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    • Membrane material development
      • Development of high performance nanocomposite filtration membranes
      • Nanocomposite membranes
      • Atomically thin membranes
    • 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
    • Greenhouse gas technology
    • Bio-separations
      • Direct observation of fouling formation and removal from membranes
      • A vibrating submerged hollow fibre module for fouling limitation in MBRs
    • 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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  • Home
  • About us

    Our people

    Our collaborators

  • Our research

    Membrane material development

    • Development of high performance nanocomposite filtration membranes
    • Nanocomposite membranes
    • Atomically thin membranes

    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

    Greenhouse gas technology

    Bio-separations

    • Direct observation of fouling formation and removal from membranes
    • A vibrating submerged hollow fibre module for fouling limitation in MBRs

    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
  • Our facilities

    Membrane digital library

  • Our services
  • Contact us