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Committee Report: Membrane processes
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1998.tb08457.x
Subject(s) - biofouling , context (archaeology) , membrane , water treatment , environmental science , scale (ratio) , engineering , environmental planning , environmental engineering , chemistry , geography , biochemistry , archaeology , cartography
Researchers are tackling issues related to larger modules and plants, pretreatment, permitting, and disposal of residuals. This review focuses on membrane technology research needs in the context of drinking water treatment. It considers practical issues like membrane piloting, scale‐up, residuals discharge, and costs, as well as more fundamental issues like membrane polymers, surface characterization, biofouling, and modeling of the transport of dissolved and particulate species in membrane systems. It is concluded that because the period since this committee's last report has been a fertile one for research, many new questions have arisen on both applied and fundamental issues in the development, use, and understanding of membrane processes in drinking water treatment.