R2EM - Resource Recovery and Environmental Management
R2EM group is developing research activity on development of sustainable urban and industrial waste management cycles based on resource recovery approaches promoting circular solutions of waste to product and waste to energy. Research also involves efforts on developing environmental remediation solutions for soils and ground water remediation, process and environmental monitoring and environmental risk assessment on ports.
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Polyelectrolyte multilayers modification of nanofiltration membranes to improve selective separation of mono- and multivalent cations in seawater brine
(Elsevier, 2024-02-05)
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Open AccessNowadays, brine produced in the Reverse Osmosis (RO) seawater desalination plants is a significant and largely untapped source of critical minerals and metals, which is usually discharged into the seas as wastewater. As a ... -
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) study of surface oxidation of UO2 doped with Gd2O3 at different temperatures and atmospheres
(2023-08)
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Open AccessIn this work, the influence of GdIII doping on the surface oxidation of UO2 has been investigated in situ by XPS. The samples were put in contact with either hydrogen, argon or synthetic air streams saturated with water ... -
Techno-economic analysis of seawater reverse osmosis brines treatment using nanofiltration modelling tools
(Elsevier, 2023-09)
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Open AccessThe management of seawater desalination (SWD) brine presents environmental and economic challenges. However, according to the circular economy approach, this residue offers an interesting source of resources. While ... -
Environmental and economic evaluation of implementing membrane technologies and struvite crystallisation to recover nutrients from anaerobic digestion supernatant
(Elsevier, 2023-09-01)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyThe present study investigates the environmental and economic feasibility of implementing membrane technologies and struvite crystallisation (SC) for nutrient recovery from the anaerobic digestion supernatant. To this end, ... -
Evaluation of the nanofiltration of brines from seawater desalination plants as pre-treatment in a multimineral brine extraction process
(2023-10)
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Open AccessMany materials essential to the European Union's (EU) economy lack primary resources, and the major suppliers of these materials are non-EU nations. It has been determined that seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination ... -
Metal-organic-framework-based nanofiltration membranes for selective multi-cationic recovery from seawater and brines
(Elsevier, 2023-11-05)
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Open AccessNanofiltration (NF) is gaining a role of increasing importance in Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD)/Minimal Liquid Discharge (MLD) systems, enhancing the efficiency of downstream technologies to recover valuable minerals from ... -
Combination of polymer-stabilized nano zero-valent iron and biostimulated denitrifying bacteria for the removal of nitrate from groundwater
(Elsevier, 2023-11-01)
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Open AccessPolymer-stabilization of nano zero-valent iron (nZVI) is becoming a matter of research, although its effect on the reactivity towards targeted contaminants is not clear yet. Concurrently, combination of Abiotic Chemical ... -
The effects of iCVD film thickness and conformality on the permeability and wetting of MD membranes
(Elsevier, 2017-02)
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Open AccessMembranes possessing high permeability to water vapor and high liquid entry pressure (LEP) are necessary for efficient membrane distillation (MD) desalination. A common technique to prepare specialized MD membranes consists ... -
A mathematical model for ammonium removal and recovery from real municipal wastewater using a natural zeolite
(Elsevier, 2023-10-01)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyA study was carried out to remove/recover ammonium (NH4+) from residual effluents in tertiary treatment by sorption/desorption processes onto a natural clinoptilolite zeolite (NZ) in batch and fixed-bed column systems. ... -
Ammonium recovery and concentration from synthetic wastewater using a poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) (PMP) liquid–liquid membrane contactor: Flux performance and mass transport characterization
(Elsevier, 2023-12-01)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyHollow fiber membrane contactors are a promising technology for the removal and recovery of ammonia from liquid effluents. However, a better understanding of the process engineering (e.g. mass transport of ammonia over ... -
Life-cycle assessment and techno-economic evaluation of the value chain in nutrient recovery from wastewater treatment plants for agricultural application
(Elsevier, 2023-09-20)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyThe recovery of nitrogen and phosphorus is important to promote circular economy in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). In this study, the life cycle assessment (LCA) and techno-economic assessment (TEA) of a novel ... -
Advanced hybrid system for ammonium valorization as liquid fertilizer from treated urban wastewaters: validation of natural zeolites pretreatment and liquid-liquid membrane contactors at pilot plant scale
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2023-06-02)
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Open AccessThis study evaluates a hybrid system combining zeolites as a sorption stage and a hollow fiber membrane contactor (HFMC) for ammonia (NH3) recovery from treated urban wastewater. Ion exchange with zeolites was selected as ...
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