Development of lower cost seawater desalination processes using nanofiltration technologies—A review

D Zhou, L Zhu, Y Fu, M Zhu, L Xue - Desalination, 2015 - Elsevier
The implementation of seawater desalination, a key strategy to secure fresh water supply in
arid and coastal regions, is greatly thwarted by its high cost relating to high energy and …

Frontiers of membrane desalination processes for brackish water treatment: A review

S Honarparvar, X Zhang, T Chen, A Alborzi, K Afroz… - Membranes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Climate change, population growth, and increased industrial activities are exacerbating
freshwater scarcity and leading to increased interest in desalination of saline water. Brackish …

[BUCH][B] Desalination: water from water

J Kucera - 2019 - books.google.com
This all-new revised edition of a modern classic is the most comprehensive and up-to-date
coverage of the" green" process of desalination in industrial and municipal applications …

Status of hybrid membrane–ion-exchange systems for desalination: a comprehensive review

GD Gebreeyessus - Applied Water Science, 2019 - Springer
Recently, water scarcity, world population rise and urbanization are causing desalting of
seawater. Membrane separation processes such as reverse osmosis are applied for …

Nanofiltration as a pretreatment step in seawater desalination: a review

BA Abdelkader, MA Antar, Z Khan - Arabian Journal for Science and …, 2018 - Springer
One of the main applications of nanofiltration (NF) is in the pretreatment stage of seawater
desalination. NF has high rejection rates for divalent ions and could eliminate the scaling …

Water treatment systems and associated methods

PN Govindan, S Lam, MGS John - US Patent 9,969,638, 2018 - Google Patents
Water treatment systems and associated methods are generally described. Certain of the
water treatment systems and methods described herein can be used to pre-treat an aqueous …

Methods and systems for producing treated brines for desalination

MGS John, S Lam, PN Govindan - US Patent 10,308,526, 2019 - Google Patents
Water treatment systems and associated methods are generally described. Certain
embodiments of the water treatment systems and methods described herein may be used to …

Desalination systems and associated methods

PN Govindan, S Lam, MGS John, M Zaloudek… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
US10308537B2 - Desalination systems and associated methods - Google Patents
US10308537B2 - Desalination systems and associated methods - Google Patents Desalination …

Production of multivalent ion-rich process streams using multi-stage osmotic separation

MGS John, LT Choong, PN Govindan - US Patent 10,245,555, 2019 - Google Patents
US10245555B2 - Production of multivalent ion-rich process streams using multi-stage
osmotic separation - Google Patents US10245555B2 - Production of multivalent ion-rich …

Desalination by ion exchange

B Bornak - Desalination: water from water, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Ion exchange is not used in direct desalination; limitations in resin capacity preclude this in
favor of membrane-based options. Ion exchange resins, however, play a key role in …