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Externally Funded Projects

(Water Quality and Treatment)

Year

Project

Investigator

Grant Body

Grant Scheme

Funding

2009-2011

Optimising nanofiltration and reverse osmosis filtration processes for water recycling: effects of fouling and chemical cleaning on trace contaminant removal

Nghiem, Elimelech

ARC

Discovery

$180

 

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Research Topics

Available for postgraduate, undergraduate, summer vacation and practicum students

 (Water Quality and Treatment)

  • Extraction and recovery of metallic ions using facilitated transport membranes
  • Extraction and recovery of small organic compounds using facilitated transport membranes
  • Effects of membrane fouling and cleaning on the long term performance of NF/RO membranes
  • Trace organic removal by NF/RO membranes
  • Membrane bioreactors
  • Remediation of acid sulfate groundwater
  • Treatment of mining impacted wastewater

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Research Facilities

(Water Quality and Treatment)

  • Analytical laboratory (Shimadzy TOC/TN analyser, Shimadzu HPLC, Shimadzu GC-MS, Rame Hard Goniometer, Beckman Coulter Scintillation Counter)
  • Bio-cabinet
  • Solid phase extraction facility
  • Lab scale NF/RO filtration units
  • Pilot scale NF/RO filtration unit (4” membrane module)
  • Dead end stirred cells
  • Lab scale MBRs
  • Facilitated transport membrane flow through cells

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Contact

(Water Quality and Treatment)

Who To Contact

For more information please contact:

Dr Long Nghiem

Faculty of Engineering

Tel: (02) 4221 4590

Fax: (02) 4221 3238 E-mail: longn@uow.edu.au

URL: http://www.uow.edu.au/~longn/

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