Removal of contaminants of emerging concern by membranes in water and wastewater: a review

S Kim, KH Chu, YAJ Al-Hamadani, CM Park… - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
This review summarizes comprehensive recent studies on the removal of contaminants of
emerging concern (CECs) by forward osmosis (FO), reverse osmosis (RO), nanofiltration …

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 …

Membrane processes for removal of pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) from water and wastewaters

M Taheran, SK Brar, M Verma, RY Surampalli… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs), which find their way easily into the water
sources, are emerging as a major concern for drinking water quality and aquatic species …

A critical review on membrane separation processes applied to remove pharmaceutically active compounds from water and wastewater

CF Couto, LC Lange, MCS Amaral - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutically active compounds are a real threat all around the world. Conventional
water and wastewater treatment are not efficient in removing this kind of organic …

Processes for the elimination of estrogenic steroid hormones from water: a review

CP Silva, M Otero, V Esteves - Environmental Pollution, 2012 - Elsevier
Natural estrogens such as estrone (E1), 17β-estradiol (E2), estriol (E3), and the synthetic
one, 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2), are excreted by humans and animals and enter into …

Hydrophilic selective nanochannels created by metal organic frameworks in nanofiltration membranes enhance rejection of hydrophobic endocrine-disrupting …

R Dai, H Guo, CY Tang, M Chen, J Li… - Environmental science & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Rejection of endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs) by thin-film composite (TFC)
polyamide membranes remains a challenging issue in wastewater reclamation applications …

Influence of organic matter on the photocatalytic degradation of steroid hormones by TiO2-coated polyethersulfone microfiltration membrane

S Liu, PC Edara, AI Schäfer - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Water treatment in photocatalytic membrane reactors (PMR) holds great promise for
removing micropollutants from aquatic environments. Organic matter (OM) that is present in …

Micropollutant sorption to membrane polymers: a review of mechanisms for estrogens

AI Schäfer, I Akanyeti, AJC Semião - Advances in colloid and interface …, 2011 - Elsevier
Organic micropollutants such as estrogens occur in water in increasing quantities from
predominantly anthropogenic sources. In water such micropollutants partition not only to …

Combining MBR and NF/RO membrane filtration for the removal of trace organics in indirect potable water reuse applications

AA Alturki, N Tadkaew, JA McDonald, SJ Khan… - Journal of Membrane …, 2010 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to demonstrate the complementarities of combining membrane
bioreactor (MBR) treatment with nanofiltration (NF) or reverse osmosis (RO) membrane …

Rejection of pharmaceuticals by forward osmosis membranes

X Jin, J Shan, C Wang, J Wei, CY Tang - Journal of hazardous materials, 2012 - Elsevier
Rejection of four pharmaceutical compounds, carbamazepine, diclofenac, ibuprofen and
naproxen, by forward osmosis (FO) membranes was investigated in this study. For the first …