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- 1Debnath, Nandini
- 1Enayat, Arian
- 1Helali,Nusrat
- 1ISMAIL, MD FARHAD
- 1Khorshidi Mianaee, Behnam
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Fall 2017
Membrane technology is currently widely used for separation of ions, colloids, organic matter and macromolecules. Among various membrane processes, nanofiltration (NF) and reverse osmosis (RO) with thin film nanocomposite (TFC) polyamide (PA) membrane at the heart of the separation process is...
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Spring 2020
With the advancement in microfabrication technology, on-chip membrane fouling study has undergone significant development and improvement for the last two decades. A single-chip microfluidic filtration platform integrates the benefits of both microfluidics and membrane technology. In this regard,...
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Development of a hybrid wheat straw adsorption and microfiltration system for oily wastewater treatment
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Effective, economical, and sustainable treatment technologies are highly desirable for treating oily wastewater generated from various industries as well as municipal and commercial establishments. The performance of traditional polymeric membranes is largely constrained by their high fouling...
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Development of a self-sustained model to predict the water desalination performance of the membrane distillation process
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The water crisis, as a result of the rapid increase in world population, industrialization, and extreme drought, has become one of the most global risks to the environmental, social, and economic development of many countries. The release of contaminants from the industries into water resources...
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Development of hydrophilic polyamide imide microfiltration/ultrafiltration membranes for oil sands produced water treatment
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Endless growth of petrochemical, metallurgical, and food industries has resulted in massive water pollution caused by oily materials. Membrane separation processes is one of the fastest emerging technologies for oily wastewater treatment due to their distinct advantages over traditional...
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Spring 2021
Membrane desalination processes have attracted much attention in the last few decades with regards to water purification. While some methods such as reverse osmosis (RO) are demonstrated at the commercial scale, some such as membrane distillation (MD) have not been deployed, mainly due to issues...
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Fall 2015
Forward osmosis (FO) technology has attracted a lot of attention in the last decade due to its promising future to provide clean water and energy. In this study the feasibility of FO was studied for treatment of SAGD produced water. First, the effects of temperature, flow rate and pH of the feed...
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Fall 2021
Instability, morphology, and dewetting of thin films have been the subject of intensive research due to their important industrial and technological applications, including decorative or protective coatings, an intervening media in liquid-liquid emulsions, and polymer films in soft lithography....
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Numerical Modelling of Electrokinetic Flow in Microchannels: Streaming Potential and Electroosmosis
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Investigating the flow-behavior in microfluidic systems has become of interest due to the need for precise control of the mass and momentum transport in microfluidic devices. In multiphase flows, precise control of the flow behavior is much more challenging as it depends on multiple parameters....
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Probing surface properties at the nanoscale: effects of physicochemical heterogeneity on membrane wettability
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Water purification by polymeric membranes has been abundantly applied to address global challenges of water scarcity and pollution of aquatic environments. Polymeric membranes are excellent candidates for low cost and energy-efficient high-quality water purification process. However, progress in...