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New Advances in Membrane Separation Technology for Water Pollution Control and Membrane Fouling Mitigation

A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Applications for Water Treatment".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 September 2025 | Viewed by 364

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Zhonglong Yin

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School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
Interests: membrane fouling control; nanofiltration; catalytic membrane; water treatment and reuse; resoruce recovery; emerging contaminants removal
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Dr. Weichen Lin

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School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Interests: water/wastewater treatment; membrane-based technology; membrane fouling and control; computational fluid dynamics; membrane module design
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Water pollution is a serious threat to the ecological environment and human health. Benefiting from outstanding water quality, small footprints, and easy operation, membrane technology has achieved great attention in industrial separation and environmental protection. However, as “the Achilles heel” of membrane technology, membrane fouling is an inevitable issue. Therefore, it is urgent to develop advanced membrane materials and membrane processes for effective water pollution control and sustainable membrane fouling mitigation.

The Special Issue “New Advances in Membrane Separation Technology for Water Pollution Control and Membrane fouling mitigation” aims to contribute the latest advances of membrane separation technology. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • Membranes for ion/molecule separation.
  • Membrane separation technology for drinking water pollution control.
  • Membrane separation technology for wastewater pollution control.
  • Antifouling membrane materials.
  • Membrane cleaning strategies.
  • Self-cleaning membrane.
  • Advanced membrane fouling control strategies.
  • Catalytic membranes for enhanced separation and fouling control.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Zhonglong Yin
Dr. Weichen Lin
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Membranes is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2200 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • membrane separation
  • water pollution control
  • antifouling membrane
  • membrane cleaning
  • membrane fouling
  • self-cleaning membrane

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Prediction of Expected Fouling Time During Transmembrane Transition in Reverse Osmosis Systems
by Jozsef Lakner and Gabor Lakner
Membranes 2025, 15(6), 170; https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes15060170 - 6 Jun 2025
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Membrane filtration, including reverse osmosis filtration, is widely applied in water treatment worldwide, offering solutions to a broad range of separation challenges. However, due to the porous structure of membranes, they are prone to fouling, which reduces their efficiency and can eventually render [...] Read more.
Membrane filtration, including reverse osmosis filtration, is widely applied in water treatment worldwide, offering solutions to a broad range of separation challenges. However, due to the porous structure of membranes, they are prone to fouling, which reduces their efficiency and can eventually render the membranes incapable of functioning. In such cases, a systemic intervention becomes necessary, highlighting the importance of accurately predicting the expected fouling time. Various approaches for estimating fouling processes and times are well documented in the literature. However, a common limitation of these methods is that they typically assume constant and well-defined operating parameters over time. Under such stable conditions, the process can be described deterministically, and the fouling time can be predicted using straightforward extrapolation techniques. However, in industrial practice, process conditions often fluctuate due to multiple influencing factors, making fouling time a variable quantity. Therefore, it can be more appropriately treated as a random variable characterized by a mean value and standard deviation. Rather than predicting a precise fouling time, it is more relevant to define a probabilistic interval within which the fouling is expected to occur with a specified confidence level (e.g., 95%). The associated maintenance scheduling can then be optimized based on economic criteria. The probability-based model presented herein defines this interval based on operational measurements, thereby providing users with a time window during which maintenance should be planned. From this point forward, the exact timing of interventions becomes a matter of technical feasibility and economic optimization. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Advances in Membrane Separation Technology for Water Pollution Control and Membrane Fouling Mitigation)
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