The fate of spent reverse osmosis (RO) membranes appears as an emerging challenge faced by the water industry. In this project, alternative and valuable usages of end-of-life desalination membranes will be investigated. Opportunities like cost effective reuse in lower specification applications, potential recycling of valuable materials and conversion of RO into microporous separation devices will be assessed both technically and financially.
This membrane end-of-life (MemEOL) tool is aimed...
Status
Ongoing
Research Area
Water management
Email
p.le-clech@unsw.edu.au
- Research team
- Collaborators
- Funding body
- Publications
Victoria University
Monash University
National Centre of Excellence for Desalination Australia
- Lawler W; Alvarez-Gaitan J; Leslie G; Le-Clech P, 2015, 'Comparative life cycle assessment of end-of-life options for reverse osmosis membranes', Desalination, vol. 357, pp. 45 - 54,http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2014.10.013
- Lawler W; Antony A; Cran M; Duke M; Leslie G; Le-Clech P, 2013, 'Production and characterisation of UF membranes by chemical conversion of used RO membranes', Journal of Membrane Science, vol. 447, pp. 203 - 211, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2013.07.015
- Lawler W; Antony A; Cran M; Duke M; Leslie G; Le-Clech P, 2013, 'Production and characterisation of UF membranes by chemical conversion of used RO membranes', Journal of Membrane Science, vol. 447, pp. 203 - 211, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2013.07.015
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Pierre Le-Clech | Associate Professor | p.le-clech@unsw.edu.au