Technologies for the recovery of nutrients, water and energy from human urine: A review

A Patel, AA Mungray, AK Mungray - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
The global demand for a constant supply of fertilizer is increasing with the booming of the
population. Nowadays more focus is given to the recovery and reuse of the nutrients rather …

Sustainable production and purification of succinic acid: A review of membrane-integrated green approach

R Kumar, B Basak, BH Jeon - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
This review article presents a comprehensive literature survey over the last two decades on
the evaluation of production processes of succinic acid (SA) to further direct the research …

Thermodynamic limits of extractable energy by pressure retarded osmosis

S Lin, AP Straub, M Elimelech - Energy & Environmental Science, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Salinity gradient energy, which is released upon mixing two solutions of different
concentrations, is considered to be a promising source of sustainable power. Of the methods …

Derivation of the theoretical minimum energy of separation of desalination processes

L Wang, C Violet, RM DuChanois… - Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Minimizing the energy consumption of desalination processes is an important goal for
augmenting freshwater production and mitigating water scarcity. Chemical, civil, mechanical …

Exploration of EDTA sodium salt as novel draw solution in forward osmosis process for dewatering of high nutrient sludge

NT Hau, SS Chen, NC Nguyen, KZ Huang… - Journal of Membrane …, 2014 - Elsevier
In this study, a hybrid forward osmosis–nanofiltration (FO/NF) process was designed for
dewatering high nutrient containing sludge and recovering draw solution with minimum …

Staged reverse osmosis operation: Configurations, energy efficiency, and application potential

S Lin, M Elimelech - Desalination, 2015 - Elsevier
Reverse osmosis (RO), currently the most energy efficient desalination process, is inherently
more energy intensive compared to conventional fresh water treatment technologies, as it is …

Concentrating molasses distillery wastewater using biomimetic forward osmosis (FO) membranes

N Singh, I Petrinic, C Hélix-Nielsen, S Basu… - Water Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Treatment of sugarcane molasses distillery wastewater is challenging due to the
presence of complex phenolic compounds (melanoidins and polyphenols) having …

Thermo-sensitive polyelectrolytes as draw solutions in forward osmosis process

R Ou, Y Wang, H Wang, T Xu - Desalination, 2013 - Elsevier
A series of polyelectrolytes were evaluated as draw solutions for the forward osmosis (FO)
process. Such polyelectrolytes were synthesized by copolymerization of N …

Commercial thermo-responsive polyalkylene glycols as draw agents in forward osmosis

I Petrinic, N Jancic, RDJ van Vuuren, H Buksek - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Forward osmosis (FO) is a promising technology for efficient water reclamation at low
operating costs. It has shown potential in producing fresh water from seawater; however, the …

Application of integrated forward and reverse osmosis for coal mine wastewater desalination

R Thiruvenkatachari, M Francis, M Cunnington… - Separation and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Water management is an integral part of coal mining operations. Due to the constraints on
releasing saline water, coal mines require additional water storage facilities and therefore …