Novel Membrane Processes for Water Treatment
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Quality and Contamination".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 May 2024) | Viewed by 3072
Special Issue Editors
Interests: synthetic membranes; water and wastewater treatment; filtration
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Interests: membrane technology; circular economy; waste valorization; wastewater treatment; membrane fouling and cleaning
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Interests: environment; industrial wastewater treatment; membrane processes; recovery of high-value compounds from wastewater; physical-chemical separation processes; membrane process modeling
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is devoted to evaluating the viability of applying novel membrane processes to water treatment. Examples of innovative membrane processes include, but are not limited to, membrane contactors (membrane distillation, osmotic membrane distillation, etc.) and forward osmosis, among others. These technologies have been developed recently and are of growing interest in water production and wastewater treatment. Indeed, research papers on novel membrane technologies are growing exponentially due to their enormous potential: an increasing tendency has been observed over the past five years.
New emergent membrane processes have promising advantages compared to conventional membrane technologies, such as low energy requirements as they operate without pressure, low chemical consumption as membrane fouling is low, and the simultaneous production of a high-quality water stream and another highly concentrated stream of invaluable products. Recent studies have reported very high separation efficiencies in different applications. However, further studies are needed to cope with detected problems in the complex characteristics of the treated streams. This Special Issue considers the production of freshwater and processed water alongside wastewater treatments. Additionally, the development of membrane materials for these novel membrane processes is covered. Both original research and reviews are welcome.
Dr. María Cinta Vincent-Vela
Prof. Dr. Silvia Álvarez Blanco
Dr. Magdalena Cifuentes Cabezas
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- membrane contactors
- forward osmosis
- membrane distillation
- osmotic membrane distillation
- novel membrane processes
- water production
- wastewater treatment
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