Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33335447›Full record

ArticleSeparation and purification technology2020

Ultrafiltration pretreatment enhances membrane distillation flux, resilience and permeate quality during water recovery from concentrated blackwater (urine/faeces).

F Kamranvand, C J Davey, L Williams, A Parker, Y Jiang, S Tyrrel, E J McAdam

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Article in Separation and purification technology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Technologies for pollutant removal and resource recovery from blackwater: a review.Frontiers of environmental science & engineering · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

F KamranvandCranfield Water Science Institute, Vincent Building, Cranfield University, Bedfordshire MK43 0AL, UK.
C J DaveyCranfield Water Science Institute, Vincent Building, Cranfield University, Bedfordshire MK43 0AL, UK.
L WilliamsCentre for Creative and Competitive Design, Cranfield University, Bedfordshire MK43 0AL, UK.
A ParkerCranfield Water Science Institute, Vincent Building, Cranfield University, Bedfordshire MK43 0AL, UK.
Y JiangCentre for Thermal Energy Systems and Materials, Cranfield University, Bedfordshire MK43 0AL, UK.
S TyrrelCranfield Water Science Institute, Vincent Building, Cranfield University, Bedfordshire MK43 0AL, UK.
E J McAdamCranfield Water Science Institute, Vincent Building, Cranfield University, Bedfordshire MK43 0AL, UK.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, the pretreatment of concentrated blackwater using ultrafiltration (UF) was shown to improve the permeability, selectivity and robustness of membrane distillation (MD) for application to wastewater treatment. Concentrated blackwater comprises urine and faeces, with minimal flushwater added. The faecal contribution increased the soluble organic fraction and introduced coarse and colloidal particles into the urine, which increased resistance to filtration during dead-end UF. Ultrafiltration removed the particulate and colloidal fractions (MW > 500 kDa) from the blackwater, which permitted similar permeability and robustness for MD to that observed with urine (29.9 vs 25.9 kg m

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AmmoniaFaecesFoulingSanitationSingle-householdUrine

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PMID33335447
PMCPMC7511602

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