Desalination 284 (2012) v–vi
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Review Current trends and future prospects in the design of seawater reverse osmosis desalination technology B. Peñate and L. García-Rodríguez (Spain) Original Articles Promotion effect of Fe2+ and Fe3O4 on nitrate reduction using zero-valent iron J. Xu, Z. Hao, C. Xie, X. Lv, Y. Yang and X. Xu (PR China) Analysis of an ultrafiltration model: Influence of operational conditions M.-C. Vincent-Vela, B. Cuartas-Uribe, S. Álvarez-Blanco and J. Lora-García (Spain) Modeling of nitrate removal for ion exchange resin in batch and fixed bed experiments A.A. Hekmatzadeh, A. Karimi-Jashani, N. Talebbeydokhti and B. Kløve (Iran, Finland) Effect of lag time in interfacial polymerization on polyamide composite membrane with different hydrophilic sub layers M. Fathizadeh, A. Aroujalian and A. Raisi (Iran) Comparative life cycle assessment of water treatment plants A. Bonton, C. Bouchard, B. Barbeau and S. Jedrzejak (Canada) Experimental study of a novel portable solar still by utilizing the heatpipe and thermoelectric module N. Rahbar and J.A. Esfahani (Iran) Pretreatment of acrylic fiber manufacturing wastewater by the Fenton process J. Li, Z. Luan, L. Yu and Z. Ji (China) Numerical investigation of the effect of inlet skew angle on the performance of mechanical vapor compressor M.N. Labib, S.S. Kim, D. Choi, T. Utomo, H. Chung and H. Jeong (South Korea, Indonesia) Performance characteristics of hydrothermal and sonication assisted electroless plating baths for nickel–ceramic composite membrane fabrication V.K. Bulasara, M.S. Abhimanyu, T. Pranav, R. Uppaluri and M.K. Purkait (India) Seawater reverse osmosis desalination driven by a solar Organic Rankine Cycle: Design and technology assessment for medium capacity range B. Peñate and L. García-Rodríguez (Spain) Membrane permeate flux and rejection factor prediction using intelligent systems J. Sargolzaei, M. Haghighi Asl and A. Hedayati Moghaddam (Iran) Metal ion transport through a polystyrene-based cobalt arsenate membrane: Application of irreversible thermodynamics and theory of absolute reaction rates T. Arfin and Rafiuddin (South Africa, India) The concentration, resistance, and potential distribution across a cation exchange membrane in 1:2 (Na2SO4) type aqueous solution Y. Wang, A. Wang, X. Zhang and T. Xu (China) Removal of styrene from petrochemical wastewater using pervaporation process M. Aliabadi, A. Aroujalian and A. Raisi (Iran) Enhanced adsorption of dye on magnetic Fe3O4 via HCl-assisted sonication pretreatment H. Wang, Y. Shen, C. Shen, Y. Wen and H. Li (China) Effect of hydrophobicity of humic substances on electro-ultrafiltration Y.-H. Weng, Y.-C. Wang, Y.-T. Tsai, C.-J. Chuang, C.P. Huang and K.-C. Li (Taiwan, USA) Liquid–liquid extraction of Cibacron Red FN-R by TBAB as an extractant G. Muthuraman, T.T. Teng and S.H. Tan (India, Malaysia) Efficient removal of anionic surfactant using partial template-containing MCM-41 A. Ariapad, M.A. Zanjanchi and M. Arvand (Iran)
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Application of zeolite-Arthrobacter viscosus system for the removal of heavy metal and dye: Chromium and Azure B E. Rosales, M. Pazos, M.A. Sanromán and T. Tavares (Spain, Portugal) Sunlight assisted photodecolorization of crystal violet catalyzed by CdS nanoparticles embedded on zeolite A A. Nezamzadeh-Ejhieh and Z. Banan (Iran) Biosorption properties of green tomato husk (Physalis philadelphica Lam) for iron, manganese and iron–manganese from aqueous systems A. García-Mendieta, M.T. Olguín and M. Solache-Ríos (Mexico) Brackish water desalination by a hybrid forward osmosis–nanofiltration system using divalent draw solute S. Zhao, L. Zou and D. Mulcahy (Australia) Development of a three-stage system for the treatment and reclamation of wastewater containing nano-scale particles B.M. Yang, C.J. Huang, W.L. Lai, C.C. Chang and C.M. Kao (Taiwan) Preparation and characterization of ion-selective polyvinyl chloride based heterogeneous cation exchange membrane modified by magnetic iron–nickel oxide nanoparticles S.M. Hosseini, S.S. Madaeni, A.R. Heidari and A. Amirimehr (Iran) Synthesis, electrochemical characterization, antibacterial study and evaluation of fixed charge density of polystyrene based calciumstrontium phosphate composite membrane M.M.A. Khan and Rafiuddin (India) The effect of pH on the formation of a gypsum scale in the presence of a phosphonate antiscalant Y.O. Rosenberg, I.J. Reznik, S. Zmora-Nahum and J. Ganor (Israel) A feasibility study on water softening by electrodeionization with the periodic polarity change H.