Showing papers in "Desalination in 2011"

TL;DR: In this paper, the use of agricultural solid wastes to remove two classes of dye, cationic and anionic dyes, was discussed and a simple comparison among cationi-and anionic dye adsorption by the same adsorbent was made, thus possibly opening the door for a better understanding of the dye-classified adaption process.

TL;DR: In this article, rice husk treated with NaOH was used as a low cost adsorbent for the removal of malachite green from aqueous solution in batch adsorption procedure.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed the fouling control in ultra-filtration technology for drinking water production in terms of different effective pretreatments and operation methods and discussed specific mechanisms and future research required are also discussed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the degradation of azo dyes using transition metal doped TiO 2 as photocatalysts in aqueous solutions is discussed, and the available pathways and mechanisms of degradation are presented.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a comprehensive review and assessment of desalination technologies such as thermal which includes multi-stage flash (MSF) and multiple effect distillation (MED), membrane reverse osmosis (RO), and hybrid (MS F/MED-RO).

TL;DR: A review of recent advances in reverse osmosis technology as related to the major issues of concern in this rapidly growing desalination method is presented in this article, where a summary of the major advances in RO performance and mechanism modeling is also presented and available transport models are introduced.

TL;DR: In this paper, the causes, consequences and control of biofouling in RO membranes used for seawater desalination are discussed in some detail: biofilm formation, role of EPS, and sequence of events leading to bio fouling.

TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of electrode material, current density, wastewater pH and conductivity on removal performance was explored, and the results showed that metal removal increased with increasing current density and pH.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of pH, initial concentration of lead(II) ions, contact time, and adsorbent dosage on the adsorption was studied in a batch process mode.

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of operational parameters such as adsorbent dosage, dye concentration, inorganic anion (salt), pH and temperature onto dye removal was studied.

TL;DR: A review on boron removal from seawater can be found in this article, where the main focus is on current and future technologies, current and the future for the removal of Boron.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the biosorption of Cu(II) and Cr(III) ions from aqueous solutions by peanut shell biomass as a function of initial pH, initial biomass concentration and temperature.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the heterogeneous catalytic Fenton processes for synthetic dye abatement in wastewater for the past five years, though some earlier researches which were fruitful in the field will also discussed.

TL;DR: In this article, the ability of palm kernel fiber (PKF) to adsorb methylene blue (MB) and crystal violet (CV) from aqueous solutions has been studied.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors have synthesized the graphene sheets by hydrogen induced exfoliation of graphitic oxide followed by functionalization, and these functionalized graphene sheets were used for simultaneous removal of high concentration of inorganic species of arsenic (both trivalent and pentavalent) and sodium from aqueous solution using supercapacitor based water filter.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review on solar still performance is presented, the results indicated that, the basin water depth is considered the main parameter that affects the still performance, the review showed that; the solar still cover with inclination equal to latitude angle receives sun rays close to normal sun rays throughout the year.

TL;DR: In this paper, a gas hydrate-based desalination system was proposed with a dual cylinder unit, which is able to extract hydrate pellets from the reactor containing hydrate slurries.

TL;DR: In this paper, a tubular ceramic microfiltration (α-Al 2 O 3 ) system was employed for treatment of a typical oily wastewater comes from API effluent of Tehran refinery.

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of metal coagulant-polymer on membrane fouling was investigated and factors that improved the coagulation were studied in detail and suitable metal co-agulants were presented.

TL;DR: In this article, up-to-date technologies to be applied in conjunction with sonochemical degradation process for enhancing degradation of recalcitrant organic compounds are reviewed as effective methods to increase the generation of free hydroxyl radical (OH) in wastewater.

TL;DR: In this paper, a polyethylenimine (PEI) grafted magnetic porous adsorbent for highly effective adsorption of heavy metals was developed, which was confirmed by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) analysis.

TL;DR: In this paper, a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)/sulfonated polyethersulfone (SPES) blend membrane was modified using TiO2 nano-particles.

TL;DR: In this article, the performance of asymmetric polysulfone membranes was evaluated in terms of pure water flux (PWF), protein rejection, porosity, contact angle, tensile strength, and elongation at break.

TL;DR: In this article, polysulfone (PSF) hollow fiber membranes with enhanced performance for humic acid removal were prepared from a dope solution containing PSF/DMAc/PVP/TiO2.

TL;DR: In this paper, the removal of antibiotic metronidazole (MNZ) in aqueous solution by nanoscale zero-valent iron (NZVI) particles was investigated.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a review assessment of the current status of the brewery wastewater treatment processes including potential applications for reuse, and provide recommendations for future developments, as well as discuss key challenges for both the treatment and reuse of brewery wastewater.

TL;DR: In this article, the effectiveness of removing ammonium ion and the theoretical aspects of adsorption including adaption isotherm, kinetics and thermodynamics as well as desorption-regeneration studies.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors described adsorption of methylene blue (MB) by peanut husk in batch and fixed-bed column modes at 293 K. Nonlinear regressive method was used to obtain relative parameters of adaption models.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of pore-forming hydrophilic additives on the porous asymmetric polyvinylideneflouride (PVDF) ultrafiltration membrane morphology and transport properties for refinery produced wastewater treatment was investigated.

TL;DR: In this article, forward osmosis (FO) was used to reduce the energy consumption of indirect desalination and extract water from impaired sources by using a secondary wastewater effluent as feed water and Red Sea water as a draw solution.