Research Abstracts

The adoption of desalination for agricultural purposes in countries such as Australia has been very limited, with only a small number of cases available to demonstrate its suitability. This can be compared to countries such as Spain where the uptake has been significant. A number of suitable technolo

Article history: Received 8 July 2014 Received in revised form 23 December 2014 Accepted 24 December 2014 Available online 22 January 2015 For inland applications, batch-RO desalination has shown advantages in BW desalination over conventional continuous BWRO because of the high recovery ratio achie

With continuing growth in the reverse osmosis water treatment industry and the finite lifespan of the membranes, the number of membrane modules requiring disposal is expected to drastically increase over time. This study aimed to provide a quantitative assessment of the environmental impact from memb

Ceramic ultrafiltration membranes were used to treat desizing wastewater for recycling. Both the fouling mechanisms and the regeneration of fouled membranes obtained from an industrial park were studied. The fouling was mainly caused by polymethyl acrylate (PMA) deposition on membrane surface and blo

Commercially available thin film composite (TFC) polyamide membrane (GE AG) and asymmetric cellulose acetate membrane (GE CE) have been characterized using different concentrations of ammonium sulfate, up to 40 g·l−1, in order to determine their suitability for the concentration of ammonium as ammoni

• The polymer brushes were successfully grafted from the surface of RO membranes. • The modification with pSBMA provides densely packed, regular length polymer chains. • Very stable hydration shell on the monomer segments within the polymer chain was formed. • Modified membranes showed a minimum of at

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

• Feasibility study of extractive desalination using octanoic acid directional solvent • Experimental water partitioning data fitted to extended UNIQUAC model • Process severely pinched; contactor offers a maximum of only 3 theoretical stages. • Extractive desalination over 25-fold more capital inten

Conventional processes involved in water treatment, either in water treatment plants or reverse osmosis desalination plants, have encountered several obstacles that have severely affected their performances and efficiencies. Pollution of natural water resources, increasing demand and overuse of clean

Reverse osmosis (RO) based desalination is one of the most important and widely recognized technologies for production of fresh water from saline water. Since its conception and initiation, a significant development has been witnessed in this technology w.r.t. materials, synthesis techniques, modifica