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Water reuse in the food processing industries: A review on pressure-driven membrane processes as reconditioning treatments. J FOOD ENG 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2022.111397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Ibrar I, Yadav S, Naji O, Alanezi AA, Ghaffour N, Déon S, Subbiah S, Altaee A. Development in forward Osmosis-Membrane distillation hybrid system for wastewater treatment. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.120498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Forward Osmosis (FO) Membrane Fouling Mitigation during the Concentration of Cows’ Urine. MEMBRANES 2022; 12:membranes12020234. [PMID: 35207155 PMCID: PMC8877373 DOI: 10.3390/membranes12020234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2022] [Revised: 02/05/2022] [Accepted: 02/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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FO membrane fouling mitigation during the concentration of cows’ urine was investigated. In particular, the effects on the permeability recovery of cleaning methods such as membrane washing with deionized (DI) water, osmotic backwash, and chemical cleaning were studied. The characterization of foulants that accumulated on the membrane surface was found to be rich in sugars and proteins. The foulants were effectively removed by de-ionized water circulation (washing) and osmotic backwash. While osmotic back was more effective, it did not fully recover the permeability of the membrane. The foulants absorbed in the membrane pores were found to be mainly composed of sugars. Soaking the membrane in a solution of NaClO enabled the removal of foulants absorbed inside the membrane. It was revealed that soaking in 1% NaClO solution for 30 min achieved the best results (83% permeability recovery), while soaking for a longer time (10 h) using 0.2% NaClO resulted in counterproductive results.
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Reig M, Vecino X, Cortina JL. Use of Membrane Technologies in Dairy Industry: An Overview. Foods 2021; 10:foods10112768. [PMID: 34829049 PMCID: PMC8620702 DOI: 10.3390/foods10112768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2021] [Revised: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The use of treatments of segregated process streams as a water source, as well as technical fluid reuse as a source of value-added recovery products, is an emerging direction of resource recovery in several applications. Apart from the desired final product obtained in agro-food industries, one of the challenges is the recovery or separation of intermediate and/or secondary metabolites with high-added-value compounds (e.g., whey protein). In this way, processes based on membranes, such as microfiltration (MF), ultrafiltration (UF), nanofiltration (NF) and reverse osmosis (RO), could be integrated to treat these agro-industrial streams, such as milk and cheese whey. Therefore, the industrial application of membrane technologies in some processing stages could be a solution, replacing traditional processes or adding them into existing treatments. Therefore, greater efficiency, yield enhancement, energy or capital expenditure reduction or even an increase in sustainability by producing less waste, as well as by-product recovery and valorization opportunities, could be possible, in line with industrial symbiosis and circular economy principles. The maturity of membrane technologies in the dairy industry was analyzed for the possible integration options of membrane processes in their filtration treatment. The reported studies and developments showed a wide window of possible applications for membrane technologies in dairy industry treatments. Therefore, the integration of membrane processes into traditional processing schemes is presented in this work. Overall, it could be highlighted that membrane providers and agro-industries will continue with a gradual implementation of membrane technology integration in the production processes, referring to the progress reported on both the scientific literature and industrial solutions commercialized.
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- Mònica Reig
- Barcelona Research Center for Multiscale Science and Engineering, Campus Diagonal-Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain; (X.V.); (J.L.C.)
- Chemical Engineering Department, Escola d’Enginyeria de Barcelona Est (EEBE), Campus Diagonal-Besòs, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)-BarcelonaTECH, C/Eduard Maristany 10-14, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +34-93-4016184
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- Barcelona Research Center for Multiscale Science and Engineering, Campus Diagonal-Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain; (X.V.); (J.L.C.)
- Chemical Engineering Department, Escola d’Enginyeria de Barcelona Est (EEBE), Campus Diagonal-Besòs, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)-BarcelonaTECH, C/Eduard Maristany 10-14, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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- Barcelona Research Center for Multiscale Science and Engineering, Campus Diagonal-Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain; (X.V.); (J.L.C.)
