Inorganic scaling caused by precipitation of sparingly soluble salts at supersaturation is a
common but critical issue, limiting the efficiency of membrane-based desalination and brine …

Reverse osmosis (RO) is the most widely used technology in water treatment and
desalination technologies for potable water production. Since its invention, RO has …

Reverse Osmosis (RO) is becoming increasingly popular for seawater desalination and
wastewater reclamation. However, fouling of the membranes adversely impacts the overall …

Reverse osmosis (RO) plays an important role in freshwater production. Mineral scaling is
an inevitable problem in the RO desalination process. Various methods, including the …

Over the past few years, nanomaterials have been gradually developed as scale inhibitors.
In this work, an environmentally friendly and antibacterial sulfur quantum dot scale inhibitor …

Membrane fouling is one of the major hurdles in widespread use of seawater reverse
osmosis (SWRO) in desalination industry. There are various factors that affect the inorganic …

Regarding RO-membrane scaling, a major issue of practical significance is the adequacy
and reliability of available methods to assess feed-water scaling propensity, select and …

Reverse osmosis (RO) is poised to be the primary membrane-based water desalination
technology as the need for potable water increases. Current and prior research focuses on …

One of the major problems of seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) process is the formation of
inorganic scales (calcium carbonate, CaCO 3) and calcium sulfate, CaSO 4)) on the …

Commercial reverse osmosis (RO) membranes experience severe inorganic scaling when
treated with seawater. This results in a rapid flux decline that considerably compromises the …