Drivers, challenges, and emerging technologies for desalination of high-salinity brines: A critical review

KM Shah, IH Billinge, X Chen, H Fan, Y Huang… - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Hypersaline brines are of growing environmental concern. While high-salinity desalination
and zero liquid discharge (ZLD) are increasingly attractive treatment options, the high salt …

A review of advances in freeze desalination and future prospects

A Najim - Npj clean water, 2022 - nature.com
Freeze desalination (FD) has several benefits compared to vaporization-based and
membrane-based desalination methods. The FD process needs approximately 1/7th of the …

Experimental and theoretical study of a novel freeze desalination system with an intermediate cooling liquid

R Kaviani, H Shabgard, A Elhefny, J Cai… - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Freeze desalination (FD) is a potentially suitable method for treatment of high salinity brines.
In this study, a novel FD system utilizing an intermediate cooling liquid (ICL) is fabricated …

Experimental and theoretical investigation of a novel system for progressive freeze-concentration based desalination process

A Najim, S Krishnan - Chemical Engineering and Processing-Process …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper develops a novel vertical freezing system for an energy-efficient progressive
freeze-concentration (PFC) based desalination process. Unlike the stirrer-based PFC …

A similarity solution for heat transfer analysis during progressive freeze-concentration based desalination

A Najim, S Krishnan - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
A mathematical model was developed to obtain a similarity solution for heat transfer analysis
during progressive freeze-concentration-based desalination. The model considered the …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrothermal carbonization of sewage sludge: new improvements in phosphatic fertilizer production and process water treatment using freeze concentration

G Gerner, JW Chung, L Meyer, R Wanner, S Heiniger… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, promising developments in the hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) of sewage
sludge, as well as the potential to reclaim phosphorus and nitrogen, have emerged. In this …

Humidification–dehumidification (HDH) desalination and other volume reduction techniques for produced water treatment

M Khraisheh, M Inamdar, F AlMomani, S Adham - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Volume reduction has been suggested as a novel method to tackle the various challenges
associated with produced water. The present solution offers an economical and …

Solvent‐Aided Crystallization for Biodiesel Purification

S Samsuri, NL Jian, FW Jusoh… - Chemical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The application of solvent‐aided crystallization (SAC) is based on the addition of a solvent,
here 1‐butanol, to crude biodiesel to catalyze the purification process by separating …

Polyhydroxamic acid as an efficient metal chelator and flocculant for wastewater treatment

Y Arun, M Daifa, AJ Domb - Polymers for Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Hydroxamic acid containing organic polymeric flocculants were synthesized from three
different commercially available polymeric flocculants, such as WAS590, Zetag 4100, and …

Separation methods in the food industry: An exploration of reverse osmosis, evaporation and freeze concentration applications

NAF Abu Bakar, FH Ab Hamid - Malaysian Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ir.uitm.edu.my
Separation method is broadly used in various industries, mainly in the food industry. Some
of the applications include retaining the nutrients and concentrating fruit juices, liquid foods …