Membrane

Seawater desalination reverse osmosis, SWRO, is expected to be a promising process to solve the problem of water scarcity. However, higher cost-effectiveness and less energy consumption are required for SWRO plants. Forward osmosis, FO processes using the comparable permselective membranes same as R

Desalination via pervaporation has the potential to be an efficient way of getting fresh water from non-potable saline sources with the advantages of a high rejection of salt and the capability of coping with high-salinity solutions. This overview of desalination via pervaporation mainly focuses on m

• Very thin poly(vinyl alcohol) membranes supported on polysulfone hollow fiber • A controlled coating method for top membrane layer of uniform thickness • Composite hollow fiber membranes having top-layer-thickness of 0.1–1 μm • Best membrane performance so far in pervaporation desalination of saline

Membrane separation processes have become an emerging technology for the treatment of oily wastewater due to high oil removal efficiency and relatively facile operational process. This review will highlight the recent development of advanced membrane technology such as surface modification, addition o

• Acid–base catalysed sol-gel method to prepared cobalt oxide silica membranes • Interlayer-free deposition directly onto macroporous ceramic substrates • High water fluxes of 31.5 kg m− 2 h− 1 and N 90% salt rejection for seawater at 60 °C • Increasing the cobalt loading from 0 to 35 mol% improved s

In this paper, a performance evaluation of a multi-vacuum membrane distillation (VMD) module was conducted using a one-dimensional model. The mathematical model consisted of momentum, mass and energy balance equation using the water permeate flux model and heat flux model. The simulation results were

This paper presents the results of membrane scaling studies obtained after eight months of desalinating geothermal water in an integrated system that combines iron removal, ultrafiltration and two independent reverse osmosis systems fitted with low-pressure brackish water reverse osmosis membranes tha

The fast-evolving world of nanotechnology captivates researchers in the state-of-the-art water desalination technologies. Rapid development and advancement have been reflected by a drastically increasing number of scientific investigation on the manipulation of nanomaterials in various desalination te

The effect that biofiltration had on the fouling behaviour of several commercial nanofiltration (NF) membranes used for drinking water treatment was investigated using a bench-scale set-up. A dual-media anthracite-sand biofilter was used to pretreat a humic acid-laden solution spiked with a solution

Microfiltration (MF) does not remove color, natural organic matter (NOM) or synthetic organic chemicals (SOCs). It must be combined with other conventional technologies such as activated carbon adsorption to overcome some of these limitations. The effects of granular activated carbon (GAC) addition