Designed strategies of nanofiltration technology for Mg2+/Li+ separation from salt-lake brine: A comprehensive review

T Zhang, W Zheng, Q Wang, Z Wu, Z Wang - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
The worldwide demand for lithium has greatly increased with the rapid development of
industries especially for lithium-ion battery. As the global potential resource, salt-lake brine …

Nanobubbles in water and wastewater treatment systems: small bubbles making a big difference

M Jia, MU Farid, JA Kharraz, NM Kumar, SS Chopra… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Since the discovery of nanobubbles (NBs) in 1994, NBs have been attracting growing
attention for their fascinating properties and have been studied for application in various …

Fundamentals and applications of nanobubbles: A review

AW Foudas, RI Kosheleva, EP Favvas… - … Research and Design, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanobubble technology is an emerged solution to address climate change, environmental
challenges, cost and energy reduction in industrial processes, optimization of therapeutic …

Advancements in Nanoenabled Membrane Distillation for a Sustainable Water‐Energy‐Environment Nexus

MU Farid, JA Kharraz, J Sun, MW Boey… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of nano innovations in membrane distillation (MD) has garnered increasing
scientific interest. This enables the exploration of state‐of‐the‐art nano‐enabled MD …

Mineral scaling induced membrane wetting in membrane distillation for water treatment: Fundamental mechanism and mitigation strategies

H Chang, Y Zhu, L Huang, Z Yan, F Qu, H Liang - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The scaling-induced wetting phenomenon seriously affects the application of membrane
distillation (MD) technology in hypersaline wastewater treatment. Unlike the large amount of …

Engineering omniphobic corrugated membranes for scaling mitigation in membrane distillation

X Liao, S Chou, C Gu, X Zhang, M Shi, X You… - Journal of Membrane …, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane scaling is unavoidable when treating highly concentrated and even
supersaturated brine in the continuous membrane distillation (MD) process. Omniphobic …

Hybrid nanobubble-forward osmosis system for aquaculture wastewater treatment and reuse

MU Farid, PJ Choi, JA Kharraz, JY Lao… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The discharge of untreated effluent containing excessive pharmaceutical chemicals (PCs)
from aquaculture farms has caused several negative effects on the aquatic ecosystems …

Robust ceramic-based graphene membrane for challenging water treatment with enhanced fouling and scaling resistance

C Sun, B Lin, X Zheng, Y Dong, M Zhao, CY Tang - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane fouling and scaling are two challenges for efficient treatment of hypersaline
wastewater, greatly hindering separation performance and operation stability of desalination …

Boosting membrane distillation lifespan: Superhydrophobic micro-nano surface construction and concentrate concentration management

Z Zhu, X Xue, M Song, J Qi, Y Zhou, Y Yang… - Resources, Conservation …, 2024 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is a critical technique for achieving near-zero discharge of
hypersaline wastewater. However, it often faces challenges due to frequent mineral scale …

Experimental and theoretical analysis of scaling mitigation for corrugated PVDF membranes in direct contact membrane distillation

HB Harandi, J Hu, A Asadi, PC Sui, L Zhang… - Journal of Membrane …, 2023 - Elsevier
To combat membrane scaling in membrane distillation (MD), corrugated surface patterned
PVDF membrane have been designed for controlling the surface hydrodynamic properties …