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van der Hoek, J.P. (author), Heijman, Sebastiaan (author), Fu, Mingyan (author), Jiang, N. (author), Rietveld, L.C. (author), Doekhi-Bennani, Y. (author)AdOx is een combinatie van een adsorptieproces en een oxidatietechniek. Een veelbelovende technologie om medicijnresten uit afvalwater te halen. En winnaar van<br/>de Waterinnovatieprijs 2021, categorie Gezond Water en Gezonde Bodem.journal article 2022
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Fu, Mingyan (author), Heijman, Sebastiaan (author), van der Hoek, J.P. (author)Organic micropollutants (OMPs) that occur in the aquatic environment are an emerging concern. Adsorption by granular zeolites and regenerating exhausted zeolites by gaseous ozone is an innovative and advanced treatment technology for removing OMPs from wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent. In this study, WWTP effluent spiked with eleven...journal article 2022
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Moyo, Welldone (author), Motsa, Machawe M. (author), Chaukura, Nhamo (author), Msagati, Titus A.M. (author), Mamba, Bhekie B. (author), Heijman, Sebastiaan (author), Nkambule, Thabo T.I. (author)This work presents the first comprehensive investigation of natural organic matter (NOM) fraction removal using ceramic membranes in South Africa. The rate of removal of bulk NOM (measured as UV<sub>254</sub> and DOC % removal), the biodegradable dissolved organic carbon (BDOC) fraction, polarity-based fractions, and fluorescent dissolved...journal article 2022
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Moyo, Welldone (author), Chaukuraa, Nhamo (author), Motsaa, Machawe M. (author), Msagatia, Titus A.M. (author), Mambab, Bhekie B. (author), Heijman, Sebastiaan (author), Nkambulea, Thabo T.I. (author)This work investigates the enhancement of antifouling properties of ceramic nanofiltration membranes by surface modification via atomic layer deposition (ALD) of TiO<sub>2</sub>. Feed solutions containing bovine serum albumin (BSA), humic acid (HA) and sodium alginate (SA) were used as model foulants. The classic fouling mechanism models and...journal article 2022
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Gulamussen, N.J. (author), Donse, D. (author), Marques Arsenio, A. (author), Heijman, Sebastiaan (author), Rietveld, L.C. (author)There is a global need for optimizing the use of water that has resulted from increased demand due to industrial development, population growth, climate change and the pollution of natural water resources. One of the solutions is to use reclaimed water in industrial applications that do not require water of potable quality, such as cooling water...journal article 2022
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Haidari, A. H. (author), Witkamp, G. J. (author), Heijman, Sebastiaan (author)Silica scaling is one of the major scaling challenges in Reverse Osmosis (RO). The safe operation practice is to keep the silica concentration below 150 mg/L in RO concentrate. This study addresses the effects of divalent cations such as calcium and magnesium on silica scaling in a seawater RO installation used as a pretreatment to Eutectic...journal article 2022
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Chen, M. (author), Heijman, Sebastiaan (author), Luiten-Olieman, Mieke W.J. (author), Rietveld, L.C. (author)Ceramic membranes have drawn increasing attention in oily wastewater treatment as an alternative to their traditional polymeric counterparts, yet persistent membrane fouling is still one of the largest challenges. Particularly, little is known about ceramic membrane fouling by oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions in constant flux filtration modes. In...journal article 2022
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Valizadeh, Solmaz (author), Naji, Leila (author), Karimi, Mohammad (author), Sarabadani Tafreshi, Saeedeh (author), Heijman, Sebastiaan (author), de Leeuw, Nora H. (author)The type and loading level of oxygen-containing functional groups on graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets significantly affect the size and alignment of nanochannels formed between the GO nanosheets and the separation performance of laminar GO membranes. Here, we demonstrate how double-oxidation of GO leads to the higher surface charge of GO...journal article 2022
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Fu, Mingyan (author), Wang, Jiawei (author), Heijman, Sebastiaan (author), van der Hoek, J.P. (author)Advanced technologies to remove organic micropollutants (OMPs) from municipal wastewater have gained much attention over the last decades. Adsorption by zeolites is one of these technologies. In this study, the regeneration performance of well-tailored granular zeolites loaded with OMPs was evaluated. The selected OMPs were categorized into...journal article 2021
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Zheng, X. (author), Jiang, N. (author), Zheng, Huaili (author), Wu, Yuyang (author), Heijman, Sebastiaan (author)One framework type of high-silica zeolite only can effectively remove a limited range of organic micropollutants (OMPs) from water. In order to extend the OMP removal range, different types of high-silica zeolites need to be combined in the adsorption process. In this study, Mordernite (MOR) and ZSM-5 (MFI) high-silica zeolite powders were mixed...journal article 2021
