A review on the use of membrane technology systems in developing countries

NH Othman, NH Alias, NS Fuzil, F Marpani… - Membranes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Fulfilling the demand of clean potable water to the general public has long been a
challenging task in most developing countries due to various reasons. Large-scale …

Fouling and its control in membrane distillation—A review

LD Tijing, YC Woo, JS Choi, S Lee, SH Kim… - Journal of Membrane …, 2015 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is an emerging thermally-driven technology that poses a lot of
promise in desalination, and water and wastewater treatment. Developments in membrane …

Engineering robust metal–phenolic network membranes for uranium extraction from seawater

W Luo, G Xiao, F Tian, JJ Richardson… - Energy & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Roughly 4 billion tons of uranium exists in the oceans, which equates to a nearly
inexhaustible supply for nuclear power production. However, the extraction of uranium from …

Fouling and cleaning of ultrafiltration membranes: A review

X Shi, G Tal, NP Hankins, V Gitis - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2014 - Elsevier
Ultrafiltration (UF) is one of the best options for both one-stage and as part of multi-stage
water and wastewater purification. This review summarises the known facts about the fouling …

A review of advances in EDCs and PhACs removal by nanofiltration: Mechanisms, impact factors and the influence of organic matter

S Wang, L Li, S Yu, B Dong, N Gao, X Wang - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanofiltration (NF) has been increasingly applied in municipal water treatment plants
because it has a high removal rate of organic pollutants while simultaneously reserving …

Selective separation membranes for fractionating organics and salts for industrial wastewater treatment: Design strategies and process assessment

X Zhang - Journal of Membrane Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Inorganic salts are generated in nearly all chemical and allied industrial manufacturing
processes; however, most existing wastewater treatment technologies and environmental …

Surface modifications for antifouling membranes

D Rana, T Matsuura - Chemical reviews, 2010 - ACS Publications
Fouling is the deposition of retained particles, colloids, macromolecules, salts, etc., at the
membrane surface or inside the pore at the pore wall. Fouling reduces the membrane flux …

Retention of natural organic matter by ultrafiltration and the mitigation of membrane fouling through pre-treatment, membrane enhancement, and cleaning-A review

CD Peters, T Rantissi, V Gitis, NP Hankins - Journal of Water Process …, 2021 - Elsevier
Natural organic matter (NOM) is a common occurrence in all raw waters (eg, surface waters,
groundwater, and wastewater) that are used for freshwater production. NOM is a leading …

A critical review on ultrasonic-assisted fouling control and cleaning of fouled membranes

SA Aktij, A Taghipour, A Rahimpour, A Mollahosseini… - Ultrasonics, 2020 - Elsevier
Fouling is one of the most challenging problems impacting the performance of membrane-
based separation technology. In recent years, ultrasound have been widely applied as an …

Biofouling in reverse osmosis membranes for seawater desalination: phenomena and prevention

A Matin, Z Khan, SMJ Zaidi, MC Boyce - Desalination, 2011 - Elsevier
Reverse osmosis membranes are becoming increasingly popular for water purification
applications that require high salt rejection such as brackish and seawater desalination …