Reverse osmosis desalination: A state-of-the-art review

M Qasim, M Badrelzaman, NN Darwish, NA Darwish… - Desalination, 2019 - Elsevier
Water scarcity is a grand challenge that has always stimulated research interests in finding
effective means for pure water production. In this context, reverse osmosis (RO) is …

Insights on the development of enhanced antifouling reverse osmosis membranes: Industrial applications and challenges

M Tawalbeh, L Qalyoubi, A Al-Othman, M Qasim… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Reverse osmosis (RO) membranes are widely employed due to their inherent advantage of
achieving excellent water permeation rates and high salt rejection. However, fouling is a …

Nanocomposite membranes for water separation and purification: Fabrication, modification, and applications

MR Esfahani, SA Aktij, Z Dabaghian… - Separation and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Water pollution is one of the greatest challenges around the world. Nanocomposite
membranes are a promising modified version of traditional polymeric membranes for water …

Emerging thin-film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes for reverse osmosis: A review

DL Zhao, S Japip, Y Zhang, M Weber, C Maletzko… - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Thin-film composite (TFC) membranes are the heart of reverse osmosis (RO) processes for
desalination and water reuse. In recent years, nanomaterials with high permeability …

Recent advances in dye removal from wastewater by membrane technology: a review

P Moradihamedani - Polymer Bulletin, 2022 - Springer
Dye contamination of wastewater has become one of the most critical environmental
problems these days. The most critical sources of dyes in wastewater are from industries …

Membrane fouling in desalination and its mitigation strategies

PS Goh, WJ Lau, MHD Othman, AF Ismail - Desalination, 2018 - Elsevier
Water scarcity at global level has called for attentions to establish new and innovative
technologies that can be tapped to provide sustainable solutions to water crisis. Membrane …

Separation, anti-fouling, and chlorine resistance of the polyamide reverse osmosis membrane: From mechanisms to mitigation strategies

C Liu, W Wang, B Yang, K Xiao, H Zhao - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Membrane technology has been widely used in the wastewater treatment and seawater
desalination. In recent years, the reverse osmosis (RO) membrane represented by …

Microbial desalination cell: desalination through conserving energy

M Zahid, N Savla, S Pandit, VK Thakur, SP Jung… - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
The increased requirement of potable water led to the development of efficient desalination
technologies such as reverse osmosis membranes, which are currently mass-manufactured …

A review on polyamide thin film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes: History, applications, challenges and approaches

WJ Lau, S Gray, T Matsuura, D Emadzadeh, JP Chen… - Water research, 2015 - Elsevier
This review focuses on the development of polyamide (PA) thin film nanocomposite (TFN)
membranes for various aqueous media-based separation processes such as nanofiltration …

Recent progress in reverse osmosis modeling: An overview

MM Zubair, H Saleem, SJ Zaidi - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
The increasing worldwide demand for freshwater production requires new and sustainable
processes to overcome the shortage of clean water. Reverse osmosis (RO) is regarded as …