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Mujahid M, Umar Farooq M, Wang C, Arkook B, Harb M, Ren LF, Shao J. An Opportunity for Synergizing Desalination by Membrane Distillation Assisted Reverse-Electrodialysis for Water/Energy Recovery. CHEM REC 2024:e202400098. [PMID: 39289830 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202400098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2024] [Revised: 07/17/2024] [Indexed: 09/19/2024]
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Industry, agriculture, and a growing population all have a major impact on the scarcity of clean-water. Desalinating or purifying contaminated water for human use is crucial. The combination of thermal membrane systems can outperform conventional desalination with the help of synergistic management of the water-energy nexus. High energy requirement for desalination is a key challenge for desalination cost and its commercial feasibility. The solution to these problems requires the intermarriage of multidisciplinary approaches such as electrochemistry, chemical, environmental, polymer, and materials science and engineering. The most feasible method for producing high-quality freshwater with a reduced carbon footprint is demanding incorporation of industrial low-grade heat with membrane distillation (MD). More precisely, by using a reverse electrodialysis (RED) setup that is integrated with MD, salinity gradient energy (SGE) may be extracted from highly salinized MD retentate. Integrating MD-RED can significantly increase energy productivity without raising costs. This review provides a comprehensive summary of the prospects, unresolved issues, and developments in this cutting-edge field. In addition, we summarize the distinct physicochemical characteristics of the membranes employed in MD and RED, together with the approaches for integrating them to facilitate effective water recovery and energy conversion from salt gradients and freshwater.
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- Muhammad Mujahid
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200240, Shanghai, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200240, Shanghai, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200240, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200240, Shanghai, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200240, Shanghai, China
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Hekmatmehr H, Esmaeili A, Atashrouz S, Hadavimoghaddam F, Abedi A, Hemmati-Sarapardeh A, Mohaddespour A. On the evaluating membrane flux of forward osmosis systems: Data assessment and advanced intelligent modeling. WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH : A RESEARCH PUBLICATION OF THE WATER ENVIRONMENT FEDERATION 2024; 96:e10960. [PMID: 38168046 DOI: 10.1002/wer.10960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2023] [Revised: 11/04/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
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As an emerging desalination technology, forward osmosis (FO) can potentially become a reliable method to help remedy the current water crisis. Introducing uncomplicated and precise models could help FO systems' optimization. This paper presents the prediction and evaluation of FO systems' membrane flux using various artificial intelligence-based models. Detailed data gathering and cleaning were emphasized because appropriate modeling requires precise inputs. Accumulating data from the original sources, followed by duplicate removal, outlier detection, and feature selection, paved the way to begin modeling. Six models were executed for the prediction task, among which two are tree-based models, two are deep learning models, and two are miscellaneous models. The calculated coefficient of determination (R2 ) of our best model (XGBoost) was 0.992. In conclusion, tree-based models (XGBoost and CatBoost) show more accurate performance than neural networks. Furthermore, in the sensitivity analysis, feed solution (FS) and draw solution (DS) concentrations showed a strong correlation with membrane flux. PRACTITIONER POINTS: The FO membrane flux was predicted using a variety of machine-learning models. Thorough data preprocessing was executed. The XGBoost model showed the best performance, with an R2 of 0.992. Tree-based models outperformed neural networks and other models.
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- Hesamedin Hekmatmehr
- Renewable Energies Engineering Department, Faculty of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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- Renewable Energies Engineering Department, Faculty of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran
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- Institute of Unconventional Oil & Gas, Northeast Petroleum University, Heilongjiang, China
- Ufa State Petroleum Technological University, Ufa, Russia
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- College of Engineering and Technology, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait City, Kuwait
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- Department of Petroleum Engineering, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Reddy AS, Wanjari VP, Singh SP. Design, synthesis, and application of thermally responsive draw solutes for sustainable forward osmosis desalination: A review. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 317:137790. [PMID: 36626951 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.137790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2022] [Revised: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Forward osmosis (FO) is an emerging sustainable desalination technology; however, it is not a stand-alone process and requires an additional step to recover the water or regenerate the draw solute (DS), making it energy extensive. Therefore, incorporating inexpensive energy sources for DS regeneration is a viable solution to compete with reverse osmosis desalination technology. Hence, selecting suitable DS and its regeneration became a crucial research focus in FO desalination. Among various DSs reported, thermally responsive DSs (TRDS) provide an opportunity to integrate low-grade energy sources for DS regeneration. Utilizing such inexpensive energy will reduce fossil fuel energy demand, lower the cost of desalination, and minimize the carbon footprint. Hence, this review explores the TRDS for FO-based desalination with its design, synthesis, and applications. The manuscript has discussed the classification and selection criteria for the DSs, and how traditional and new-generation TRDSs are designed and synthesized from cationic and anionic moieties of ionic liquids, hydrogels, and other chemicals. The manuscript has also given importance to design criteria such as osmotic strength, viscosity, toxicity, and thermal stability for TRDSs. Furthermore, a detailed discussion on the FO performance, energy, and economic aspects of TRDSs has been reviewed, along with a discussion on the possible low-grade energy sources for the recovery of TRDS. Finally, the challenges and future directions for TRDSs have been discussed to drive FO toward sustainable desalination technology.
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- A Sudharshan Reddy
- Environmental Science and Engineering Department (ESED), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India
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- Centre for Research in Nanotechnology & Science (CRNTS), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India
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- Environmental Science and Engineering Department (ESED), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India; Centre for Research in Nanotechnology & Science (CRNTS), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India; Interdisciplinary Program in Climate Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India.
