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Membrane Separation and Water Treatment: Modeling and Application

A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Applications for Other Areas".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2024 | Viewed by 1006

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Xianghao Ren

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Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, China
Interests: MBR process; wastewater treatment and reuse; modeling and simulation of MBR and bioreactor
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Dr. Linan Xing

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Department of Environmental Engineering, Beijing Polytechnic, Beijing 100176, China
Interests: wastewater treatment and reuse
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Dr. Jooil Park

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Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Hanbat National University, Daejeon 34158, Republic of Korea
Interests: energy management; environmental catalytic engineering; chemical filtration
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Membrane separation technologies have emerged as a versatile and promising solution for a wide range of applications, including sustainable water treatment, adsorption, filtration, gas separation, energy production, etc. With its high treatment efficiency, high energy efficiency, and small footprint, membrane separation technologies are positioned to realize the carbon-neutral concept of sustainable development. Water treatment and reuse, one of most important issues in membrane separation technologies, are also dealt with in this Special Issue. The results of tradational and advanced technologies in water treatment and reuse are encouraged to submit to this Issue.

This Special Issue of membrane application, entitled "Membrane Separation and Water Treatment: Modeling and Application", is interested in the following areas: (i) the physical, chemical, and biological treatment and reuse of water and wastewater; (ii) modeling for physical, chemical, and biological treatment and the resue of water and wastewater; (iii) adsorption of activated sludge; (iv) chemical filtration; (v) gas separation; and (vi) energy storage and utilization. The authors are welcomed to submit original and review articles concerning the modeling and application of membrane separation and water treatment.

You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Water.

Dr. Xianghao Ren
Dr. Linan Xing
Dr. Jooil Park
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Membranes is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • water and wastewater treatment and reuse
  • membrane technologies
  • activated carbon
  • adsorption
  • chemical filtration
  • gas separation
  • energy storage and utilization

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Reverse Solute Diffusion Enhances Sludge Dewatering in Dead-End Forward Osmosis
by Da-Qi Cao, Shi-Cheng Lei, Hui Liu, Yan Jin, Yun-Feng Wu, Yuehua Cui and Rongling Wu
Membranes 2024, 14(9), 196; https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes14090196 - 18 Sep 2024
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Wastewater treatment plants produce high quantities of excess sludge. However, traditional sludge dewatering technology has high energy consumption and occupies a large area. Dead-end forward osmosis (DEFO) is an efficient and energy-saving deep dewatering technology for sludge. In this study, the reverse osmosis [...] Read more.
Wastewater treatment plants produce high quantities of excess sludge. However, traditional sludge dewatering technology has high energy consumption and occupies a large area. Dead-end forward osmosis (DEFO) is an efficient and energy-saving deep dewatering technology for sludge. In this study, the reverse osmosis of salt ions in the draw solution was used to change the sludge cake structure and further reduce its moisture content in cake by releasing the bound water in cell. Three salts, NaCl, KCl, and CaCl2, were added to the excess sludge feed solution to explore the roles of the reverse osmosis of draw solutes in DEFO. When the added quantities of NaCl and CaCl2 were 15 and 10 mM, respectively, the moisture content of the sludge after dewatering decreased from 98.1% to 79.7% and 67.3%, respectively. However, KCl did not improve the sludge dewatering performance because of the “high K and low Na” phenomenon in biological cells. The water flux increased significantly for the binary draw solute involving NaCl and CaCl2 compared to the single draw solute. The extracellular polymer substances in the sludge changed the structure of the filter cake to improve the formation of water channels and decrease osmosis resistance, resulting in an increase in sludge dewatering efficiency. These findings provide support for improving the sludge dewatering performance of DEFO. Full article
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