Research Abstracts

In the recent past, machine learning (ML) techniques such as artificial neural networks (ANN) or genetic algorithm (GA) have been increasingly used to model membrane fouling and performance. In the present study, we select genetic programming (GP) for modeling and prediction of the membrane fouling

Special emphasis has recently laid on the biofouling on RO membrane surface for desalination process to provide a better insight into the microbial community composing of biofilms. However, it appears that conventional RFLP tool, which is used to quantify and identify bacterial population, is ineffi

Suspended particles and dissolved solids in seawater during desalination process have been known to cause colloidal fouling in membranes. The membrane filtration-differential mobility analyzer (MF-DMA) counting technique has been developed to quantify suspended nanoparticles and dissolved solids in

Seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination is rising as an alternative solution for the water shortage problem which is more severe than before. In this study, a package of process models was developed and tested by four-year SWRO plant operation data obtained from Fujairah in UAE, as a tool not o

The results are presented of a 2-year monitoring of the performance of a hybrid constructed wetland (CW), which was created for the treatment of very heterogeneous industrial wastewater (WW) in Slovenia. WW originated from the food-processing department responsible for the production of wine and app

Landfill leachate is an important pollution factor resulting from municipal landfill sites. Due to low biodegradability, high nitrogen content and other possible toxic components of the leachate, the co-treatment of leachate on conventional municipal wastewater (WW) treatment plants is undesirable.

Knowledge of the evolution of soil properties in a constructed wetland is important for a correct design and performance assessment of the system over time. We evaluated the medium-term evolution of some chemical (pH, electrical conductivity [EC], organic carbon [OC], total nitrogen [TN], and total

The main interest of the methodology for the investigation of wastewater reclamation and reuse systems which is proposed in this paper is that all costs and benefits (social and private) are considered in the economic and technological analysis. This general concern allows an improvement in the desi

The bulk of research, development, and application of constructed wetland systems (CWSs) have taken place in the past 20 years. There are now thousands of these systems being used in Europe. Many are used for individual houses or small groups of houses, but the most common use is for treating the do

This chapter highlights some of the possible additional advantages of the use of constructed wetlands (CWs) for wastewater treatment joined to the Ecosan approach; reuse of treated wastewater, nutrients recovery and biomass production are the targets that can be kept in mind while designing a sustai