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Dutta S, Gupta RS, Pathan S, Bose S. Interpenetrating polymer networks for desalination and water remediation: a comprehensive review of research trends and prospects. RSC Adv 2023; 13:6087-6107. [PMID: 36814875 PMCID: PMC9939980 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra07843k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 01/22/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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Interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) architectures have gained a lot of interest in recent decades, mainly due to their wide range of applications including water treatment and environmental remediation. IPNs are composed of two or more crosslinked polymeric matrices that are physically entangled but not chemically connected. In polymer science, the interpenetrating network structure with its high polymer chain entanglement is commonly used to generate materials with many functional properties, such as mechanical robustness and adaptable structure. In order to remove a targeted pollutant from contaminated water, it is feasible to modify the network architectures to increase the selectivity by choosing the monomer appropriately. This review aims to give a critical overview of the recent design concepts of IPNs and their applications in desalination and water treatment and their future prospects. This article also discusses the inclusion of inorganic nanoparticles into traditional polymeric membrane networks and its advantages. In the first part, the current scenario for desalination, water pollution and conventional desalination technologies along with their challenges is discussed. Subsequently, the main strategies for the synthesis of semi-IPNs and full-IPNs, and their relevant properties in water remediation are presented based on the nature of the networks and mechanism, with an emphasis on the IPN membrane. This review article has thoroughly investigated and critically assessed published works that describe the latest study on developing IPN membranes, hydrogels and composite materials in water purification and desalination. The goal of this critical analysis is to elicit fresh perspectives regarding the application and advantages of IPNs in desalination and water treatment. This article will also provide a glimpse into future areas of research to address the challenges relating to advanced water treatment as well as its emerging sustainable approaches. The study has put forward a convincing justification and establishes the relevance of IPNs being one of the most intriguing and important areas for achieving a sustainable generation of advanced materials that could benefit mankind.
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- Soumi Dutta
- Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru 560012 India
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- Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru 560012 India
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- Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru 560012 India
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- Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru 560012 India
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Teodoro JA, Arend GD, Proner MC, Verruck S, Rezzadori K. A review on membrane separation processes focusing on food industry environment-friendly processes. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2022; 63:11275-11289. [PMID: 35758250 DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2022.2092057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Food processing industries have led to several environmental impacts due to their high water and energy consumption, as well as soil and water bodies' contamination through improper waste disposal. Membrane Separation Processes (MSP) emerge as an important alternative to enable the adoption of sustainable processes by food industries, since satisfying the requests of innovative processes and equipment design, such as smaller, cleaner, more energy-efficient processes (mild conditions) without the usage of chemical agents. Membrane-based processes fulfill these requirements, and their potential has been broadly recognized in the last few years. This review provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the application of MSP in sustainable processes in the different segments of the food industry over the last 10 years. Waste and wastewater treatment, recovery of valuable compounds and water for reuse, and alternatives to high energy consumption processes were identified as sustainable processes in this context. One trend found is the potential for adding value to production chains by obtaining valuable compounds that have not been explored yet. As a perspective for future research, this review showed that it is advisable to implement MSP in different industrial environments in order to make current processes environmentally sustainable and less polluting.
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- Jessica A Teodoro
- Department of Food Science and Technology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Department of Chemical and Food Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Department of Chemical and Food Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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Valdés H, Saavedra A, Flores M, Vera-Puerto I, Aviña H, Belmonte M. Reverse Osmosis Concentrate: Physicochemical Characteristics, Environmental Impact, and Technologies. MEMBRANES 2021; 11:753. [PMID: 34677518 PMCID: PMC8541667 DOI: 10.3390/membranes11100753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2021] [Revised: 09/24/2021] [Accepted: 09/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This study's aim is to generate a complete profile of reverse osmosis concentrate (ROC), including physicochemical characteristics, environmental impact, and technologies for ROC treatment, alongside element recovery with potential valorization. A systematic literature review was used to compile and analyze scientific information about ROC, and systematic identification and evaluation of the data/evidence in the articles were conducted using the methodological principles of grounded data theory. The literature analysis revealed that two actions are imperative: (1) countries should impose strict regulations to avoid the contamination of receiving water bodies and (2) desalination plants should apply circular economies. Currently, synergizing conventional and emerging technologies is the most efficient method to mitigate the environmental impact of desalination processes. However, constructed wetlands are an emerging technology that promise to be a viable multi-benefit solution, as they can provide simultaneous treatment of nutrients, metals, and trace organic contaminants at a relatively low cost, and are socially accepted; therefore, they are a sustainable solution.
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- Hugo Valdés
- Centro de Innovación en Ingeniería Aplicada (CIIA), Departamento de Computación e Industrias, Facultad de Ciencias de la Ingeniería, Universidad Católica del Maule (UCM), Av. San Miguel 3605, Talca 3460000, Chile
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Av. Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins 3363, Estación Central 9160000, Chile
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- Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Santo Tomás, Avenida Carlos Schorr 255, Talca 3473620, Chile;
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- Centro de Innovación en Ingeniería Aplicada (CIIA), Departamento de Obras Civiles, Facultad de Ciencias de la Ingeniería, Universidad Católica del Maule, Av. San Miguel 3605, Talca 3460000, Chile;
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- iiDEA Group, Department of Industrial and Environmental Process Engineering, Engineering Institute, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico;
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología, Medio Ambiente e Ingeniería (LABMAI), Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Playa Ancha, Avda. Leopoldo Carvallo 270, Valparaíso 2340000, Chile;
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