- Chemical Engineering Department, Escola d’Enginyeria de Barcelona Est (EEBE), Campus Diagonal-Besòs, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)-BarcelonaTECH, C/Eduard Maristany 10-14, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- CETaqua, Carretera d’Esplugues, 75, 08940 Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain
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Mat Nawi NI, Bilad MR, Anath G, Nordin NAH, Kurnia JC, Wibisono Y, Arahman N. The Water Flux Dynamic in a Hybrid Forward Osmosis-Membrane Distillation for Produced Water Treatment. MEMBRANES 2020; 10:E225. [PMID: 32916834 PMCID: PMC7558008 DOI: 10.3390/membranes10090225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Revised: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 07/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Standalone membrane distillation (MD) and forward osmosis (FO) have been considered as promising technologies for produced water treatment. However, standalone MD is still vulnerable to membrane-wetting and scaling problems, while the standalone FO is energy-intensive, since it requires the recovery of the draw solution (DS). Thus, the idea of coupling FO and MD is proposed as a promising combination in which the MD facilitate DS recovery for FO-and FO acts as pretreatment to enhance fouling and wetting-resistance of the MD. This study was therefore conducted to investigate the effect of DS temperature on the dynamic of water flux of a hybrid FO-MD. First, the effect of the DS temperature on the standalone FO and MD was evaluated. Later, the flux dynamics of both units were evaluated when the FO and DS recovery (via MD) was run simultaneously. Results show that an increase in the temperature difference (from 20 to 60 °C) resulted in an increase of the FO and MD fluxes from 11.17 ± 3.85 to 30.17 ± 5.51 L m-2 h-1, and from 0.5 ± 0.75 to 16.08 L m-2 h-1, respectively. For the hybrid FO-MD, either MD or FO could act as the limiting process that dictates the equilibrium flux. Both the concentration and the temperature of DS affected the flux dynamic. When the FO flux was higher than MD flux, DS was diluted, and its temperature decreased; both then lowered the FO flux until reaching an equilibrium (equal FO and MD flux). When FO flux was lower than MD flux, the DS was concentrated which increased the FO flux until reaching the equilibrium. The overall results suggest the importance of temperature and concentration of solutes in the DS in affecting the water flux dynamic hybrid process.
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- Normi Izati Mat Nawi
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak 32610, Malaysia; (N.I.M.N.); (G.A.); (N.A.H.N.)
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak 32610, Malaysia; (N.I.M.N.); (G.A.); (N.A.H.N.)
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak 32610, Malaysia; (N.I.M.N.); (G.A.); (N.A.H.N.)
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak 32610, Malaysia; (N.I.M.N.); (G.A.); (N.A.H.N.)
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar 32610, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia;
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- Bioprocess Engineering, Brawijaya University, Malang 65141, Indonesia;
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh 23111, Indonesia;
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Omir A, Satayeva A, Chinakulova A, Kamal A, Kim J, Inglezakis VJ, Arkhangelsky E. Behaviour of Aquaporin Forward Osmosis Flat Sheet Membranes during the Concentration of Calcium-Containing Liquids. MEMBRANES 2020; 10:E108. [PMID: 32456094 PMCID: PMC7281773 DOI: 10.3390/membranes10050108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2020] [Revised: 05/11/2020] [Accepted: 05/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This study aims to examine the scaling and performance of flat sheet aquaporin FO membranes in the presence of calcium salts. Experiments showed that the application of calcium sulphate (CaSO4) resulted in an 8%-78% decline in the water flux. An increase in the cross-flow velocity from 3 to 12 cm/s reduced the decline in the flux by 16%. The deposition of salt crystals on the membrane surface led to the alteration in the membrane's intrinsic properties. Microscopy, attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy, and X-Ray fluorescence (XRF) analyses confirmed measurements of the zeta potential and contact angle. The use of a three-salt mixture yielded severe scaling as compared with the application of calcium sulphate dehydrate (CaSO4 × 2H2O), i.e., a result of two different crystallisation mechanisms. We found that the amount of sodium chloride (NaCl), saturation index, cross-flow velocity, and flow regime all play an important role in the scaling of aquaporin FO flat sheet membranes.
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- Alibek Omir
- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering & Digital Sciences, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan 010000, Kazakhstan; (A.O.); (A.K.); (J.K.)
