Sustainable Membrane Processes of Water Recycling and Purification
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 8153
Special Issue Editors
Interests: wastewater treatment; water reuse; microplastics; contaminants of emerging concern; advanced oxidation processes; ceramic membranes; catalysis; photochemistry; photocatalysis; membrane fabrication; photocatalytic membranes; process modelling; hydrometallurgy; polymeric membranes; polymer ageing
Interests: heterogeneous catalysts; materials characterization; surface science; materials for environmental preservation
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Dear Colleagues,
As economic development and population growth continue to increase, the pressure on the environment, climate change and global warming bring new challenges for humanity, including those associated with providing clean water to an increasing population as water scarcity threatens the health of millions and maintaining industrial production without polluting or exhausting water sources. These factors call for the promotion of greener production processes, water recycling, and effective wastewater treatments. Membrane processes are a promising technology in water purification and wastewater treatment, as they are more effective, cost-efficient, and energy-saving than traditional processes. Although the industrial use of membranes has been increasing steeply in the last decade, there is still a need to carry out pilot studies in many water-intensive industries such as mineral, food and beverage, dairy, and textiles. At the same time, the development of new functional membranes with enhanced selectivity, water flux, and lifetime is required to expand the use of membrane filtration. Moreover, the combination of membrane filtration processes (e.g., nanofiltration, membrane distillation) with catalytic processes (e.g., Fenton, solar disinfection, photocatalysis, electrochemical oxidation) has demonstrated efficiency in fouling mitigation and in the removal of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), microplastics, viruses, and bacteria. Altogether, further development of membrane technology and its application in water recycling and wastewater treatment can help in achieving the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue on “Membranes Processes of Water Recycling and Purification”.
This Special Issue aims to bring together the most recent advances in the application of membrane filtration processes in water reuse and wastewater treatment, and in the development of new membranes with tuned porosity, functionalized surface, optimized permeability, or extended lifetime.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- New membrane processes for water reuse;
- New filtration processes that reduce industrial water consumption;
- New membranes and their application in water and wastewater purification;
- UF, NF, and RO process intensification;
- Applications of membrane distillation (MD) in water/wastewater;
- Combination of membrane filtration with advanced oxidation processes (AOPs);
- Catalytic/photocatalytic membranes applications;
- Abatement of contaminants of emerging concern using membrane processes;
- Advances in the use of membranes in water-intensive industries (e.g., textile, food and beverage, mineral and hydrometallurgical);
- Oil/water separation facilitated by membranes;
- Mitigation of membrane fouling in wastewater filtration.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Fabricio Eduardo Bortot Coelho
Prof. Dr. Giuliana Magnacca
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- water reuse
- tertiary treatments
- wastewater treatment
- green processes
- sustainable development
- membrane processes
- wastewater filtration
- water disinfection
- fouling
- water recycling
- water treatment
- micropollutants
- Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs)
- ceramic membranes
- polymeric membranes
- nanofiltration
- ultrafiltration
- membrane technology
- wastewater remediation
- reverse osmosis
- membrane distillation
- microplastics
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