Advanced stimuli-responsive membranes for smart separation

T Huang, Z Su, K Hou, J Zeng, H Zhou… - Chemical Society …, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Membranes have been extensively studied and applied in various fields owing to their high
energy efficiency and small environmental impact. Further conferring membranes with …

Fouling in reverse osmosis membranes: monitoring, characterization, mitigation strategies and future directions

MA Ahmed, S Amin, AA Mohamed - Heliyon, 2023‏ - cell.com
Water scarcity has been a global challenge for many countries over the past decades, and
as a result, reverse osmosis (RO) has emerged as a promising and cost-effective tool for …

Comparison of different cleaning strategies on fouling mitigation in hollow fiber nanofiltration membranes for river water treatment

J Lee, M Zhan, Y Kim, S Hong - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022‏ - Elsevier
In this study, a novel hollow fiber nanofiltration (HFNF) was investigated for treating real
Cijengkol river water in Indonesia. Ultrafiltration (UF) pretreatment was performed to …

Selected physical and chemical cleanings remove biofilm in seawater membrane distillation without causing pore wetting

NA Amin, H Elcik, A Alpatova, G Gonzalez-Gil… - npj Clean Water, 2023‏ - nature.com
Membrane distillation (MD) is an emerging process with a proven ability to recover
freshwater from streams with a wide range of salinities. However, MD is susceptible to …

Polyacrylic acid-brushes tethered to graphene oxide membrane coating for scaling and biofouling mitigation on reverse osmosis membranes

A Ansari, J Peña-Bahamonde, M Wang… - Journal of Membrane …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Reverse osmosis (RO) membranes are prone to fouling, which increases the cost of
operation and decreases water recovery. In this study, a commercial membrane (ESPA2) …

Ultrasound-assisted membrane technologies for fouling control and performance improvement: A review

O Naji, RA Al-juboori, A Khan, S Yadav, A Altaee… - Journal of Water …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Membrane separation is widely used in wastewater treatment and desalination due to its
high performance and ability to handle feed solutions of different qualities. Despite vast …

Osmotic-induced cleaning is effective in long-term fouling mitigation of reverse osmosis elements at pilot plant level

A Alnumani, A Matin, M Farooque, T Green, W Falath… - Desalination, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Osmotic backwashing (OBW), a promising environment-friendly membrane cleaning
technique, has been mostly studied at the lab scale. In this work, we investigated the efficacy …

Time-dependent analysis of polysaccharide fouling by Hermia models: Reveal the structure of fouling layer

B Niu, L Yang, S Meng, D Liang, H Liu, L Yang… - Separation and …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The Hermia fouling models are often applied in interpreting filtration data to reveal the
fouling mechanisms. However, the application of these models is arbitrary and lacks in …

Thin-film nanocomposite membranes for efficient removal of emerging pharmaceutical organic contaminants from water

A Matin, N Baig, D Anand, I Ahmad, M Sajid… - Environmental …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Membranes are receiving significant attention to remove emerging organic micropollutants
(OMPs) from wastewater and natural water sources. Herein, we report the facile preparation …

Osmotic cleaning of typical inorganic and organic foulants on reverse osmosis membrane for textile printing and dyeing wastewater treatment

Z Hu, D Guan, Z Sun, Z Zhang, Y Shan, Y Wu, C Gong… - Chemosphere, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Reverse osmosis (RO) is one of the most fundamental membrane technology because it has
higher salt rejections, which suffers from the issue of membrane fouling, as the membrane is …