Publications

Desalination Process Science & Technology

Zhu, A., P. D. Christofides and Y. Cohen, "Effect of Thermodynamic Restriction on Energy Cost Optimization of RO Membrane Water Desalination," Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, in press.

Bartman, A. C., C. McFall, P. D. Christofides and Y. Cohen, ``Model Predictive Control of Feed Flow Reversal in a Reverse Osmosis Desalination Process,'' J. Proc. Contr., in press.

McFall, C., A. Bartman, P. D. Christofides and Y. Cohen, "Control and Monitoring of a High-Recovery Reverse-Osmosis Desalination Process," Ind. & Eng. Chem. Res., in press.

Gabelich, C.J., M. D. Williams, A. Rahardianto, J. C. Franklin, and Y. Cohen, "High-Recovery Reverse Osmosis Desalination Using Intermediate Chemical Demineralization," J. Membrane Science, 301, 131-141 (2007).

Rahardianto, A., J. Gao, C.J. Gabelich, M. D. Williams and Y. Cohen, High recovery membrane desalting of low-salinity brackish water: Integration of accelerated precipitation softening with membrane RO, Journal of Membrane Science, 289 (2007) 123–137

Cohen, Y., J. Glater, B. McCool, A. Rahardianto and M. Kim, “Membrane Desalination of Agricultural Drainage Water,” 60 pages, chapter in Salinity Drainage, Editors: A. C. Wang and D. Brikle, UC Press, in press (final version may be subject to minor revisions).

Libotean, D., J. Giralt, F. Giralt and Y. Cohen, Neural Network Modeling of the Performance of RO Desalination Processes, Submitted, J. Membrane Sci.

Gabelich, C.J., J. C. Franklin, Y. Cohen and I. H. Suffet, “Reverse Osmosis Pretreatment: Challenges with Conventional Treatment,” Chapter in Membrane Treatment for Drinking Water & Reuse Applications: A Compendium of Peer-Reviewed Papers, K. J. Howe (Editor), American Water Works Association, Denver, CO (2006).

Gabelich, C. J., T. I. Yun, M. D. Williams, T. Knoll, W. Pearce, U. Daniel, Y. Cohen, E. M. V. Hoek, M. R. Matsumoto, L. Sangines-Uriate, P. John, R. Scherzinger and A. A. Mofidi, “Applied Research for Large-Scale Desalting Applications: The Desalination Research and Innovation Partnership,” published chapter in Desalination of Seawater and Brackish Water, William C. Lauer (Editor), American Waterworks Association (October 30, 2006).

Gabelich, C. J., F. W. Gerringer, J. C. Franklin, J. Gao, Y. Cohen, and I. H. Suffet, Reverse Osmosis Pretreatment: Challenges With Conventional Treatment, in Proceedings of the 2004 AWWA ACE Meeting, Orlando, Florida.

Lee, R-W, J. Glater, Y. Cohen, C. Martin, K. Kovac, M. N. Milobar and D. W. Bartel, Low-pressure RO membrane desalination of agricultural drainage water, Desalination 155 (2003) 109-120.

Williams, M., R. Evangelista and Y. Cohen (2002) Non-thermal Process for Recovering Reverse Osmosis Concentrate: Process Chemistry and Kinetics, in Proceedings of the 2002 AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Seattle, WA.

Concentration Polarization and RO/NF Channel Hydrodynamics

Lyster, E and Y. Cohen, Numerical study of concentration polarization in a rectangular reverse osmosis membrane channel: Permeate flux variation and hydrodynamic end effects, J. Membrane Science, 303, 140-153 (2007).

Kim, S. and E. M.V. Hoek, Modeling concentration polarization in reverse osmosis processes, Desalination, 186, 111-128 (2005).

Subramani, A. S.Kim and E. M.V. Hoek, Pressure, flow, and concentration profiles in open and spacer-filled membrane channels, Journal of Membrane Science, 277, 7-17 (2006).