- Environmental Science & Technology Group (ESTg), Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan 010000, Kazakhstan; (A.S.); (A.C.); (V.J.I.)
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- Environmental Science & Technology Group (ESTg), Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan 010000, Kazakhstan; (A.S.); (A.C.); (V.J.I.)
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- Environmental Science & Technology Group (ESTg), Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan 010000, Kazakhstan; (A.S.); (A.C.); (V.J.I.)
- National Laboratory Astana, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan 010000, Kazakhstan
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- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering & Digital Sciences, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan 010000, Kazakhstan; (A.O.); (A.K.); (J.K.)
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- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering & Digital Sciences, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan 010000, Kazakhstan; (A.O.); (A.K.); (J.K.)
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- Environmental Science & Technology Group (ESTg), Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan 010000, Kazakhstan; (A.S.); (A.C.); (V.J.I.)
- Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering, School of Engineering & Digital Sciences, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan 010000, Kazakhstan
- The Environment & Resource Efficiency Cluster (EREC), Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan 010000, Kazakhstan
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- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering & Digital Sciences, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan 010000, Kazakhstan; (A.O.); (A.K.); (J.K.)
- Environmental Science & Technology Group (ESTg), Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan 010000, Kazakhstan; (A.S.); (A.C.); (V.J.I.)
- The Environment & Resource Efficiency Cluster (EREC), Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan 010000, Kazakhstan
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Electro-osmotic thermal process model for performance enhancement of forward osmosis integrated with membrane distillation. Sep Purif Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2019.116494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Naidu G, Tijing L, Johir M, Shon H, Vigneswaran S. Hybrid membrane distillation: Resource, nutrient and energy recovery. J Memb Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2020.117832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Research on Forward Osmosis Membrane Technology Still Needs Improvement in Water Recovery and Wastewater Treatment. WATER 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/w12010107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Forward osmosis (FO) has become an evolving membrane separation technology to recover water due to its strong retention capacity, sustainable membrane fouling, etc. Although a good deal of research has been extensively investigated in the past decades, major challenges still remain as follows: (1) the novel FO membrane material properties, which significantly influence the fouling of the FO membranes, the intolerance reverse solute flux (RSF), the high concentration polarization (CP), and the low permeate flux; (2) novel draw solution preparation and utilization; (3) salinity build-up in the FO system; (4) the successful implementation of the FO process. This work critically reviews the last five years’ literature in development of the novel FO membrane material, structure in modification, and preparation, including comparison and analysis on the traditional and novel draw solutes coupled with their effects on FO performance; application in wastewater treatment, especially hybrid system and integrated FO system; fouling mechanism; and cleaning strategy as discussed in the literature. The current barriers of the research results in each hotspot and the areas that can be improved are also analyzed in detail. The research hotspots in the research and development of the novel membrane materials in various countries and regions have been compared in recent years, and the work of variation in pop research hotspots in the past 10 years has been analyzed and the ideas that fill the blank gaps also have been proposed.
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Forward Osmosis Application in Manufacturing Industries: A Short Review. MEMBRANES 2018; 8:membranes8030047. [PMID: 30041478 PMCID: PMC6160976 DOI: 10.3390/membranes8030047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2018] [Revised: 07/10/2018] [Accepted: 07/10/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Forward osmosis (FO) is a membrane technology that uses the osmotic pressure difference to treat two fluids at a time giving the opportunity for an energy-efficient water and wastewater treatment. Various applications are possible; one of them is the application in industrial water management. In this review paper, the basic principle of FO is explained and the state-of-the-art regarding FO application in manufacturing industries is described. Examples of FO application were found for food and beverage industry, chemical industry, pharmaceutical industry, coal processing, micro algae cultivation, textile industry, pulp and paper industry, electronic industry, and car manufacturing. FO publications were also found about heavy metal elimination and cooling water treatment. However, so far FO was applied in lab-scale experiments only. The up-scaling on pilot- or full-scale will be the essential next step. Long-term fouling behavior, membrane cleaning methods, and operation procedures are essential points that need to be further investigated. Moreover, energetic and economic evaluations need to be performed before full-scale FO can be implemented in industries.
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