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Led by Dr Ìý²¹²Ô»åÌý, researchers at UCMST have developed a variety of computational methods to the analysis of complex two-phase and three-phase flow in municipal scale membrane bioreactors (MBR).

Water utilities have become more reliant on Advanced Water Treatment Plants (AWTP) to produce  climate-independent sources of high quality water for use in industry or augmentation of drinking water supplies.

The increase in population growth has driven the demand to produce water from non-potable sources via membrane technology. 

Membrane Distillation (MD) is a thermally driven liquid separation process suitable for pharmaceutical, food and water treatment applications. Compared with traditional thermal separations, MD operates at lower temperatures (50–60 °C) enabling the use of low grade heat.

This work aims to reduce membrane fouling by reducing the amount of solute at the membrane surface. Fouling reduces throughput and productivity of membrane systems and as such increases operating costs and reduces profitability of water treatment industries.