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Chen, M. (author), Heijman, Sebastiaan (author), Rietveld, L.C. (author)Membrane filtration is considered to be one of the most promising methods for oily wastewater treatment. Because of their hydrophilic surface, ceramic membranes show less fouling compared with their polymeric counterparts. Membrane fouling, however, is an inevitable phenomenon in the filtration process, leading to higher energy consumption and a...review 2021
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Greco, F. (author), Heijman, Sebastiaan (author), Jarquin Laguna, A. (author)Desalination is a well-established technology used all over the world to mitigate freshwater scarcity. Wind-powered reverse osmosis plants are one of the most promising alternatives for renewable energy desalination, particularly for coastal areas and islands. Wind energy can satisfy the high energy consumption of desalination while reducing...review 2021
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Lin, B. (author), Heijman, Sebastiaan (author), Shang, Ran (author), Rietveld, L.C. (author)Ceramic nanofiltration (NF) is a newly-developed technology for water recycling, but is still limited to pilot-scale applications. Lacking efficient and eco-friendly strategies for cleaning ceramic NF membrane impedes its scaling-up in industries. Forward flush, backwash and acidic/caustic cleaning are not efficient enough. In this work, a...journal article 2021
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Moyo, Welldone (author), Chaukura, Nhamo (author), Motsa, Machawe M. (author), Mthombeni, Nomcebo H. (author), Msagati, Titus A.M. (author), Mamba, Bhekie B. (author), Heijman, Sebastiaan (author), Nkambule, Thabo T.I. (author)This study demonstrates the fundamental differences in fouling development and mechanisms of unfiltered and 0.45 µm pre-filtered water samples on ceramic membranes. Robust characterization of the feed waters was conducted using gravimetric analysis, optical methods and modeling techniques. UV<sub>254</sub> removal and suspended solids (SS)...journal article 2021
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Caltran, I. (author), Ayumurti Kukuh, Floriana (author), Rietveld, L.C. (author), Heijman, Sebastiaan (author)Ion exchange (IEX) resins can remove natural organic matter (NOM) from drinking water sources. However, the IEX system produces a waste brine rich of sodium, chloride, NOM and sulfate. The treatment of the waste brine aims to recover a clean solution rich of sodium chloride, that can be reused to regenerate IEX resin. Previous research showed...journal article 2021
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Fu, Mingyan (author), He, Mingjing (author), Heijman, Sebastiaan (author), van der Hoek, J.P. (author)Removal of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) from municipal wastewater is becoming more and more important. On-site regeneration of exhausted adsorbents can be the key to practical applications. In this study, ozone-based regeneration of granular zeolites loaded with acetaminophen (ACE) was investigated. The adsorption capacity of ACE was...journal article 2021
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Simultaneous removal of ammonium ions and sulfamethoxazole by ozone regenerated high silica zeolitesDoekhi-Bennani, Y. (author), Mir Leilabady, N. (author), Fu, Mingyan (author), Rietveld, L.C. (author), van der Hoek, J.P. (author), Heijman, Sebastiaan (author)Continuous development of industry and civilization has led to changes in composition, texture and toxicity of waste water due to the wide range of pollutants being present. Considering that the conventional wastewater treatment methods are insufficient for removing micropollutants and nutrients to a high level, other, alternative, treatment...journal article 2021
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Rashidashmagh, Fatemeh (author), Doekhi-Bennani, Y. (author), Tizghadam-Ghazani, Mostafa (author), van der Hoek, J.P. (author), Mashayekh-Salehi, Ali (author), Heijman, Sebastiaan (author), Yaghmaeian, Kamyar (author)A novel sol-gel method was employed in this study to efficiently synthesize SnO2 nanoparticles to catalyze the ozonation of acetaminophen (ACT) from aqueous solutions. The influence of various parameters including Sn source, type of capping and alkaline agents, and calcination temperature on the catalytic activity of the SnO2 preparations was...journal article 2021
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Kramer, F.C. (author), Shang, R. (author), Rietveld, L.C. (author), Heijman, Sebastiaan (author)Using ceramic nanofiltration membranes for treatment of municipal sewage is upcoming. However, the knowledge on fouling control methods for this application are very limited. The most commonly used fouling control method, chemical cleaning, has disadvantages. Chemical cleaning negatively impacts (i) the glass seal layer of tubular ceramic...journal article 2020
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Moyo, Welldone (author), Chaukura, Nhamo (author), Motsa, Machawe M. (author), Msagati, Titus A.M. (author), Mamba, Bhekie B. (author), Heijman, Sebastiaan (author), Nkambule, Thabo T.I. (author)The removal dynamics of biodegradable dissolved organic carbon (BDOC) and natural organic matter (NOM) polarity fractions at a water treatment plant (WTP) in South Africa was studied using UV-Vis absorbance, fluorescence excitation-emission matrix, and two-dimensional synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy (SFS). This study gave insights into...journal article 2020