Initiatives seek to make water treatment options more cost- and energy-efficient.<p>By Alanna Maya<p>Desalination can be used to treat seawater, brackish...
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Fouling evaluation and mechanisms in a FO-RO hybrid process for direct potable reuse
•<p>A FO-RO hybrid was examined for the sustainable direct potable reuse of wastewater.<p>•<p>FO significantly alleviated membrane fouling on the subsequent...
Adsorption of organic contaminants by graphene nanosheets: A review
•<p>40 articles investigating adsorption of OCs by GNSs were comprehensively examined.<p>•<p>Graphene sheet structure is advantageous for reducing NOM...
2018년 1월 3일 수요일
A review of solar energy driven desalination technologies
Volume 41, January 2015, Pages 1080-1118<p>Show more<p><b>Previous</b> article in issue• <b><br>Next</b> article in issue<p>Keywords<p>Desalination<p>Solar energy<p>Environment<p>Membrane...
Sustainable RO desalination – Energy demand and environmental impact
•<p>Misconceptions about energy demand of reverse osmosis (RO) desalination is presented.<p>•<p>Properly sited, designed and operated RO plants enable to...
Desalination network model driven decision support system: A case study of Saudi Arabia
Volume 423, 1 December 2017, Pages 65-78<p>Show more<p><b>Previous</b> article in issue• <b><br>Next</b> article in issue<p>Keywords<p>Desalination network<p>Decision support...
A novel energy-efficient concurrent desalination and boron removal (CDBR) process
•<p>Concurrent desalination and boron removal using only membrane technology<p>•<p>Process meets current recommendations for boron concentration in...
AnMBR digestion of mixed WRRF sludges: Impact of digester loading and temperature
Volume 19, October 2017, Pages 74-80<p>Show more<p><b>Previous</b> article in issue• <b><br>Next</b> article in issue<p>Keywords<p>Anaerobic membrane bioreactor<p>Anaerobic...
Renewable energy-driven desalination technologies: A comprehensive review on challenges and potential applications of integrated systems
•<p>This paper focuses mainly on solar and geothermal energy-driven integrated systems.<p>•<p>An innovative hybrid approach combining solar–geothermal has...
Analysis of enhancing water flux and reducing reverse solute flux in pressure assisted forward osmosis process
•<p>PAO membranes were characterized by RO- and FO-based protocols.<p>•<p>PAO water flux was less than the sum of osmotic- and pressure-driven fluxes.<p>•<p>RSF was...
Life Cycle Assessment for desalination: A review on methodology feasibility and reliability
•<p>We review more than 30 life cycle assessment (LCA) studies of desalination.<p>•<p>The available tools and databases facilitate LCA applications in...
Sludge treatment: Current research trends
•<p>Review papers on sludge treatment studies were reviewed.<p>•<p>Sludge production rate and associated emergent contaminants were studied.<p>•<p>Thermal processes...
Effect of the high cross flow velocity on performance of a pilot-scale anaerobic membrane bioreactor for treating antibiotic solvent wastewater
•<p>A pilot-scale anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) is conducted.<p>•<p>This work sets CFV as four gradients.<p>•<p>The deviation of COD, THF removal rate are...
Thermophilic membrane bioreactors: A review
•<p>Thermophilic membrane bioreactor technologies are systematically reviewed.<p>•<p>Thermophilic membrane bioreactor technologies have a number of advantages.<p>...
Microalgal hydrogen production – A review
•<p>Critically reviews the bio-hydrogen production from microalgae.<p>•<p>Recent technological progress towards microalgae based H2 production.<p>•<p>Development of...
Performance evaluation and microbial community dynamics in a novel AnMBR for treating antibiotic solvent wastewater
•<p>AnMBR was used to treat antibiotic solvent wastewater containing tetrahydrofuran.<p>•<p>AnMBR showed good performances on COD and THF removals.<p>•<p>Volume...
Forward osmosis: A technology platform here to stay
Volume 421, 1 November 2017, Pages 1-2<p>Show more<p><b>Previous</b> article in issue• <b><br>Next</b> article in issue<p>Choose an option to locate/access this article:<p>Check if...
Energy optimization of a multistage reverse osmosis process for seawater desalination
Highlights<p>•<p>Multi-stage membrane process combines RO and NF stages with recycling NF permeate.<p>•<p>Permeate recycling reduces the required osmotic...
2018년 1월 2일 화요일
Osmotic's potential: An overview of draw solutes for forward osmosis
•<p>Literature on draw solutions used in forward osmosis processes reviewed including the state-of-the-art<p>•<p>Overview of theoretical underpinning of draw...
환경 지키고 에너지도 얻는 LA하수처리장
미국 캘리포니아주 로스앤젤레스(LA) 시는 클린에너지 확대를 위해 '수(水)처리 기술' 도입에 앞장서고 있다. 최소의 전력으로 폐기물을 분해한 뒤 바이오 가스를 얻어 '환경'과 '신재생에너지'를 모두 지켜내는 1석 2조의 효과를 보고 있다.<br>LA 시는 한국 업체인...