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Recent Submissions
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UK Innovation Potential in Advanced Water Treatment: Future Directions & Strategy II
(2012)During the workshop, three sessions were assigned to allow six interdisciplinary groups to explore fourteen questions. Detailed responses can be found in the attachment. From the discussions a number of key issues from ... -
UK Innovation Potential in Advanced Water Treatment: Future Directions & Strategy I
(2011)The below response to the twelve questions discussed by eight interdisciplinary groups during the water innovation workshop includes the breath of responses with some editorial comments (in italics). From those discussions ... -
Innovation in the Water Industry: Challenges and Opportunities from the Water Engineering Perspective
(DEFRA, 2011)In order to address the apparent lack of innovation in the UK water industry one ought to define this term in the context at hand. A definition that appears relevant to the process of water provision is; ‘Innovation is ... -
Micropollutant Sorption to Membrane Polymers: A Review of Mechanisms for Estrogens
(Elsevier, 2011)Organic micropollutants such as estrogens occur in water in increasing quantities from predominantly anthropogenic sources. In water such micropollutants partition to surfaces such as membrane polymers but also any other ... -
The effect of wind speed fluctuations on the performance of a wind-powered membrane system for brackish water desalination
(Elsevier, 2011)A wind-powered reverse osmosis membrane (wind-membrane) system without energy storage was tested using synthetic brackish water (2750 and 5500 mg/L NaCl) over a range of simulated wind speeds under both steady-state and ... -
Renewable energy powered membrane technology: Salt and inorganic contaminant removal by nanofiltration/reverse osmosis
(Elsevier, 2011)The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of fluctuating energy and pH on retention of dissolved contaminants from real Australian groundwaters using a solar (photovoltaic) powered ultrafiltration – ... -
Removal of pharmaceuticals and endocrine disrupting compounds in water recycling process using reverse osmosis systems
(Elsevier, 2011)A detailed investigation was carried out to evaluate the occurrence, persistence and fate of a range of micropollutants at different processing points at a full-scale water recycling plant (WRP) in Queensland, Australia. ... -
Sorption of pesticide endosulfan by electrodialysis membranes
(Elsevier, 2011)Endosulfan (ES) is a micropollutant found in reverse osmosis concentrates from water reuse applications. Electrodialysis (ED) can remove and recover charged solutes from such concentrates. While polar compounds cannot ... -
Design considerations for a solar-powered desalination system for remote communities in Australia
(Elsevier, 2002)Water in many areas of Australia is scarce and of poor quality. In some areas high levels of treatment are required either due to contamination of waters or due to high salinity. Nanofiltration (NF) and low-pressure reverse ... -
Photovoltaic-powered desalination system for remote Australian communities
(Elsevier, 2003)This paper reports on the design and successful field testing of a photovoltaic (PV)-powered desalination system. The system described here is intended for use in remote areas of the Australian outback, where fresh water ... -
Natural organic matter removal by nanofiltration: effects of solution chemistry on retention of low molar mass acids versus bulk organic matter
(Elsevier, 2004)The main emphasis of this study is the difference in behaviour between those two organic types. Stirred cell experiments were used to investigate charge and size effects in the rejection behaviour of bulk natural organics ... -
System design and performance testing of a hybrid membrane — photovltaic desalination system
(Elsevier, 2005)In some areas limited water resources combined with the fast growing population are leading to a crucial situation because of the increase in water demand. Besides, an estimated one billion people are living both without ... -
Removal and fouling mechanisms in nanofiltration of polysaccharide solutions
(Elsevier, 2005)Tubular membrane filtration is an important process when feed waters with a relatively high solids content are filtered. Such solids would normally have to be removed in a pre-treatment stage if spiral wound modules are ... -
Cost factors and chemical pretreatment effects in the membrane filtration of waters containing natural organic matter
(Elsevier, 2001)This paper compares the membrane processes available for water treatment. Membranes have the advantage of currently decreasing capital cost, a relatively small footprint compared to conventional treatment, generally a ... -
Removal of Natural Hormones by Nanofiltration Membranes: Measurement, Modeling, and Mechanisms
(Elsevier, 2004)The removal mechanisms of four natural steroid hormonesestradiol, estrone, testosterone, and progesteroneby nanofiltration (NF) membranes were investigated. Two nanofiltration membranes with quite different permeabilities ... -
Performance of a small solar-powered hybrid membrane system for remote communities under varying feedwater salinities
(IWA Publishing, 2004)An estimated 1 billion people are living both without access to clean drinking water or electricity. The small photovoltaic (PV)-powered hybrid membrane system described here is designed to address the plight of some ... -
Fouling mechanisms of submerged ultrafiltration membranes in greywater recycling
(Elsevier, 2005)This study examined the influence of greywater constituents on the fouling behaviour of submerged hollow fibre UF membranes during greywater treatment for recycling purposes. Experiments were carried out on a bench-scale ... -
The role of membrane processes in municipal wastewater reclamation and reuse
(Elsevier, 2005)Wastewater reuse presents a promising solution to the growing pressure on water resources. However, wastewater reuse implementation faces obstacles that include insufficient public acceptance, technical, economic and ... -
Assessment of Trace Estrogenic Contaminants Removal by Coagulant Addition, Powdered Activated Carbon Adsorption and Powdered Activated Carbon/Microfiltration Processes
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)Increasing attention is being paid to health and environmental risk as a result of the presence of trace steroid estrogens in the effluent discharged from municipal sewage treatment plants. This paper focuses on assessment ... -
Membrane filtration in water recycling: removal of natural hormones
(IWA Publishing, 2003)Recent detections of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in effluent are of great concern by sections of the community associated with the issue of reclaimed water recycling. In vitro and in vivo studies by many ...
