An overview on the progress in produced water desalination by membrane-based technology

NM Abounahia, AMA El-Sayed, H Saleem… - Journal of Water Process …, 2023 - Elsevier
The scarcity of clean water sources has become a global concern in the present-day society.
This has driven to the extraction of fresh water from produced water (PW), from the oil and …

A review on TMDCs nanomaterials and their surface engineered polymeric membrane nanocomposites for water remediation and wastewater treatment

O Kayanja, AAR Abdel-Aty, MA Hassan… - Surfaces and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Transitional metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) have lately attracted attention as viable two-
dimensional (2D) materials capable of enhancing the performance of membrane-based …

[HTML][HTML] Detailed organic characterization of process water to evaluate reverse osmosis membrane fouling in industrial wastewater treatment

J Minier-Matar, E AlShamari, M Raja, F Khan… - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
One of the major waste streams within the oil and gas (O&G) industry is produced and
process water generated during hydrocarbon production and treatment, respectively. In gas …

Ultrafiltration membranes prepared via mixed solvent phase separation with enhanced performance for produced water treatment

RA Nuaimi, RL Thankamony, X Liu, L Cao… - Journal of Membrane …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ultrafiltration (UF) is a promising membrane process to remove surfactant-stabilized oil
emulsions from produced water (PW). However, UF membranes prepared by conventional …

[HTML][HTML] Validation and application of a membrane filtration evaluation protocol for oil-water separation

M Al-Maas, A Hussain, JM Matar, D Ponnamma… - Journal of Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
Membrane filtration processes like microfiltration (MF) and ultrafiltration (UF) are proven to
be effective in industrial wastewater treatment, including oil-water separation, as they …

[HTML][HTML] Purification of colloidal oil in water emulsions by cationic adsorbent prepared from recycled polyethylene waste

S Hailan, P Ghosh, P Sobolciak, P Kasak… - Process Safety and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study deals with removing crude oil droplets from colloidal oil in water emulsions. The
target was the development of efficient adsorbents for the tertiary treatment of industrial …

A profound investigation into the viability of calcium bentonite as a new alternative ceramic material for the development of a highly porous ceramic hollow fiber …

MIM Esham, AL Ahmad, MHD Othman… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Ceramic hollow fiber membranes (CHFMs) have been recognized as an
effective method in treating oily produced water (OPW). However, the high cost of CHFMs …

A mechanistic mathematical model for the treatment of synthetic oil-field wastewater (produced water) by electrocoagulation process using aluminium electrodes

S Agrawal, T Nawaz - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2024 - Springer
Produced water (PW) is the largest by-product that comes out of the oil wells during oil and
gas (O&G) field exploration. PW contains high-salt concentration along with other organic …

Superior separation of industrial oil-in-water emulsions utilizing surface patterned isotropic PES membranes

AAR Abdel-Aty, RMG Ahmed, IMA ElSherbiny… - Separation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Develo** polymeric membranes for oily wastewater treatment has attracted great interest
over the last few years. However, the low permeance and poor fouling resistance are …

Freshwater and minerals recovery from synthetic produced water by membrane distillation/membrane crystallization processes

F Alessandro, F Macedonio, M Frappa, E Drioli - Applied Water Science, 2024 - Springer
The purpose of this work is to study the influence of oil and surfactant present in produced
water on the membrane distillation and membrane crystallization performance. The latter is …