Growing requirements of freshwater and unsustainable nature of fossil fuels are driving the
interest in using renewable energy for desalination applications. Due to their less energy …

Combining two solutions of different composition releases the Gibbs free energy of mixing.
By using engineered processes to control the mixing, chemical energy stored in salinity …

In the field of industrial wastewater treatment, membrane separation technology, as an
emerging separation technology, compared with traditional separation technology such as …

Contamination and industrial development are among the reasons for water quality
deterioration beyond treatability by conventional processes. Unfortunately, conventional …

Wastewater management has significant interest worldwide to establish viable treatment
techniques to ensure the availability of clean water. The specialities of nanocellulose for this …

The water-energy nexus has motivated the quest for new membrane-based technologies
that target potable water and energy production. To this end, membrane distillation (MD) …

In this study, various cleaning methods are investigated to effectively control membrane
fouling (ie, organic fouling, colloidal fouling and scaling) in forward osmosis (FO). Simple …

Fouling is one of the major obstacles to successful membrane-based separations. In
aqueous systems, fouling is well characterised and fouling reduction techniques are …

In recent years, the concept of nutrient removal/recovery has been applied as a sustainable
solution to develop and design various modern wastewater treatment technologies for …

Extensive research and development in the production of nanocellulose production, a
green, bio-based, and renewable biomaterial has paved the way for the development of …