Membranes for Water and Wastewater Treatment

• Other Authors: Hidalgo, Asuncion Maria (Editor), Murcia, Maria Dolores (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; aquaporin; forward osmosis (FO); membrane; scaling; calcium; post-treatment; nanofiltration; calcium-carboxyl intra-bridging; water purification; desalination; ultrafiltration; membrane fouling; fouling model; surface water; coagulation; backwash; polyamide membrane; carbon nitride; seawater desalination; mixed matrix membranes; thin film composite; diffusion dialysis; anion exchange membrane; acid recovery; paper mill treated effluent; optimization; fouling; DoE; Taguchi method; fouling development model; filtration law; pore blocking; multiple linear regression; statistical test; WWTP; renovation and upgrading; ultrafiltration membrane; net present value; biofouling; polyethersulfone; chlorine; membrane modification; low-fouling surface; anaerobic membrane bioreactor; temperature; membrane fouling behavior; sludge flocs characteristics; soluble microbial product; extracellular polymeric substance; DSPM model; heavy metals; total volume membrane charge density; ceramic membrane; membrane surface modification; antifouling; hydrophilicity; mussel-inspired; protein; sulfonic cation-exchange membrane; hydration number; pulsed field gradient NMR; diffusion coefficient; ionic conductivity; membrane module modeling; calcium sulfate precipitation risk; ionic rejection coefficients; quorum sensing; acyl homoserine lactone; olive mill wastewater; membrane separation process; microfiltration; reverse osmosis; water recovery; chitosan; water content; water permeability; alkali treatment; characterization; dyes; molecular structure; physico-chemical properties; filter water bag; Dioscorea hispida; starch; forward osmosis membrane; glutaraldehyde; emergency; cobalt(II); supported liquid membranes; ultrasound; D2EHPA; counter-transport; transport parameters; modeling; thiocyanate; wastewater treatment; process design; antibiotics; antibiotic resistance genes; viral genomes; wastewater effluents; occurrence; pilot-scale treatment; selective separation; ion-exchange resin; wafer-enhanced electrodeionization; n/a
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Water is a vital element for life and the environment. Water pollution has been documented as a contributor to a wide range of health problems. In recent years, the water quality levels have suffered great deterioration because of rapid social and economic development and because it is used to "dump" a wide range of pollutants.This book entitled "Membranes for Water and Wastewater Treatment" contains featured research papers dealing with recent developments and advances in all aspects related to membranes for water and wastewater treatment: membrane processes, combined processes (including one membrane step), modified membranes, new materials, and the possibility to reduce fouling and to improve the efficiency of enhanced processes. The papers compiled in this Special Issue can be read as a response to the current needs and challenges in membrane development for water and wastewater treatment.Half of the research articles correspond to concrete and practical applications of the use of membrane processes in different fields of the industry, with the aim of treating and conditioning water and wastewater. The studies reveal the treatment of industrial streams, mining, recycled paper industry, olive mill, urban wastewater, etc. Another important percentage of studies are related to membrane modification processes, with the aim of obtaining new materials with better performance in the separation processes, thus describing the use of membranes modified with chitosan, nanoparticles, and other organic compounds. This field also includes studies related to fouling and its modeling.