-J. Lee, M.-K. Hong and S.-H. Moon (Republic of Korea) A simple, low-cost flow rate measurement technique for bench-scale RO fouling experiments F.C. Kent, M. Graziani, K. Farahbakhsh and G.A. Gagnon (Canada) Experimental analysis of a multi-effect distillation unit operated out of nominal conditions P. Fernández-Izquierdo, L. García-Rodríguez, D.-C. Alarcón-Padilla, P. Palenzuela and I. Martín-Mateos (Spain) The effect of synthesized hydrolyzed polymaleic anhydride (HPMA) on the crystal of calcium carbonate Z. Shen, J. Li, K. Xu, L. Ding and H. Ren (China) The application of the Bacterial Regrowth Potential method and Flow Cytometry for biofouling detection at the Penneshaw Desalination Plant in South Australia M.B. Dixon, T. Qiu, M. Blaikie and C. Pelekani (Australia) Systematic approach for draw solute selection and optimal system design for forward osmosis desalination T.-w. Kim, Y. Kim, C. Yun, H. Jang, W. Kim and S. Park (South Korea) Performance of different configurations of hybrid growth membrane bioreactor (HG-MBR) for treatment of mixed wastewater F. Yang, Y. Wang, A. Bick, J. Gilron, A. Brenner, L. Gillerman, M. Herzberg and G. Oron (Israel) The effect of blending ratio on the compatibility, morphology, thermal behavior and pure water permeation of asymmetric CAP/PVDF membranes H.-H. Tseng, G.-L. Zhuang, G.-L. Zhuang and Y.-C. Su (Taiwan) The role of inorganic ions in the calcium carbonate scaling of seawater reverse osmosis systems T. Waly, M.D. Kennedy, G.-J. Witkamp, G. Amy and J.C. Schippers (The Netherlands, Saudi Arabia) CFD simulation of baffles arrangement for gelatin-water ultrafiltration in rectangular channel M.A. Monfared, N. Kasiri, A. Salahi and T. Mohammadi (Iran) Commercial PTFE membranes for membrane distillation application: Effect of microstructure and support material S. Adnan, M. Hoang, H. Wang and Z. Xie (Australia) Enzymatic hydrolysis of inulin in a bioreactor coupled with an ultrafiltration membrane H. Hang, W. Mu, B. Jiang, M. Zhao, L.(Leon) Zhou, T. Zhang and M. Miao (China, USA) Mass transfer simulation of ion separation by nanofiltration considering electrical and dielectrical effects F. Fadaei, V. Hoshyargar, S. Shirazian and S.N. Ashrafizadeh (Iran) Characterization of membrane fouling in a microfiltration ceramic membrane system treating secondary effluent H. Zhu, X. Wen and X. Huang (PR China) A CFD study on the effect of spacer orientation on temperature polarization in membrane distillation modules M. Shakaib, S.M.F. Hasani, I. Ahmed and R.M. Yunus (Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan) The optimal MBR configuration: Hybrid versus stand-alone — Comparison between three full-scale MBRs treating municipal wastewater P. Krzeminski, W. Langhorst, P. Schyns, D. de Vente, R. Van den Broeck, I.Y. Smets, J.F.M. Van Impe, J.H.J.M. van der Graaf and J.B. van Lier (The Netherlands, Belgium) Short Communication Dense membranes precoated with aluminium tridecamer (Al13) for water treatment J.C.-T. Lin, A.-C. Cheng, Y.-F. Lin, D.-J. Lee and W.-M. Guo (Taiwan) Errata Erratum to “Effects of working temperature on separation performance, membrane scaling and cleaning in forward osmosis desalination” [Desalination 278 (2011) 157–164] S. Zhao and L. Zou (Australia) Corrigendum to “Concentration of ginseng extracts aqueous solution by vacuum membrane distillation 2. Theory analysis of critical operating conditions and experimental confirmation” [Desalination 267 (2011) 147–153] Z.-P. Zhao, C.-Y. Zhu, D.-Z. Liu and W.-F. Liu (China)
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