Innovative Membrane Processes in Low-Carbon Wastewater Treatment

Dear Colleagues,

Low-carbon wastewater treatment shows great potential in achieving carbon neutrality and energy-efficient wastewater management in light of sustainable development principles. As an environmentally friendly separation technology, membrane-based separation processes have attracted significant attention due to their high efficiency and reduced carbon emissions, meaning they can be widely used for various wastewater treatment (i.e., municipal wastewater, industrial wastewater, landfill leachate, etc.) at different scales. Membrane processes can be adopted for wastewater treatment, including low-pressure ones (ultrafiltration and microfiltration), high-pressure ones (nanofiltration and reverse osmosis), and the ones driven by osmosis pressure and thermal energy. With great advances in membrane fabrication, analytical methods, and artificial intelligence, novel membrane material fabrication, innovative membrane process development, system modelling, and fouling mitigation and control are becoming more popular. This Special Issue on “Innovative Membrane Processes in Low-Carbon Wastewater Treatment” of MDPI’s Water journal aims to highlight the recent developments within membrane processes in low-carbon and sustainable wastewater treatment and to discuss the challenges and opportunities for the future development.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Innovative membrane processes for diversified wastewater treatment;
• Aerobic and anaerobic membrane bioreactors;
• Low-fouling dynamic membrane processes;
• Electrochemical-assisted membrane processes;
• Integrated system coupling membrane with advanced technologies;
• Novel membrane materials and module design;
• Membrane fouling mitigation and control;
• Modelling on membrane filtration and fouling;
• Large-scale application cases based on membrane processes.

We are looking forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Yisong Hu
Dr. Jialing Tang
Dr. Jiayuan Ji
Guest Editors

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