints, conventional RO cannot …

Low-cost adsorbents for the removal of phenol/phenolics, pesticides, and dyes from wastewater systems: A review

S Ho - Water, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
The huge development of industrial production and human activities throughout the world
has resulted in serious water pollution. Pesticides, dyes, phenol, and phenolic compounds …

Towards low energy-carbon footprint: Current versus potential P recovery paths in domestic wastewater treatment plants

Q Zhao, H Ying, Y Liu, H Wang, J Xu, W Wang… - Journal of …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
With the unprecedented exhaustion of natural phosphorus (P) resource and the high
eutrophication potential of the associated-P discharge, P recovery from the domestic …

The performance, mechanism and greenhouse gas emission potential of nitrogen removal technology for low carbon source wastewater

H Wu, A Li, S Gao, Z **ng, P Zhao - Science of The Total Environment, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Excessive nitrogen can lead to eutrophication of water bodies. However, the removal of
nitrogen from low carbon source wastewater has always been challenging due to the limited …

Self-floating gelatin aerogel integrated urchin-like MoS2/Mo5N6/C with hybrid photothermal enhancement for salt-resistant solar desalination

L Ying, F Liang, Z Huang, J Ding, W Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Solar-driven steam generation is widely considered as a promising strategy for desalination.
However, before this technology can be practically implemented, certain challenges such as …

An efficient interfacial solar evaporator featuring a hierarchical porous structure entirely derived from waste cotton

Z Li, L Yu, H Ma, J Chen, J Meng, Y Wang, Y Liu… - Science of The Total …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Interfacial solar evaporators are widely used to purify water. However, photothermal
materials commonly constituting most interfacial solar evaporators remain expensive; …