Polyamide reverse osmosis (PA-RO) membranes achieve remarkably high water permeability and salt rejection, making them a key technology for addressing water …
A Panagopoulos, V Giannika - Sustainable Water Resources …, 2023 - Springer
In recent years, climate change has resulted in a major decline in river levels, erratic rainfall, and issues procuring freshwater. This research article analyzes the water status in Greece …
Herein, we describe the performance (ie, flux and rejection) of commercially-available, thin film composite brackish water RO (BWRO), seawater RO (SWRO) and high-pressure RO …
A Panagopoulos - Resource Recovery in Industrial Waste Waters, 2023 - Elsevier
Water is an essential component of the industry. Industrial operations are being forced to decrease their impact on freshwater supplies as this commodity grows increasingly scarce …
This work investigates the compaction and relaxation behavior of composite reverse osmosis (RO) polyamide (PA) selective layers, utilizing non-equilibrium molecular dynamic …
Membrane distillation (MD) is an emerging thermal desalination technology capable of desalinating waters of any salinity. During typical MD processes, the saline feedwater is …
A Panagopoulos, V Giannika - Chemical Engineering and Processing …, 2024 - Elsevier
The issue pertaining to brine disposal has generated considerable interest in advanced methodologies aimed at harnessing their potential for resource recovery (ie, water and …
Surface-heated membrane distillation (MD) enhances the energy efficiency of desalination by mitigating temperature polarization (TP). However, systematic investigations of larger …
The use of chlorine as a pretreatment of water treatment and desalination processes causes a loss in performance and lifespan of the membranes usually employed in these processes …