Research Abstracts

Australia is the driest continent on earth and despite this the installed desalination capacity is still around 1% of the total world’s desalination capacity. This paper reviews the main seawater issues considered in every desalination project—the history, the present situation and the future of des

The presence of organic toxic solutes in industrial wastewater is a common environmental problem. Aniline is known to be a harmful and persistent pollutant and its presence in wastewater requires treatment before disposal. The performance of reverse osmosis to remove aniline from aqueous solutions i

Typically, crude palm oil contains 500–700 mg/kg of carotenoids and 800 mg/kg of tocopherols. The major carotenoids of palm oil are α- and β-carotenes, which constitute more than 80% of the total carotenoids in palm oil. Membrane technology is being examined as an alternative to conventional oils re

Polymers are widely used as membrane material to perform the separation of various gaseous mixtures due to their attractive permselective properties and high processability. Although the development of new robust materials is fundamental to enlarge the economic competitiveness in aggressive environm

Silicalite-1 membrane synthesized on the inside of a porous stainless steel tube was used for pervaporation of trichloromethane, 1,1,2-trichloroethane and trichloroethylene from their aqueous solutions. Fluxes of trichloromethane, 1,1,2-trichloroethane and trichloroethylene were observed to be 3.0~3

In the field of the wastewater treatment, membrane bioreactor technology continues to gain more and more interest thanks to high purification performance, low environmental impact, high possibility of treated water reuse. The more crucial factor in membrane bioreactor application is fouling tendency

In the present study, the permeability of H2, N2 and CO2 was investigated through supported liquid membranes prepared by using four types of novel ionic liquids (VACEM 42, VACEM 44, VACEM 47, VACEM 58) under various gas phase pressures (2.2 bar, 1.8 bar, 1.4 bar) and temperatures (30°C, 40°C, 50°C).

The reduction in permeate flux caused by fouling is a drawback in the operation of membrane systems that can be alleviated using mechanical and electrical methods. Alternatively, physicochemical treatments provoking the elimination of fouling agents have been proposed as effective strategies for the

Goat milk shows interesting similarities in comparison with human milk in terms of their oligosaccharides composition, which suggests that goat milk oligosaccharides could mimic the physiological activities described for human milk oligosaccharides. However, the supplementation of the accompanying g

Reverse osmosis (RO) and nanofiltration (NF) processes gain more and more interest in the desalination market. Recently, seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) has become more widespread, using relatively large plants, whilst NF is being applied before thermal desalination, as an advanced treatment for inc