Harvesting blue energy based on salinity and temperature gradient: challenges, solutions, and opportunities

M Rastgar, K Moradi, C Burroughs, A Hemmati… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Greenhouse gas emissions associated with power generation from fossil fuel combustion
account for 25% of global emissions and, thus, contribute greatly to climate change …

A review of polymeric membranes and processes for potable water reuse

DM Warsinger, S Chakraborty, EW Tow… - Progress in polymer …, 2018 - Elsevier
Conventional water resources in many regions are insufficient to meet the water needs of
growing populations, thus reuse is gaining acceptance as a method of water supply …

Selective molecular separation by interfacially crystallized covalent organic framework thin films

K Dey, M Pal, KC Rout, S Kunjattu H… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Exponential interest in the field of covalent organic frameworks (COFs) stems from the direct
correlation between their modular design principle and various interesting properties …

Emerging desalination technologies: Current status, challenges and future trends

FE Ahmed, A Khalil, N Hilal - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Emerging technologies present many new possibilities for diversifying the desalination
industry, which is currently dominated by thermal desalination, and reverse osmosis. In this …

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 …

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 …

Forward osmosis: where are we now?

DL Shaffer, JR Werber, H Jaramillo, S Lin, M Elimelech - Desalination, 2015 - Elsevier
Forward osmosis (FO) has been extensively investigated in the past decade. Despite
significant advancements in our understanding of the FO process, questions and challenges …

Forward osmosis technology for water treatment: Recent advances and future perspectives

J Wang, X Liu - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Forward osmosis is an emerging osmosis-driven membrane process, which has benefits of
low energy consumption, low operational pressure, easy equipment, and low fouling. This …

The critical need for increased selectivity, not increased water permeability, for desalination membranes

JR Werber, A Deshmukh… - Environmental Science & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Desalination membranes are essential for the treatment of unconventional water sources,
such as seawater and wastewater, to alleviate water scarcity. Promising research efforts on …