[HTML][HTML] Fouling mitigation strategies for different foulants in membrane distillation

A Alkhatib, MA Ayari, AH Hawari - Chemical Engineering and Processing …, 2021 - Elsevier
Providing clean water to a rapidly growing population is an issue that is currently getting lots
of attention to offer a sustainable solution for water scarcity. Membrane distillation (MD) is …

Fouling and its control in membrane distillation—A review

LD Tijing, YC Woo, JS Choi, S Lee, SH Kim… - Journal of Membrane …, 2015 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is an emerging thermally-driven technology that poses a lot of
promise in desalination, and water and wastewater treatment. Developments in membrane …

Fouling and wetting in the membrane distillation driven wastewater reclamation process–A review

MR Choudhury, N Anwar, D Jassby… - Advances in colloid and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Fouling and wetting of membranes are significant concerns that can impede the widespread
application of the membrane distillation (MD) process during high-salinity wastewater …

Colloidal interactions and fouling of NF and RO membranes: a review

CY Tang, TH Chong, AG Fane - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2011 - Elsevier
Colloids are fine particles whose characteristic size falls within the rough size range of 1–
1000nm. In pressure-driven membrane systems, these fine particles have a strong tendency …

Questions of size and numbers in environmental research on microplastics: methodological and conceptual aspects

M Filella - Environmental Chemistry, 2015 - CSIRO Publishing
Environmental context Microplastics, either purposefully manufactured or formed by
fragmentation of discarded 'end-of-life'macroplastic items, are accumulating in …

[HTML][HTML] The environmental fate of nanoplastics: What we know and what we need to know about aggregation

A Pradel, C Catrouillet, J Gigault - NanoImpact, 2023 - Elsevier
The presence of nanoplastics in the environment has been proven. There is now an urgent
need to determine how nanoplastics behave in the environment and to assess the risks they …

Nanoparticle analysis and characterization methodologies in environmental risk assessment of engineered nanoparticles

M Hassellöv, JW Readman, JF Ranville, K Tiede - Ecotoxicology, 2008 - Springer
Environmental risk assessments of engineered nanoparticles require thorough
characterization of nanoparticles and their aggregates. Furthermore, quantitative analytical …

Interaction of engineered nanoparticles with various components of the environment and possible strategies for their risk assessment

I Bhatt, BN Tripathi - Chemosphere, 2011 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles are the materials with at least two dimensions between 1 and 100nm. Mostly
these nanoparticles are natural products but their tremendous commercial use has boosted …

Plutonium transport in the environment

AB Kersting - Inorganic chemistry, 2013 - ACS Publications
The recent estimated global stockpile of separated plutonium (Pu) worldwide is about 500 t,
with equal contributions from nuclear weapons and civilian nuclear energy. Independent of …

[HTML][HTML] Freshwater suspended particulate matter—Key components and processes in floc formation and dynamics

H Walch, F von der Kammer, T Hofmann - Water research, 2022 - Elsevier
Freshwater suspended particulate matter (SPM) plays an important role in many
biogeochemical cycles and serves multiple ecosystem functions. Most SPM is present as …