Brackish water is a potential fresh water resource with lower salt content than seawater.
Desalination of brackish water is an important option to alleviate the prevalent water crisis …

The cake layer deposited on the membrane modules of membrane bioreactors (MBRs),
especially under a submerged configuration, represents a relevant and fundamental …

The removal of low-concentration antibiotics from water to alleviate the potential threat of
antibiotic-resistant bacteria and genes calls for the development of advanced treatment …

The performance of ceramic, polymeric, and carbon membranes is commonly associated
with the membrane surface and cross-sectional morphology. Thus, a proper characterization …

Batch RO desalination is a new approach to high-recovery, energy-efficient desalination. So
far, however, batch RO has been tested mostly with pure sodium chloride solutions. An …

A solvent resistant polybenzimidazole (PBI) hollow fiber membrane has been designed and
fabricated by a dry-jet wet-spinning process and subsequently cross-linked with a K 2 S 2 O …

Metal recovery from industrial wastewater is essential to mitigate environmental pollution
and conserve natural resources. Membrane filtration technology, especially nanofiltration …

Reverse osmosis (RO) membranes were preconditioned in this study with humic acid,
sodium alginate, or bovine serum albumin, and subsequently examined for silica scaling …

The demand for freshwater keeps increasing on a global scale, and on the other hand, the
availability of freshwater keeps diminishing. Groundwater has been identified as the largest …

Fouling remains a prevalent and serious problem in industries using membrane processes.
Efforts to mitigate fouling are improving, however, membrane fouling cannot be completely …