Techno-economic assessment of a novel algal-membrane system versus conventional wastewater treatment and advanced potable reuse processes: Part II

Lugo, Abdiel; Xu, Xuesong; Abeysiriwardana-Arachchige, I.S.A.; Bandara, G.L. Chathurika L.; Nirmalakhandan, Nagamany; Xu, Pei

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.117189

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“…MD (Ge et al 2012), have been employed to recover the draw agents for reuse/recycling while generating product water for beneficial use. Regeneration of DS is the most expensive and energy-intensive step in the FO process, which determines the economics of implementing FO technologies (Lugo et al 2023). Overall, the energy requirement of the DS regeneration surpasses the energy saving from pumping in FO because the majority of these downstream techniques such as thermal evaporation, RO, and MD, consume large amounts of energy, primarily electricity.…”

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“…In the face of climate change and pressing water scarcity, many municipalities in the United States are increasingly considering the production of freshwater from the desalination of alternative water sources such as wastewater, brackish water, and seawater (Gude and Fthenakis 2020, Lugo et al 2023. In addition to providing a source of clean drinking water, desalination is employed by oil and gas (O&G) industries (Jiang et al 2022a, Delanka-Pedige et al 2023 and for cooling operations in power stations (Plata et al 2022).…”

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Review of solar-enabled desalination and implications for zero-liquid-discharge applications

Fthenakis,

Xu,

Zhang

et al. 2024

Prog. Energy

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Production of fresh water from desalination of the abundant saline water on the planet is increasingly considered as a climate change adoption measure. Yet, there are challenges associated with the cost and environmental impact of desalination. Effective integration of solar energy generation and freshwater production can address both issues. This review article highlights recent key advances in such integration achieved in a joint-research university-national laboratory partnership under the auspices of the United States Department of Energy (DOE) and parallel efforts world-wide.First, an overview of current and emerging desalination technologies and associated pretreatment and brine management technologies that together can result in zero-liquid-discharge (ZLD) systems is presented and their technological readiness levels are evaluated. Then advanced modeling techniques and new software platforms that enable optimization of solar-desalination applications with the dual objective of cost and environmental impact minimization are discussed. 

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Review of solar-enabled desalination and implications for zero-liquid-discharge applications

Fthenakis,

Xu,

Zhang

et al. 2024

Prog. Energy

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“…However, there are some difficulties in developing environment-sustainable wastewater reuse technology. Advanced wastewater treatment technology often has complex processes, which makes its management more cumbersome, and maintenance becomes more expensive [9,10]. In addition, the issues of energy consumption and the accompanying greenhouse gas emissions during the treatment process cannot be ignored [11][12][13].…”

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Using Natural and Artificial Microalgal-Bacterial Granular Sludge for Wastewater Effluent Polishing

Wang

Sun

Lin

et al. 2023

Water

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Marimo is a type of microalgal-bacterial granular sludge (MBGS) that exists in natural water bodies. For the first time, this paper explored the feasibility of marimo in real wastewater effluent polishing, focusing on nutrient removal as compared with MBGS. The results showed that the color of marimo gradually darkened during a 21-day experiment, and the chlorophyll content increased significantly. Although marimo and MBGS showed fairly similar removal performance in terms of NO3−-N and TN, marimo exhibited better phosphate removal as compared to MBGS. Marimo and MBGS contained different algae but the same bacterial phylum of Proteobacteria, including denitrifiers. In addition, marimo had a higher relative abundance of nitrite reductase than MBGS, suggesting that the denitrification process might also happen in addition to assimilation. This study is expected to initiate the application of marimo for wastewater effluent polishing and reclamation, shedding light on nature-based wastewater self-purification technology in the era of carbon neutrality.

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Phytoremediation Processes for the Removal of Heavy Metals

El-Moustaqim,

Tallou,

Mabrouki

et al. 2024

Studies in Systems, Decision and Control

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Techno-economic assessment of a novel algal-membrane system versus conventional wastewater treatment and advanced potable reuse processes: Part II

Cited by 5 publications

References 86 publications

Review of solar-enabled desalination and implications for zero-liquid-discharge applications

Review of solar-enabled desalination and implications for zero-liquid-discharge applications

Using Natural and Artificial Microalgal-Bacterial Granular Sludge for Wastewater Effluent Polishing

Phytoremediation Processes for the Removal of Heavy Metals

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