Advances in Urban Wastewater Treatment Using Membrane Processes
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Water Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 May 2025) | Viewed by 2312
Special Issue Editors
Interests: membrane technology in micropollutant removal; electrospun membranes; inorganic membranes; biomembranes
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Interests: separation processes; enzyme immobilization; biodegradation of hazardous pollutants; membrane bioreactors
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Membrane processes are the most widely applied and versatile technologies available for quick and easy separation of the mixture constituents. Although membrane technologies are remarkably effective, the complexity of the processes in which they are employed makes it necessary to improve them continuously. One of the most renowned and challenging applications of membrane processes is wastewater treatment. The complexity of urban wastewater, which includes solid and liquid contaminants of various characters and properties, favors the use of membrane technology as the most efficient method of treating large volumes of wastewater quickly and effectively. However, selectivity and membrane fouling are constantly a great concern, along with the selectivity of the membranes and the application of membrane processes in valuable compound recovery from wastewater.
Therefore, the aim of this Special Issue is to present novel approaches to membrane technologies applied in urban wastewater treatment, as well as the utilization of urban wastewater membrane technologies for valuable substance recovery from wastewater and the implementation of various membrane types and reactors for efficient separation of multiple compounds to support the sustainability of urban society.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Advanced membrane technologies for wastewater treatment.
- Membrane bioreactors.
- Wastewater emerging contaminants separation.
- Membrane separation and recovery of valuable compounds.
- Advances in membrane materials.
- Membrane-based processes in wastewater.
- Advances in membrane technologies and membrane fouling.
- Selective membranes in urban wastewater treatment.
- Sustainable membrane technologies.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Agata Zdarta
Dr. Katarzyna Anna Jankowska
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- membrane processes
- urban wastewater
- membrane reactors
- valuable compound separation and recovery
- membrane technology
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