Challenges and opportunities for electro-driven desalination processes in sustainable applications

IF 8 2区工程技术 Q1 BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering Pub Date : 2023-10-07 DOI:10.1016/j.coche.2023.100972

Eva M Deemer , Pei Xu , Rafael Verduzco , William Shane Walker

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Abstract

Electro-driven separation processes offer several potential advantages over pressure-driven separation processes such as reverse osmosis for water reuse and desalination, including energy savings for low-salinity waters, cation or anion selectivity, and versatility for fit-for-purpose treatment. In this perspective, we review technologies for electro-driven separation processes and evaluate their prospect for marginalized water sources and fit-for-purpose water treatment, which include improving freshwater sustainability, protecting environmental flows, and improving recycling of industrial process streams and municipal wastewater reuse. We discuss critical aspects related to application, implementation, and techno-economic evaluation of electro-driven separation technologies. Electro-driven processes provide viable options to enhance a circular water economy by reducing salinity and selectively separating contaminants while recovering valuable products with increased environmental sustainability.

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Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGYENGINE-ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL

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12.80

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3.00%

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114

期刊介绍： Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering is devoted to bringing forth short and focused review articles written by experts on current advances in different areas of chemical engineering. Only invited review articles will be published. The goals of each review article in Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering are: 1. To acquaint the reader/researcher with the most important recent papers in the given topic. 2. To provide the reader with the views/opinions of the expert in each topic. The reviews are short (about 2500 words or 5-10 printed pages with figures) and serve as an invaluable source of information for researchers, teachers, professionals and students. The reviews also aim to stimulate exchange of ideas among experts. Themed sections: Each review will focus on particular aspects of one of the following themed sections of chemical engineering: 1. Nanotechnology 2. Energy and environmental engineering 3. Biotechnology and bioprocess engineering 4. Biological engineering (covering tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, drug delivery) 5. Separation engineering (covering membrane technologies, adsorbents, desalination, distillation etc.) 6. Materials engineering (covering biomaterials, inorganic especially ceramic materials, nanostructured materials). 7. Process systems engineering 8. Reaction engineering and catalysis.