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ReviewMembranes2024

Advanced Low-Cost Natural Materials for High-Performance Oil-Water Filtration Membranes: Achievements, Challenges, and Future Directions.

Nthabiseng Ramanamane, Mothibeli Pita, Baonhe Sob

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Review in Membranes, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Nthabiseng RamanamaneDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Bioresources, and Biomedical Engineering, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of South Africa, Florida 1710, South Africa.
Mothibeli PitaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Bioresources, and Biomedical Engineering, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of South Africa, Florida 1710, South Africa.
Baonhe SobDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, 800 Martinsburg Rd, Mt Vernon, OH 43050, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of affordable ceramic membranes is essential for reducing expenses and optimizing the treatment of oily wastewater. There is an urgent demand for membranes that are not only affordable and easy to operate but also stable and capable of managing high fluxes to address the increasing volumes of oily wastewater. The significant production demands associated with many commercially available ceramic membranes, primarily due to the use of specialised raw materials and intricate processing methods, limiting their suitability for many wastewater treatment applications. Consequently, there is a rising interest in creating innovative ceramic membranes using affordable materials and simpler production techniques. This study reviewed the oil-water ceramic membranes utilizing affordable natural ceramic materials aimed at improving membrane performance. It focused on reviewing the environmentally friendly and economically viable membranes derived from natural ceramic resources as an alternative to conventional synthetic membranes. These natural ceramic materials possess crucial properties like hydrophilicity and oleophobicity, which are vital for effective oil-water separation. The ceramic membranes were reviewed for their filtration performance and advantages. It was reported that these natural ceramic material-based membranes demonstrate superior separation efficiency, and strong mechanical stability, making them promising candidates for sustainable water treatment.

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ceramic membranesenvironmentally friendlymembrane performancenatural materialsoil–water separationseparation efficiency

Identifiers

PMID39728714
PMCPMC11678061

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