2018 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Water Treatment, Desalination, and Reuse IV

Abstracts on membranes for water treatment and purification are sought.

Co-Chairs

Isabel Escobar, University of Kentucky
William Phillip, University of Notre Dame
Mahdi Malmali, Texas Tech University

Presentations

12:30 PM

(752a) Interfacial Transport in Nanocellulose-Based Nanocomposite Membranes for Improved Reverse Osmosis Performance
Ethan D. Smith, Keith Hendren, Jacob Haag, Earl J. Foster, Stephen Martin

12:50 PM

(752b) Predictive Models for Ion Removal in Brackish Water Desalination Using Electrodialysis Process
Leila Karimi, Abbas Ghassemi

01:10 PM

(752c) Separation of Oil-in-Water Emulsions Stabilized By Different Types of Surfactants Using Electrospun Fiber Membranes with Surface Modification
Yi-Min Lin, Gregory Rutledge

01:30 PM

(752d) Methods for Direct Surface Temperature Measurement for Quantification of Membrane Distillation Process Performance
Alexander Dudchenko, Meagan Mauter

01:50 PM

(752e) A Simple Approach for Functionalization of Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVdF) Membranes for Desalination of Oil-Contaminated Saline Water Using Membrane Distillation
Mahdi Mohammadi Ghaleni, Abdullah Al Balushi, Mona Bavarian, Siamak Nejati

02:10 PM

(752f) In-Situ pH Control for Selective Removal of Toxic Elements to Sustain Water Supply for Cooling and Process Water
Yupo Lin, Lauren Valentino, Aaron I. Packman, Manvitha Marni