How to Best Extend the Membranes Lifetime? A Modules Management Strategy that Leverages 25 Years of Experience in Operating Membranes Facilities
The paper gathers the best practices of 25 years of experience in operating MF/UF membrane facilities and is based on an overview of 10 water treatment plants equipped with different […]
No Membranes without Oil, No – Last – Oil without Membranes
There is a global challenge to efficiently use water sources and opportunities with membranes in the oil production, refining, and petrochemical sectors. Membrane technology developments in these fields include produced […]
Advancements in Membrane Technology
This presentation on advancements of membrane technology is from a preconference workshop in 2014 that discussed optimization in membrane plant performance. New developments in large diameter elements system design, membrane […]
Theoretical and Experimental Validation of Water Gap Membrane Distillation
This paper discussed the theoretical and experimental validation of a water gap membrane distillation (WGMD) process that has been successfully tested for seawater desalination. A detailed investigation on the influence […]
Tangential Flow Membrane Filtration (TFMF) Applications in Wastewater Reuse and Brackish Groundwater Plus High Chloride Surface Water Treatment
This paper addresses the challenges the nation, especially Texas, is facing due to the ongoing drought, and discusses how proper optimized application of tangential flow filtration (TFF) membrane processes can […]
The Need for Seed: Building Biomass at an MBR Plant
This paper tracks and examines the sensitive nature of the membranes, seeding process, biomass growth rate, lessons learned and plant startup results for the two Membrane Bioreactors (MBR) located in […]
Energy Consumption Modeling in Seawater Desalination
As more seawater desalting facilities are being planned there is the need for a reliable and accurate tool to predict, on a local basis and site specific treatment process, the […]
UF/NF Treatment of Organic Laden Wastewater in Industrial Pulp and Paper Wastewater
A nanofiltration membrane was successful in removing color ina highly colored wastewater from a pulp and paper plant. Initial lab trials with this color removal NF membrane and plant wastewater […]
The Round Mountain WTP: A Brackish Water RO Facility for Water Self-Reliance and Regional Salinity Management
This paper and presentation address the permitting issues and cost evaluation for an inland brackish water treatment plant. The solution to these challenges created a successful model for the region […]
Economics of Brackish Water Resources
In Arizona, fresh water sources are currently and will continue to be limited. Natural surface waters are already fully developed, many groundwater sources are being over drafted, and the State’s […]
