Experimental study of mechanistic factors influencing solvent-driven fractional crystallization of calcium sulfate

AS Jayasinghe, C Stetson, CJ Orme, M Shi, AD Wilson - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
To advance dimethyl ether-driven fractional crystallization (DME-FC), a more sustainable
method of water treatment and mineral recovery, a range of chemical equilibria were …

Electrically Powered High-Salinity Brine Separation Using Dimethyl Ether

A Deshmukh, AD Wilson… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Dewatering highly saline aqueous streams, from mining and geothermal leachates to
industrial wastewater, is essential for effective resource recovery and safe disposal …

Harnessing dimethyl ether with ultra-low-grade heat for scaling-resistant brine concentration and fractional crystallization

ZH Foo, A Deshmukh, AD Wilson… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Solvent-driven separations may enable scalable concentration of hypersaline brines,
supporting a circular resource economy from the extraction of lithium and rare earth …

A structural underpinning of the lower critical solution temperature (LCST) behavior behind temperature-switchable liquids

IH Billinge, GD Barbosa, S Tao, MW Terban, CH Turner… - Matter, 2025 - cell.com
In this study, we use state-of-the-art X-ray scattering and molecular dynamics to analyze
amine-water mixtures that show the unusual lower critical solution temperature (LCST) …