Roles and performance enhancement of feed spacer in spiral wound membrane modules for water treatment: A 20-year review on research evolvement

W Lin, Y Zhang, D Li, X Wang, X Huang - Water research, 2021 - Elsevier
Membrane technologies have been widely applied in water treatment, wastewater
reclamation and seawater desalination. Feed spacer present in spiral wound membrane …

Designing sustainable membrane-based water treatment via fouling control through membrane interface engineering and process developments

A Ilyas, IFJ Vankelecom - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane-based water treatment processes have been established as a powerful
approach for clean water production. However, despite the significant advances made in …

Enhancing ultrafiltration membrane permeability and antifouling performance through surface patterning with features resembling feed spacers

Y Ibrahim, N Hilal - npj Clean Water, 2023 - nature.com
This study investigates the potential of surface-patterned membranes in replacing the
conventional feed spacer-assisted filtration process. Two types of surface patterns, namely …

3D printing for membrane desalination: Challenges and future prospects

A Soo, SM Ali, HK Shon - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent years have shown a growing interest in the field of 3D printing for applications in the
area of water treatment and desalination. The applications for 3D printing are applicable on …

Advancements in conventional and 3D printed feed spacers in membrane modules

X Qian, A Anvari, EMV Hoek, JR McCutcheon - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Plate & frame and spiral-wound modules are used for gas separation, pervaporation,
reverse osmosis, nanofiltration, ultrafiltration, microfiltration, electro-dialysis, electro …

A review on spacers and membranes: Conventional or hybrid additive manufacturing?

JW Koo, JS Ho, J An, Y Zhang, CK Chua, TH Chong - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the past decade, 3D printing or additive manufacturing (AM) technology has seen great
advancement in many aspects such as printing resolution, speed and cost. Membranes for …

Modeling water flux in osmotic membrane bioreactor by adaptive network-based fuzzy inference system and artificial neural network

A Hosseinzadeh, JL Zhou, A Altaee, M Baziar… - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Osmotic Membrane Bioreactor (OMBR) is an emerging technology for wastewater
treatment with membrane fouling as a major challenge. This study aims to develop Adaptive …

3D printed honeycomb-shaped feed channel spacer for membrane fouling mitigation in nanofiltration

S Park, Y Dal Jeong, JH Lee, J Kim, K Jeong… - Journal of Membrane …, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of a superior feed channel spacer is one among the problems that have to
be resolved to effectively mitigate foulant accumulation in the membrane system and …

The emerging role of 3D printing in water desalination

A Khalil, FE Ahmed, N Hilal - Science of The Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Unmatched flexibility in terms of material selection, design and scalability, along with
gradually decreasing cost, has led 3D printing to gain significant attention in various water …

The potentials of 3D-printed feed spacers in reducing the environmental footprint of membrane separation processes

Y Ibrahim, N Hilal - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane-based separation technologies play a pivotal role in attenuating the freshwater
shortage worldwide. Spiral wound membrane (SWM) modules which involve several …