Mineral Scaling of RO/NF Membranes

Rahardianto, A., B. C. McCool and Y. Cohen, Reverse Osmosis Desalting of Inland Brackish Water of High Gypsum Scaling Propensity: Kinetics and Mitigation of Membrane Mineral Scaling, Env. Science & Technol, 42 (2008) 4292-4297.

Uchymiak, M., A. Rahardianto, E. Lyster, J. Glater and Y. Cohen, Kinetics of gypsum crystal growth on a reverse osmosis membrane, Journal of Membrane Science, 314 (2008) 163-172.

Uchymiak, M., A. Rahardianto, E. Lyster, J. Glater and Y. Cohen, A novel RO ex situ scale observation detector (EXSOD) for mineral scale characterization and early detection, Journal of Membrane Science, 291 (2007) 86–95.

Rahardianto, A., W-Y Shih, R-W Lee and Y. Cohen, Diagnostic characterization of gypsum scale formation and control in RO membrane desalination of brackish water, Journal of Membrane Science, 279, 655-668 (2006).

Shih, W-Y, J. Gao, A. Rahardianto, J. Glater, Y. Cohen and C. J. Gabelich, Ranking of antiscalant performance for gypsum scale suppression in the presence of residual aluminum, Desalination, 196, 280–292 (2006).

Shih, W-Y, A. Rahardianto, R-W Lee and Y. Cohen, Morphometric characterization of calcium sulfate dihydrate (gypsum) scale on reverse osmosis membranes, Journal of Membrane Science 252 (2005) 253–263.

Shih, W-Y, K. Albrecht, J. Glater and Y. Cohen, A dual Probe Method for Screening of Antiscalants, Desalination 169 (2004) 213-221.

Membrane Fouling

Libotean, D., J. Giralt, R. Rallo, Y. Cohen, F. Giralt, H. F. Ridgway, G. Rodriguez, and D. Phipps, Organic Compounds Passage through RO Membranes, J. Membrane Science, submitted

Kim, S. and Eric M.V. Hoek, Interactions controlling biopolymer fouling of reverse osmosis membranes, Desalination, 202 (2007) 333-342.

Lee, S., S. Kim, J. Cho and E. M.V Hoek, Natural organic matter fouling due to foulant–membrane physicochemical interactions, Desalination, 202 (2007) 377-384.

Kang, S., E.M.V. Hoek, H. Choi, and H. Shin, Effect of Membrane Surface Properties During the Fast Evaluation of Cell Attachment,” Separation Science and Technology 41 (2006) 1475-1487.

Kim, S., M. Marion, B.H. Jeong, and E.M.V. Hoek, Crossflow Membrane Filtration of Interacting Nanoparticle Suspensions, Journal of Membrane Science 284 (2006) 361-372.

Hoek, E.M.V., and G.K. Agarwal, “Extended DLVO Interactions between Spherical Particles and Rough Surfaces,” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 298 (2006) 50-58.

Wang, S., G. Guillen, and E.M.V. Hoek, Direct Microscopic Observation of Microbial Adhesion to Membranes, Environmental Science & Technology, in press.

Kang, S., A. Subramani, E.M.V. Hoek, M.A. Deshusses, and M.R. Matsumoto, Direct Observation of Biofouling in Cross-flow Microfiltration, Journal of Membrane Science, 244 (2004) 151-165.

Membrane Technology Research Committee Report: Recent Advances and Research Needs in Membrane Fouling, Journal American Water Works Association 97 (2005) 79-89.

Membranes Development

Jeong, B-H, E. M.V. Hoek, Y. Yan, A. Subramani, X. Huang, G. Hurwitz, A. K. Ghosh and A. Jawor, Interfacial polymerization of thin film nanocomposites: A new concept for reverse osmosis membranes, Journal of Membrane Science, 294 (2007) 1-7.

Yoshida, Y. and Y. Cohen, Removal of methyl tert-butyl ether from water by pervaporation using ceramic-supported 
polymer membranes, J. Membrane Science,229, 27-32 (2004).

Subsurface Water Transport

Grifoll, J., J. M. Gasto and Y. Cohen, Non-isothermal soil water transport and evaporation, Advances in Water Resources, 28, 1254-1266 (2005).