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 …

Brine management (saline water & wastewater effluents): Sustainable utilization and resource recovery strategy through Minimal and Zero Liquid Discharge (MLD & …

A Panagopoulos - Chemical Engineering and Processing-Process …, 2022 - Elsevier
Brine is a saline water present in the natural environment and produced by desalination and
other process industries such as the oil & gas, textile, leather, food, dairy, agriculture, and …

Lithium recovery from brine: Recent developments and challenges

A Khalil, S Mohammed, R Hashaikeh, N Hilal - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Brine, in the form of seawater, salt lakes and geothermal water, holds massive amounts of
valuable minerals. Among the variety of metallic and non-metallic elements that are …

Designed strategies of nanofiltration technology for Mg2+/Li+ separation from salt-lake brine: A comprehensive review

T Zhang, W Zheng, Q Wang, Z Wu, Z Wang - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
The worldwide demand for lithium has greatly increased with the rapid development of
industries especially for lithium-ion battery. As the global potential resource, salt-lake brine …

Seawater desalination concentrate—a new frontier for sustainable mining of valuable minerals

BA Sharkh, AA Al-Amoudi, M Farooque, CM Fellows… - npj Clean Water, 2022 - nature.com
The ocean has often been announced as a sustainable source of important materials for
civilization. Application of the same extraction processes to desalination concentrate, rather …

Techno-economic assessment of zero liquid discharge (ZLD) systems for sustainable treatment, minimization and valorization of seawater brine

A Panagopoulos - Journal of Environmental Management, 2022 - Elsevier
The challenge of brine disposal has sparked a lot of interest in advanced strategies for
valorizing them through freshwater and salt recovery. This research article examines the …

Nanofiltration membrane for enhancement in lithium recovery from salt-lake brine: A review

H Wen, Z Liu, J Xu, JP Chen - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Lithium recovery from salt-lake brines is experiencing increasing demands due to rapid
growth in the manufacture of electric vehicles and electronics products. The development of …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive review of pre-and post-treatment approaches to achieve sustainable desalination for different water streams

K Poirier, M Lotfi, K Garg, K Patchigolla, EJ Anthony… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Desalination is an energy intensive process requiring adequate pre-and post-treatment. The
novelty of this paper is that it jointly reviews the technologies for pre-treatment, desalination …

Electrochemical lithium ion pumps for lithium recovery: A systematic review and influencing factors analysis

G Luo, X Li, L Chen, Y Chao, W Zhu - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
The pervasiveness of lithium-ion batteries in mobile electronics, hybrid and electric vehicles
has led to a dramatic expansion of the lithium product market. There is an urgent need to …

Lithium in a sustainable circular economy: A comprehensive review

LV Garcia, YC Ho, MM Myo Thant, DS Han, JW Lim - Processes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Lithium is a vital raw material used for a wide range of applications, such as the fabrication
of glass, ceramics, pharmaceuticals, and batteries for electric cars. The accelerating …