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• Balancing leads to 50% higher GOR than equal inlet flow rates in DCMD. • DCMD balancing achieved by setting heat capacity rate ratio to one at end • Proposed method deviates by about 5% from absolute maximum GOR at high salinity. • Real-time balancing most useful for variations in inlet salinity 1.

Fouling and scaling is one of the major challenges in membrane distillation process. This study investigates the utilizing of thermal rejected brine produced from multi-stage flash distillation (MSF) to minimize fouling and scaling on membranes in direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) settings.

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

A system coupling photocatalytic oxidation of titanium dioxide particles separated by non-woven membrane for the degradation of 4-chlorophenol in an aqueous solution was studied. Non-woven membranes with three different pore sizes were applied to compare their specific flux and permeate turbidity. T

In order to determine the suitability of an ultrafiltration membrane module (OmexellTM SFP2660) to different feed waters, the filtrate quality and the operation status of the module were studied comparatively when it was fed with raw seawater, coagulated seawater and cooling tower blowdown (CTB) res

Membrane processes have been used as a key technology for water reclamation and reuse of secondary effluent discharged from municipal wastewater treatment plants. However, its extensive practices are limited due to membrane fouling. To control and manage the membrane fouling properly, pretreatment m

By-products obtained from red currant processing still contain large amounts of useful components, e.g. pectin. Pectin was extracted from red currant marc with water at a solid/liquid ratio of 1:10. To reduce the operating costs of further possessing, we concentrated the pectin solution by membrane

The variation of quality and fouling properties of wwtp effluent over time influences the performance of ultrafiltration (UF) plants. This research reports three experiments in which the specific ultrafiltration resistance (SUR) measurement is applied to obtain more insight in quality variation an i

An investigation was conducted to determine the feasibility of using reverse osmosis (RO) membranes to treat water containing up to 50% (by volume) oil. The effect of varying the feed pressure, pH and temperature on separation performance of two thin film composite polyamide RO membranes was evaluat

The demand for clean water is currently increasing because of the decreasing sources of drinking water the stringent environmental legislation and the rigorous quality demands. Nanofiltration may be a solution for the effective separation of anionic detergents from used water or wastewater. In this