Brine management (saline water & wastewater effluents): Sustainable utilization and resource recovery strategy through Minimal and Zero Liquid Discharge (MLD & …

A Panagopoulos - Chemical Engineering and Processing-Process …, 2022 - Elsevier
Brine is a saline water present in the natural environment and produced by desalination and
other process industries such as the oil & gas, textile, leather, food, dairy, agriculture, and …

Unlocking the potential of polymeric desalination membranes by understanding molecular-level interactions and transport mechanisms

TR Nickerson, EN Antonio, DP McNally, MF Toney… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Polyamide reverse osmosis (PA-RO) membranes achieve remarkably high water
permeability and salt rejection, making them a key technology for addressing water …

Study on the water resources and the opportunities for sustainable desalination & minimal/zero liquid discharge (MLD/ZLD) practices in Greece (Eastern …

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 …

Reverse osmosis membrane compaction and embossing at ultra-high pressure operation

J Wu, B Jung, A Anvari, SJ Im, M Anderson, X Zheng… - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Zero liquid discharge and minimal liquid discharge strategies for sustainable saline wastewater (brine) management and valorization

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 …

Polyamide reverse osmosis membrane compaction and relaxation: Mechanisms and implications for desalination performance

J Wu, J He, JA Quezada-Renteria, J Le, K Au… - Journal of Membrane …, 2024 - Elsevier
This work investigates the compaction and relaxation behavior of composite reverse
osmosis (RO) polyamide (PA) selective layers, utilizing non-equilibrium molecular dynamic …

Desalinating a real hyper-saline pre-treated produced water via direct-heat vacuum membrane distillation

Y Liu, J Wang, B Jung, U Rao, E Sedighi, EMV Hoek… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is an emerging thermal desalination technology capable of
desalinating waters of any salinity. During typical MD processes, the saline feedwater is …

Techno-economic analysis (TEA) of zero liquid discharge (ZLD) systems for treatment and utilization of brine via resource recovery

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 …

Multistage surface-heated vacuum membrane distillation process enables high water recovery and excellent heat utilization: a modeling study

Y Liu, J Wang, EMV Hoek, F Municchi… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Surface-heated membrane distillation (MD) enhances the energy efficiency of desalination
by mitigating temperature polarization (TP). However, systematic investigations of larger …

Insights on the chlorine resistance of polyester composite nanofiltration membranes

JA Quezada-Renteria, J Wu, M Xiao, J He… - Journal of Membrane …, 2024 - Elsevier
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 …