Advancements and future trends in nanostructured membrane technologies for seawater desalination

D Adityawarman, G Lugito, S Kawi, IG Wenten… - Desalination, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The growing global water scarcity demands innovative and practical solutions, with
seawater desalination becoming increasingly essential. This paper thoroughly examines the …

An insight into freezing crystallization with a perspective on its application in high-salinity industrial wastewater

Q Chen, D Zhou, Y Zhu, M Luo, Z Wu - Desalination, 2024‏ - Elsevier
At present, with the rapid development of global industry and the rapid global industrial
expansion, the production of high-salinity industrial wastewater has significantly increased …

Large-Scale carbon Fiber-Based Solar-Driven evaporator with 1T MoS2-MXene Heterostructure: Towards reliable mechanical performance and efficient seawater …

L **, L Zhang, H Liang, Y Ao, S Wang, D Sun - Chemical Engineering …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Solar-driven interfacial water evaporation is often regarded as a promising method for
producing fresh water from seawater. However, develo** an evaporator with an ideal …

Membrane distillation-crystallization applied to a multi-ion hypersaline lithium brine for water recovery and crystallization of potassium and magnesium salts

M Quilaqueo, G Seriche, C González, G Piaggio… - Desalination, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Lithium brine processing using Membrane Distillation-Crystallization (MDCr) technology has
proven as a plausible approach for high-quality water recovery and production of high-purity …

[HTML][HTML] Utilizing mixed cultures of microalgae to up-cycle and remove nutrients from dairy wastewater

AK Hajri, I Alsharif, MA Albalawi, SA Alshareef… - Biology, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This study examines the use of dairy wastewater to cultivate three types of
microalgae: Spirulina platensis, Micractinium, and Chlorella. The research found that these …

Heat pump assisted air gap and direct contact membrane distillation configurations: Comparative simulations of industrial scale cases at the water-energy nexus

K Pérez, S Díaz-Quezada, D Zamora, H Estay - Energy, 2025‏ - Elsevier
This work presents comparative simulations of a multi-stage continuous and in-series
desalination system using direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) and air gap …

Osmotically assisted reverse osmosis: Assessing pretreatment on hypersaline produced water

M Al-Maas, JM Matar, A Hussain, E Alshamari… - Desalination, 2025‏ - Elsevier
In a rapidly develo** oil and gas industry, sustainable management of produced water
(PW) is a key challenge. Due to increasing environmental regulations, the industry is driven …

Advancing Sustainable Direct Contact Membrane Distillation: Performance and Stability of Novel Polymer Inclusion Membranes

R Ouchn, Y Chaouqi, S Oukkass, S Santoro… - Separation and …, 2025‏ - Elsevier
Novel hydrophobic membranes for direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) were
developed using poly (1, 1-difluoroethylene)(PVDF) loaded with the ionic liquid …

[HTML][HTML] Conventional and Emerging Desalination Technologies: Review and Comparative Study from a Sustainability Perspective

J Orfi, R Sherif, M AlFaleh - Water, 2025‏ - mdpi.com
This work develops a comprehensive review of the main conventional and emerging
desalination processes. It presents the state of knowledge of the most known and …

Preparation and characterization of graphene oxide-based cation, chelating, and anion exchangers for salt removal

MA Al Azwani, S Al Busafi, ESI El-Shafey - Heliyon, 2025‏ - cell.com
Due to the shortage of freshwater resources, and the limitations of commonly used ion
exchangers, this study aims to prepare, characterize, and test new graphene-based ion …