Smart composite membranes for advanced wastewater treatments

doi:10.1016/B978-1-78242-283-9.00014-2

Smart Composite Coatings and Membranes

Transport, Structural, Environmental and Energy Applications

Woodhead Publishing Series in Composites Science and Engineering

2016, Pages 371-419

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In the present chapter, an overview of novel composite membranes for wastewater treatment is given. Modification of conventional thin-film composites (TFCs), thin-film nanocomposite membranes (TFNs), and nanostructured composite membranes forming nanodomains are three possible strategies to obtain composite membranes with outstanding performance in terms of permeability and fouling resistance. These membranes offer interesting solutions in particular for the fouling problem of composite membranes in reverse osmosis or nanofiltration operations integrated with ultrafiltration, microfiltration, or membrane bioreactors.

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