Energy-water-environment nexus is very important to attain COP21 goal, maintaining environment temperature increase below 2° C, but unfortunately two third share of CO 2 …
Biofouling is a major problem in environmental membrane separations because it leads to higher operating pressures, more frequent chemical cleaning, shortened membrane life, and …
S Zhao, L Zou, CY Tang, D Mulcahy - Journal of membrane science, 2012 - Elsevier
Recently, forward osmosis (FO) has attracted growing attention in many potential applications such as power generation, desalination, wastewater treatment and food …
T Nguyen, FA Roddick, L Fan - Membranes, 2012 - mdpi.com
Biofouling is a critical issue in membrane water and wastewater treatment as it greatly compromises the efficiency of the treatment processes. It is difficult to control, and significant …
Forward osmosis (FO) is an osmotically driven process widely studied for water desalination, wastewater treatment, and water reuse, as well as dilution and concentration of aqueous …
J Lee, HR Chae, YJ Won, K Lee, CH Lee… - Journal of membrane …, 2013 - Elsevier
As a potential remedy for the water shortage, membrane bioreactor (MBR) has emerged and attracted much attention in the field of wastewater treatment and reuse. However, MBRs …
Membrane desalination and water purification technologies have become important energy- efficient means to secure fresh water resources around the globe. Among the significant …
A Matin, Z Khan, SMJ Zaidi, MC Boyce - Desalination, 2011 - Elsevier
Reverse osmosis membranes are becoming increasingly popular for water purification applications that require high salt rejection such as brackish and seawater desalination …
Bacteria often live in dynamic fluid environments,, and flow can affect fundamental microbial processes such as nutrient uptake, and infection. However, little is known about the …