Inorganic scaling in membrane desalination: models, mechanisms, and characterization methods

J Rolf, T Cao, X Huang, C Boo, Q Li… - … Science & Technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Inorganic scaling caused by precipitation of sparingly soluble salts at supersaturation is a
common but critical issue, limiting the efficiency of membrane-based desalination and brine …

Patterned membranes for improving hydrodynamic properties and mitigating membrane fouling in water treatment: a review

Q Wang, W Lin, S Chou, P Dai, X Huang - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane technologies have been widely applied in water treatment over the past few
decades. However, membrane fouling remains a hinderance for the widespread use of …

A review of reverse osmosis membrane fouling and control strategies

S Jiang, Y Li, BP Ladewig - Science of the total environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Reverse osmosis (RO) membrane technology is one of the most important technologies for
water treatment. However, membrane fouling is an inevitable issue. Membrane fouling leads …

[HTML][HTML] Fouling mitigation strategies for different foulants in membrane distillation

A Alkhatib, MA Ayari, AH Hawari - Chemical Engineering and Processing …, 2021 - Elsevier
Providing clean water to a rapidly growing population is an issue that is currently getting lots
of attention to offer a sustainable solution for water scarcity. Membrane distillation (MD) is …

Recent progress in reverse osmosis modeling: An overview

MM Zubair, H Saleem, SJ Zaidi - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
The increasing worldwide demand for freshwater production requires new and sustainable
processes to overcome the shortage of clean water. Reverse osmosis (RO) is regarded as …

Scaling of reverse osmosis membranes used in water desalination: Phenomena, impact, and control; future directions

A Matin, F Rahman, HZ Shafi, SM Zubair - Desalination, 2019 - Elsevier
Reverse osmosis is becoming popular for the purification of water resources eg sea and
brackish water. However, one of the major limitations in efficient operation are the fouling of …

Scale formation and control in high pressure membrane water treatment systems: A review

A Antony, JH Low, S Gray, AE Childress… - Journal of membrane …, 2011 - Elsevier
The nucleation and growth of inorganic scale on membrane surfaces is a problem shared by
operators of reverse osmosis systems. While suite of indicators exists to predict scale …

Inorganic fouling of pressure-driven membrane processes—A critical review

S Shirazi, CJ Lin, D Chen - Desalination, 2010 - Elsevier
One of the major limitations of the application of membrane processes in water and
wastewater treatment is inorganic fouling. Despite the extensive studies on concentration …

Fouling strategies and the cleaning system of NF membranes and factors affecting cleaning efficiency

A Al-Amoudi, RW Lovitt - Journal of membrane science, 2007 - Elsevier
Nanofiltration membranes play an important role in the desalination of brackish and
seawater as well as membrane mediated waste water reclamation and other industrial …

Fouling control and modeling in reverse osmosis for seawater desalination: A review

N Najid, JN Hakizimana, S Kouzbour, B Gourich… - Computers & Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of the antifouling Reverse Osmosis (RO) membranes requires modeling
and simulation as an essential tool alongside the progress of RO membrane technologies …