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Bastiaan Blankert

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

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In-Situ Observation and Quantification of Membrane Deformation in Reverse Osmosis, Using Optical Coherence Tomography

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In-Situ Observation and Quantification of Membrane Deformation in Reverse Osmosis, Using Optical Coherence Tomography

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 05 Jan 2024
Luigi Ranieri, Luca Fortunato, Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder, Cristian Picioreanu and Bastiaan Blankert
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) - Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) - Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
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Water Desalination, Reverse osmosis, Membrane deformation, Optical Coherence Tomography

In-Situ Observation and Quantification of Membrane Deformation in Reverse Osmosis, Using Optical Coherence Tomography

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 05 Mar 2024
Luigi Ranieri, Luca Fortunato, Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder, Cristian Picioreanu and Bastiaan Blankert
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) - Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) - Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
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water desalination, Reverse osmosis, Membrane deformation, Optical Coherence Tomography

In-Situ Observation and Quantification of Membrane Deformation in Reverse Osmosis, Using Optical Coherence Tomography

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 30 Apr 2024
Luigi Ranieri, Luca Fortunato, Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder, Cristian Picioreanu and Bastiaan Blankert
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) - Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) - Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
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Water Desalination, reverse osmosis, Membrane deformation, Optical Coherence Tomography

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Improved Modeling and Measurements of Mass Transfer in Spacer-Filled Feed Channels of Membrane Separation Processes

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 17 Dec 2024
Santiago Cespedes, Bastiaan Blankert, Ratul Das, Thomas Altmann and Cristian Picioreanu
affiliation not provided to SSRN, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
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concentration polarization, desalination, Fluid Dynamics, Sherwood correlations, Spacer geometry

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Understanding the Evolution of Organic Fouling in Membrane Distillation Through Driving Force and Resistance Analysis

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 14 Apr 2023
Francesco Ricceri, Bastiaan Blankert, Luigi Ranieri, Cristian Picioreanu, Noreddine Ghaffour, Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder, Alberto Tiraferri and Luca Fortunato
Politecnico di Torino, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) - Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Politecnico di Torino and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) - Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC)
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Membrane Distillation, optical coherence tomography (OCT), organic fouling, fouling evolution, driving force

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Unraveling the Role of Feed Temperature and Cross-Flow Velocity on Organic Fouling in Membrane Distillation Using Response Surface Methodology

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 24 May 2022
Francesco Ricceri, Bastiaan Blankert, Noreddine Ghaffour, Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder, Alberto Tiraferri and Luca Fortunato
Politecnico di Torino, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Politecnico di Torino and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) - Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC)
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Direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD), membrane fouling, Optical coherence tomography (OCT), Response surface methodology (RSM), Central composite design (CCD), Humic Acid

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Pressure drop in spacer-filled RO feed and permeate channels: Correlation with TMP-induced membrane deformation

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Pressure drop in spacer-filled RO feed and permeate channels: Correlation with TMP-induced membrane deformation

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 28 Apr 2026
Luigi Ranieri, Bastiaan Blankert and Cristian Picioreanu
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) - Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
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Reverse osmosis (RO), Pressure drop, Membrane deformation, Spacers, Feed channel, Permeate channel, Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)

Pressure drop in spacer-filled RO feed and permeate channels: Correlation with TMP-induced membrane deformation

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 30 May 2026
Luigi Ranieri, Bastiaan Blankert and Cristian Picioreanu
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) - Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
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Reverse osmosis (RO), Pressure drop, Membrane deformation, Feed and Permeate channel, Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)

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Solution-Diffusion-Electromigration Approximation Model (Sde-A) for Strongly Charged, Weakly Charged and Effectively Uncharged Reverse Osmosis Membranes

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 28 Feb 2023
Bastiaan Blankert, Fernan David Martinez, Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder and Cristian Picioreanu
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
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membrane rejection modeling, Reverse Osmosis, Nanofiltration, salt permeability

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Comparison of Shear Induced Detachment of Laboratory Biofilms and Full-Scale RO Fouling Layers Before and After Clean-in-Place (CIP) in Spacer-Filled Channels

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 25 Mar 2026
Zhao Li, Kees Theo Huisman, Mohammad Tajik, Bastiaan Blankert, Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder and Peter Desmond
RWTH Aachen University, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and RWTH Aachen University
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biofilm, Clean-in-Place, Detachment, Fouling, Optical coherence tomography

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Observation and Mitigation of Perimeter Artefacts in Bench Scale Membrane Characterization

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 19 Jun 2023
Bastiaan Blankert, Fernan David Martinez, Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder and Cristian Picioreanu
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Downloads 34 (1,263,436)
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Membrane characterization, reverse osmosis, salt permeability, Desalination

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On the Discrepancy between Nominal and Effective Charge Density of Polyamide Reverse Osmosis Membranes

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 05 Jan 2024
Bastiaan Blankert, Fernan David Martinez, Ratul Das, Thomas Altmann, Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder and Cristian Picioreanu
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
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Ion partitioning, salt rejection, ion transport modelling, membrane charge

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Three-Dimensional Concentration-Polarization Modeling of Trace-Ions in Reverse Osmosis

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 09 Nov 2023
Santiago Cespedes, Fernan David Martinez, Felipe Salto-Quintana, Bastiaan Blankert and Cristian Picioreanu
affiliation not provided to SSRN, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), affiliation not provided to SSRN, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Downloads 30 (1,332,057)
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Electromigration, Fluid dynamics, Ion-pairing, Mass transfer coefficient, Spacer Geometry