4 Membranes for Water Treatment -1: Desalination

Monday, June 11, 2018: 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Grand Ballroom Salon A (Hilton Lexington)

Description:
Membranes for Water Treatment: Desalination

Sponsor:
2018 North American Membrane Society Meeting: Oral Submissions
Chair:
Jack Gilron Email: jgilron@bgu.ac.il
Co-chairs:
Meagan Mauter Email: mauter@cmu.edu
Shannon McCarthy Email: mccarthyida@gmail.com


9:30 AM
(4a) Scale up of Synthesis Seawater Reverse Osmosis Membranes with Surface Nano-Structured Hydrophilic Polymer Brush Layers
Shangwen Zha1, Soomin Kim2, Anditya Rahardianto2 and Yoram Cohen2, (1)Chemical and Biomolecular Eng., UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, (2)Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA


10:00 AM
(4b) Cost Optimization of Osmotically Assisted Reverse Osmosis
Timothy Bartholomew, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, Nicholas Siefert, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA and Meagan Mauter, Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA


10:30 AM
(4c) Structure-Property Relationships of Post Sulfonated Poly(arylene ether sulfone) Membranes for Water Desalination
Shreya Roy Choudhury1, Gurtej Narang1, Eui-Soung Jang2, Dana Kazerooni1, Benny D. Freeman2, John Lesko3 and J.S. Riffle1, (1)Macromolecules Innovations Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, (2)McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, (3)College of Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA


11:00 AM
(4d) IMPACT of Intermittent Feed Water Flushing on Surface Mineral Scaling during SEMI-Batch Reverse Osmosis Operation
Yoram Cohen1, Tae Lee2 and Anditya Rahardianto1, (1)Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, (2)Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA


11:30 AM
(4e) Desalination Membranes; Biofouling Detection Using Bacterial Enzyme Activity in an at-Line Sensor
Babar Khan, Water Desalination and Reuse, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, Luca Fortunato, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia and Torove Leiknes, Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia


12:00 PM
(4f) Electrocoagulation Process Considerations during Advanced Pretreatment for Brackish Inland Surface Water Desalination: Nanofilter Fouling Control and Permeate Water Quality
Shankar Chellam, Department of Civil Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX and Mutiara Ayu Sari, Applied Research, Stantec, Pasadena, CA