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 …

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 …

Preparation of Co3O4@ carbon nanotubes modified ceramic membrane for simultaneous catalytic oxidation and filtration of secondary effluent

X Cheng, Y Zhang, Q Fan, L Wang, S Shi, X Luo… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
To improve the efficiency of wastewater reclamation, a novel Co 3 O 4@ carbon nanotubes
modified ceramic membrane (Co 3 O 4@ CNT-CM) was prepared in this work for …

Electro-oxidation of organic pollutants by reactive electrochemical membranes

C Trellu, BP Chaplin, C Coetsier, R Esmilaire… - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
Electro-oxidation processes are promising options for the removal of organic pollutants from
water. The major appeal of these technologies is the possibility to avoid the addition of …

Fouling in membrane bioreactors used in wastewater treatment

P Le-Clech, V Chen, TAG Fane - Journal of membrane science, 2006 - Elsevier
The membrane bioreactor (MBR) can no longer be considered as a novel process. This
reliable and efficient technology has become a legitimate alternative to conventional …

Critical and sustainable fluxes: Theory, experiments and applications

P Bacchin, P Aimar, RW Field - Journal of membrane science, 2006 - Elsevier
Over the last 10 years, numerous membrane filtration data have been viewed through the
lens of the concept of critical flux. This concept, used in a number of different ways often …

Recent advances on electroactive CNT-based membranes for environmental applications: The perfect match of electrochemistry and membrane separation

Y Liu, F Liu, N Ding, X Hu, C Shen, F Li, M Huang… - Chinese Chemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Global climate change, growing population, and environmental pollution underscore the
need for a greater focus on providing advanced water treatment technologies. Although …

Mass transfer mechanisms and transport resistances in direct contact membrane distillation process

S Srisurichan, R Jiraratananon, AG Fane - Journal of membrane science, 2006 - Elsevier
The objective of the present work was to investigate the mass transport and fouling
mechanism of direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) process. The experiments were …

Membrane fouling and cleaning in microfiltration of activated sludge wastewater

AL Lim, R Bai - Journal of membrane science, 2003 - Elsevier
A major obstacle in the widespread application of membrane microfiltration for activated
sludge wastewater treatment is the rapid decline of the permeation flux with time as a result …

Membrane distillation for wastewater treatment: Current trends, challenges and prospects of dense membrane distillation

H Julian, N Nurgirisia, G Qiu, YP Ting… - Journal of Water Process …, 2022 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) has excellent potential for wastewater treatment, and studies on
this subject have increased recently. The unique features of MD to pass only volatile …