Synthetic Membrane Separation Science and Technology
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Prof. Dr. Mohamed Khayet
Prof. Dr. Mohamed Khayet
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Department of Structure of Matther, Thermal Physics and Electronics, Faculty of Physics, University Complutense of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Interests: membrane science and related technologies (materials for membrane formation; membrane engineering; membrane processes); renewable energy (solar energy applications, photo-thermal membranes, blue energy); transport phenomena; machine learning and optimization
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Dr. Elena Guillen Burrieza
Dr. Elena Guillen Burrieza
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Chemical Engineering Department, R
2EM—Resource Recovery and Environmental Management Group, Escola de Enginyeria Barcelona Est (Barcelona TECH UPC), Av. Eduard Maristany, 16, 08019 Barcelona, Spain
Interests: membrane science and engineering; purification and concentration processes; transport phenomena; resource recovery; circularity
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Dear Colleagues,
The progress of synthetic membranes for different efficient separation processes is seen as a tremendous advancement over the last decade thanks to remarkable improvements in membrane materials and modules engineering, optimized hybrid energy-efficient separation processes, significant breakthroughs in specific simulations and computational modeling including machine learning, well-organized and cooperative international networks, smart investments, and a series of successful development and implementation stories decisively moving towards the long-awaited circular green economy. We are pleased to invite you to submit your original research manuscript, critical review manuscript or short communication to this interesting Topical Collection on “Synthetic Membrane Separation Science and Technology”, which welcomes both theoretical and/or experimental studies dealing with, but not limited to, new or improved synthetic membranes for liquid, vapor and gas separation processes; related energy-efficient technologies for the recovery of resources and high-added value products; fresh water production; wastewater reclamation and polishing; disinfection of waste streams; carbon capture; air purification; biogas upgrading; gas downstream operations; renewable energy generation; etc.
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Keywords
- membrane materials
- green materials
- nanomaterials
- nanostructured membranes
- synthetic membranes
- functional membranes
- 2D membranes
- mixed matrix membranes
- liquid membranes
- inorganic membranes
- membrane modification
- membrane modules
- scaling/fouling/biofouling
- membrane processes
- membrane crystallization
- water treatment
- gas separation
- wastewater reclamation
- desalination
- renewable energy production
Published Papers (1 paper)
2023
Open AccessArticle
A Topic Modeling Approach to Discover the Global and Local Subjects in Membrane Distillation Separation Process
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Ersin Aytaç and Mohamed Khayet
Cited by 6 | Viewed by 2219
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Membrane distillation (MD) is proposed as an environmentally friendly technology of emerging interest able to aid in the resolution of the worldwide water issue and brine processing by producing distilled water and treating high-saline solutions up to their saturation with a view toward
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Membrane distillation (MD) is proposed as an environmentally friendly technology of emerging interest able to aid in the resolution of the worldwide water issue and brine processing by producing distilled water and treating high-saline solutions up to their saturation with a view toward reaching zero liquid discharge (ZLD) at relatively low temperature requirements and a low operating hydrostatic pressure. Topic modeling (TM), which is a Machine Learning (ML) method combined with Natural Language Processing (NLP), is a customizable approach that is ideal for researching massive datasets with unknown themes. In this study, we used BERTopic, a new cutting-edge Python library for topic modeling, to explore the global and local themes in the MD separation literature. By using the BERTopic model, the words describing the collected dataset were detected together with over- and underexplored research topics to guide MD researchers in planning their future works. The results indicated that two global themes are widely discussed and are relevant to MD scientists abroad. In brief, these topics are permeate flux, heat-energy recovery, surface modification, and polyvinylidene fluoride hydrophobic membranes. BERTopic discovered 62 local concepts. The most researched local topics were solar applications, membrane scaling, and electrospun membranes, while the least investigated were boron removal, dairy effluent applications, and nickel wastewater treatment. In addition, the topics were illustrated in a 2D plane to better understand the obtained results.
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