Advanced Membrane-Based Desalination Technologies
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 March 2023) | Viewed by 2606
Special Issue Editors
Interests: chemical engineering; process design; molecular simulation; nanostructures; separation technologies
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Interests: chemical engineering; process design; molecular simulation; nanostructures; separation technologies
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Membrane-based desalination technologies play a tremendous role in freshwater production and chemical separation. Over the years, the performance of current desalination membranes based on thin-film composites and polyamide chemistry has been optimised for a higher water production rate, solute retention, fouling resistance, and stability. More recent breakthroughs in desalination performance have also been found based on emerging technologies, especially in material development and processing. Membrane-based desalination technologies, including the state-of-the-art reverse osmosis (RO) technology, have been demonstrated to be more energy efficient than thermal desalination approaches.
This Special Issue welcomes submissions on original research and technological developments in membrane desalination, including innovations in membrane design, material development, and desalination process design. Related topics include, but are not limited to, carbon-based membranes, brine mining, two-dimensional membranes, ultra-high-pressure reverse osmosis, nanofiltration, electromembrane, ion–ion separation, resource recovery, energy recovery, and renewable-energy-based desalination.
Dr. Amir Razmjou
Dr. Reza Maleki
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- desalination
- membrane fabrication
- reverse osmosis
- electromembrane
- nanofiltration
- brine mining
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