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Our research
- Membrane material development
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Water treatment
- Study of floc strength and stability during direct filtration of surface water
- Mass and heat transfer in submerged vacuum membrane distillation and crystallization
- Development of novel membrane integrity tests for virus sized particles
- Reuse of old reverse osmosis membranes used in desalination plants | UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology - UNSW Sydney
- Optimisation of hybrid coagulation/submerged membrane bioreactor treatment of wastewaters | UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology - UNSW Sydney
- Developing national validation guidelines for MBRs in water recycling
- Assisted forward osmosis for energy savings in RO desalination
- Characterising nanostructure functionality of conventional and advanced polymeric membranes using electrical impedance spectroscopy
- Optimising low-pressure membrane pre-treatment for desalination | UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology - UNSW Sydney
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Process design & modelling
- Computational fluid dynamics modelling of Membrane Bioreactors
- Resilience modelling of advanced water treatment plants
- Mechanical reliability of microporous membranes in water recycling applications
- Optimisation of Membrane Distillation Processes
- Feedback Destabilizing Control of Electro-osmotic Flow
- Greenhouse gas technology
- Bio-separations
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Food & agriculture
- Membrane facilitated subsurface drip irrigation
- Milk ultrafiltration
- Protein recovery from potato processing water using ultrafiltration membrane
- Phosphorus recovery from wastewater
- Sequential chemical and enzymatic cleaning of ultrafiltration membranes in dairy applications
- Application of membrane separation process in concentration and separation of polyphenol compounds for evaluation of their health benefits
- Optimising low-pressure membrane pre-treatment for desalination
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Archived research projects
- Composite biocatalytic nanoflower
- Superhydrophobic Membranes for Membrane Distillation Applications
- Polymers for Isoporous and Functional Membranes
- Separation performance of dip-coated microporous hollow fibre polymer inclusion membranes (PIM)
- Improvement in Fouling Release Properties of Ultrafiltation PVDF Membranes
- Thin Film Nano-composite Membrane Fabrication for Carbon Dioxide Capture from Flue Gas
- MOF based highly efficient gas separation membrane
- Biocatalytic membrane reactors for greenhouse gas capture
- Evaluation of CO2 Capture with High Performance Hollow Fiber Membranes from Flue Gas: A Pilot Scale Study
- Improved Carbon Dioxide Separation Performance with Additives of PEO/PDMS Copolymer in PPO Membranes
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Our research
Water treatment
- Study of floc strength and stability during direct filtration of surface water
- Mass and heat transfer in submerged vacuum membrane distillation and crystallization
- Development of novel membrane integrity tests for virus sized particles
- Reuse of old reverse osmosis membranes used in desalination plants | UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology - UNSW Sydney
- Optimisation of hybrid coagulation/submerged membrane bioreactor treatment of wastewaters | UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology - UNSW Sydney
- Developing national validation guidelines for MBRs in water recycling
- Assisted forward osmosis for energy savings in RO desalination
- Characterising nanostructure functionality of conventional and advanced polymeric membranes using electrical impedance spectroscopy
- Optimising low-pressure membrane pre-treatment for desalination | UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology - UNSW Sydney
Process design & modelling
- Computational fluid dynamics modelling of Membrane Bioreactors
- Resilience modelling of advanced water treatment plants
- Mechanical reliability of microporous membranes in water recycling applications
- Optimisation of Membrane Distillation Processes
- Feedback Destabilizing Control of Electro-osmotic Flow
Food & agriculture
- Membrane facilitated subsurface drip irrigation
- Milk ultrafiltration
- Protein recovery from potato processing water using ultrafiltration membrane
- Phosphorus recovery from wastewater
- Sequential chemical and enzymatic cleaning of ultrafiltration membranes in dairy applications
- Application of membrane separation process in concentration and separation of polyphenol compounds for evaluation of their health benefits
- Optimising low-pressure membrane pre-treatment for desalination
Archived research projects
- Composite biocatalytic nanoflower
- Superhydrophobic Membranes for Membrane Distillation Applications
- Polymers for Isoporous and Functional Membranes
- Separation performance of dip-coated microporous hollow fibre polymer inclusion membranes (PIM)
- Improvement in Fouling Release Properties of Ultrafiltation PVDF Membranes
- Thin Film Nano-composite Membrane Fabrication for Carbon Dioxide Capture from Flue Gas
- MOF based highly efficient gas separation membrane
- Biocatalytic membrane reactors for greenhouse gas capture
- Evaluation of CO2 Capture with High Performance Hollow Fiber Membranes from Flue Gas: A Pilot Scale Study
- Improved Carbon Dioxide Separation Performance with Additives of PEO/PDMS Copolymer in PPO Membranes
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Membrane digital library

National Digital Membrane Library (NDML)
The UNESCO Membrane Centre has collaborated with the UNSW Library Repository Services staff to successfully develop a National Digital Membrane Library (NDML). The NDML, also known as MemRE, was funded by the CSIRO Water for a Healthy Country flagship project “Advanced Membrane Technologies for Water Treatment Research Cluster”. The NDML contains more than 1500 references related to desalination and membranes generated in the last 30 years. It contains a data base of membrane materials and a wiki to describe the various properties and characterisation methods available for reverse osmosis membranes.
Online knowledge support tool for national desalination plants
Funded by National Centre of Excellence in Desalination (NCEDA), UCMST has developed an on-line knowledge support tool containing information on current desalination plants with links to reference material contained in the National Digital Membrane Library and a suite of targeted information modules for operators that draws on research outputs from existing NCEDA projects.
UCMST research showcase poster collections
Please see collection of posters showing the centre's research activities and projects.
- Application of computational fluid dynamics to optimise module configuration from fibre to module in immersed membrane systems, opens in a new window
- Aspen Plus® and CFD coupled simulation for the optimisation of vacuum membrane distillation process, opens in a new window
- Applying resilience modelling tools to the design of membrane plants for pathogen removal, opens in a new window