A review on the applicability of integrated/hybrid membrane processes in water treatment and desalination plants
Wei Lun Ang, Abdul Wahab Mohammad, Nidal Hilal, Choe Peng Leo
Conventional processes involved in water treatment, either in water treatment plants or reverse osmosis desalination plants, have encountered several obstacles that have severely affected their performances and efficiencies. Pollution of natural water resources, increasing demand and overuse of clean water have all put critical stress on currently available conventional water treatment/desalination plants. Due to these problems, integrated/hybrid membrane processes have attracted much interest. An integrated/hybrid membrane system is a process which combines a membrane filtration unit (microfiltration/ultrafiltration/nanofiltration) with other processes such as coagulation, adsorption and ion exchange. Alternatively, it can be a combination of different membranes in the same system with a conventional process. The purpose of this paper is to review the applicability of integrated/hybrid membrane systems in water treatment plants and reverse osmosis desalination plants. The literature shows that many benefits and marked improvements could be achieved with integrated/hybrid membrane processes, such as enhanced quality of the water produced, energy savings, environmental friendliness, and reductions in the capital and operating costs of the plants. The implications of the integrated membrane system prove that it has huge potential to be widely applied and can lead to a breakthrough in solving the problem of water scarcity.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2014.03.008
desalination plant
Integrated/hybrid membrane process
Membrane pretreatment
Chemical Engineering(all)
Water Science and Technology
Ang, W. L., Mohammad, A. W., Hilal, N., & Leo, C. P. (2015). A review on the applicability of integrated/hybrid membrane processes in water treatment and desalination plants. Desalination, 363, 2-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2014.03.008
A review on the applicability of integrated/hybrid membrane processes in water treatment and desalination plants. / Ang, Wei Lun; Mohammad, Abdul Wahab; Hilal, Nidal; Leo, Choe Peng.
In: Desalination, Vol. 363, 01.05.2015, p. 2-18.
Ang, WL, Mohammad, AW, Hilal, N & Leo, CP 2015, 'A review on the applicability of integrated/hybrid membrane processes in water treatment and desalination plants', Desalination, vol. 363, pp. 2-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2014.03.008
Ang WL, Mohammad AW, Hilal N, Leo CP. A review on the applicability of integrated/hybrid membrane processes in water treatment and desalination plants. Desalination. 2015 May 1;363:2-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2014.03.008
Ang, Wei Lun ; Mohammad, Abdul Wahab ; Hilal, Nidal ; Leo, Choe Peng. / A review on the applicability of integrated/hybrid membrane processes in water treatment and desalination plants. In: Desalination. 2015 ; Vol. 363. pp. 2-18.
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