Membrane separation

• Membranes reduce the energy costs of atmospheric water generation by more than 50%. • We propose a model system to concentrate water vapor with membranes prior to cooling. • A system analysis is performed and ideal operational conditions determined. • A low pressure sweep allows energy efficiency e

Recovery of galacturonic acid from sugar beet pulp’s pectin hydrolysate by electrodialysis process was studied. An asymmetric electrodialysis cell (consisted of three cation-selective and two anion-selective membranes) was constructed which was firstly tested by model solutions. Then measurements we

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

To reuse pretreated water effluent of the El-Nile Company for the food industry in Egypt, NF and RO membrane separation techniques were investigated. Two sets of experiments were carried out by using laboratory separation unit with maximum pressure of 7 bars and pilot plant membrane separation unit

Boron removal is a critical issue in the production of drinking water and of ultra-pure water in the electronics industry. Boron rejection in a RO process is typically in the range of 40–60%. The objective of this study was to distinguish the factor contributing to enhanced boron rejection in reclam

A visual basic computer package was developed for the design and analysis of thermal and membrane desalination processes. The package includes conventional processes, i.e., reverse osmosis, single-effect mechanical vapor compression, multiple-effect evaporation with/without thermal or mechanical vap

This article describes a novel process for recovery of aromatic amines and phenolic compounds form wastewaters, the membrane aromatic recovery aromatic system (MARS). Laboratory work on wastewaters containing aniline and phenol will be presented, including data demonstrating removal and recovery of

A primary reason for flux decline during the initial period of a membrane separation process is concentration polarization of the solute at the membrane surface. The objective of the present study was to analyze and model concentration polarization in spiral-wound seawater membrane elements. In part

Permeation experiments of KCl, NaCl, LiCl, MgCl2, MgSO4 and K2SO4 solutions were carried out using two commercial nanofiltration membranes, which were NF45 (Dow Chemical Corporation) and SU200 (Toray Corporation) membranes. The effects of the type and the concentration of electrolytes as well as the