Brine management (saline water & wastewater effluents): Sustainable utilization and resource recovery strategy through Minimal and Zero Liquid Discharge (MLD & …

A Panagopoulos - Chemical Engineering and Processing-Process …, 2022 - Elsevier
Brine is a saline water present in the natural environment and produced by desalination and
other process industries such as the oil & gas, textile, leather, food, dairy, agriculture, and …

Mechanisms and models for water transport in reverse osmosis membranes: history, critical assessment, and recent developments

M Heiranian, H Fan, L Wang, X Lu… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Water scarcity is one of the greatest societal challenges facing humanity. Reverse osmosis
(RO) desalination, a widely used membrane-based technology, has proven to be effective to …

Drivers, challenges, and emerging technologies for desalination of high-salinity brines: A critical review

KM Shah, IH Billinge, X Chen, H Fan, Y Huang… - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Hypersaline brines are of growing environmental concern. While high-salinity desalination
and zero liquid discharge (ZLD) are increasingly attractive treatment options, the high salt …

Seawater electrolysis for hydrogen production: a solution looking for a problem?

MA Khan, T Al-Attas, S Roy, MM Rahman… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
As the price of renewable electricity continues to plummet, hydrogen (H2) production via
water electrolysis is gaining momentum globally as a route to decarbonize our energy …

A hydrate-based zero liquid discharge method for high-concentration organic wastewater: resource recovery and water reclamation

L Sun, H Dong, Y Lu, L Zhang, L Yang, J Zhao… - NPJ Clean Water, 2023 - nature.com
High-concentration organic wastewater has become a great challenge for wastewater
treatment due to its toxicity and non-biodegradability. Traditional water treatment methods …

Desalination and environment: A critical analysis of impacts, mitigation strategies, and greener desalination technologies

I Ihsanullah, MA Atieh, M Sajid, MK Nazal - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The desalination of seawater is perceived as one of the most viable processes to fulfill the
mounting demand for freshwater. Despite enormous economic, social, and health benefits …

The relative insignificance of advanced materials in enhancing the energy efficiency of desalination technologies

SK Patel, CL Ritt, A Deshmukh, Z Wang… - Energy & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
As the threat of global water scarcity continues to grow, a myriad of scientific effort is directed
towards advancing water desalination technologies. Reverse osmosis (RO), solar thermal …

Techno-economic assessment of zero liquid discharge (ZLD) systems for sustainable treatment, minimization and valorization of seawater brine

A Panagopoulos - Journal of Environmental Management, 2022 - Elsevier
The challenge of brine disposal has sparked a lot of interest in advanced strategies for
valorizing them through freshwater and salt recovery. This research article examines the …

Desalination by membrane pervaporation: A review

Y Li, ER Thomas, MH Molina, S Mann, WS Walker… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Pervaporation is a vapor pressure-driven membrane desalination process that can
desalinate water with greater total dissolved solids than conventional reverse osmosis. This …

Energy consumption and environmental impact assessment of desalination plants and brine disposal strategies

MN Soliman, FZ Guen, SA Ahmed, H Saleem… - Process Safety and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nowadays, desalination plants are considered as tools to utilize water from different natural
resources such as seawater and brackish water. Globally, the number of desalination plants …