Decarbonized and circular brine management/valorization for water & valuable resource recovery via minimal/zero liquid discharge (MLD/ZLD) strategies

A Panagopoulos, V Giannika - Journal of Environmental Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Brine (saline wastewater/water) from desalination, salt lakes, and industrial activities (eg,
pharmaceutical industries, oil & gas industries) has received a lot of attention around the …

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 …

Wetting, scaling, and fouling in membrane distillation: state-of-the-art insights on fundamental mechanisms and mitigation strategies

T Horseman, Y Yin, KSS Christie, Z Wang… - ACS ES&T …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Membrane distillation (MD) has been garnering increasing attention in research and
development, since it has been proposed as a promising technology for desalinating …

The advent of thermoplasmonic membrane distillation

S Santoro, AH Avci, A Politano, E Curcio - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Freshwater scarcity is a vital societal challenge related to climate change, population
pressure, and agricultural and industrial demands. Therefore, sustainable desalination …

Pore wetting in membrane distillation: A comprehensive review

H Chamani, J Woloszyn, T Matsuura, D Rana… - Progress in Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is an emerging technology for the desalination of brines. In some
cases, liquid penetrates into the pores of the membrane, causing pore wetting. MD's …

Minimal Liquid Discharge (MLD) and Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) strategies for wastewater management and resource recovery–Analysis, challenges and prospects

A Panagopoulos, KJ Haralambous - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Brine is a saline wastewater generated from several industries (eg, desalination, energy and
oil production) and its disposal can have adverse environmental impacts. To address this …

Desalination brine disposal methods and treatment technologies-A review

A Panagopoulos, KJ Haralambous… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Brine, also known as concentrate, is the by-product of the desalination process that has an
adverse impact on the environment due to its high salinity. Hence, viable and cost-effective …

Water-energy nexus: desalination technologies and renewable energy sources

A Panagopoulos - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021 - Springer
Rapid population growth and industrialization have contributed to a dramatic decline in the
supply of freshwater. As a result, desalination is an important choice to solve the global …

Study and evaluation of the characteristics of saline wastewater (brine) produced by desalination and industrial plants

A Panagopoulos - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021 - Springer
Desalination and industrial plants all around the world generate large amounts of saline
wastewater (brine). The discharge of brine from facilities poses a severe environmental …

Recent progress in electrospun nanofibers for the membrane distillation of hypersaline wastewaters

D Xu, Z Zhu, J Li - Advanced Fiber Materials, 2022 - Springer
Membrane distillation (MD) utilizing low-grade thermal energy can be used to effectively
desalinate hypersaline brines with a high freshwater recovery for water reuse. Membrane …