Research Papers by Anthony G. Fane

Advances in material science promise the development of a new generation of ultrapermeable membranes (UPMs) for reverse osmosis (RO) desalination and water reclamation, which will lead to reduced footprint and lower capital costs. However, due to the attendant increased concentration-polarization (C

Produced water management is one of the key challenges faced by the oil and gas industry globally. Specifically, the gas industry in Qatar is challenged to minimize the produced/process water (PPW) volumes injected into disposal wells to ensure long term sustainability of the reservoirs. This researc

Most Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies did not quantify the aquatic eco-toxic potential (aquatic ETP) of the brine disposal mainly due to the limitation of current life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) approaches. The purpose of this study is to develop an improved approach for assessing the aquatic

Sustainability has various meanings in the context of water reclamation and reuse. In one sense it acknowledges that to sustain our water supplies we must develop technologies that can efficiently reclaim wastewater to augment natural supplies. Membrane technology is playing a vital role in this app

A new membrane module concept, the submerged hollow fibre membrane, has been widely accepted for the wastewater membrane bioreactor. This paper focuses on operational considerations and design aspect of the submerged hollow fibre membrane module. Experiments with both crossflow and ‘dead-end’ submer

An existing model for the simulation of solvent flux, transmembrane pressure and velocity in spiral-wound modules has been combined with results on the critical flux of spacer filled channels to simulate the colloidal fouling of an RO spiral-wound module leaf. A number of situations were examined wh

Membrane coalescence is a chemical-free technique for breaking stable oil-in-water emulsions. In this work the effect of oil droplet residence time within the membrane porous matrix was investigated and a novel process is proposed based on intermittent permeate flow (flow or no flow) at 0.01 Hz. Pol