Innovative Membrane Technologies for the Treatment of Wastewater Polluted with Heavy Metals: Perspective of the Potential of Electrodialysis, Membrane Distillation, and Forward Osmosis from a Bibliometric Analysis

• Published in: Membranes (Basel) Vol. 13; no. 4; p. 385
• Main Authors: Carmona, Benjamín, Abejón, Ricardo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 28.03.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Bibliometrics; Chemical engineering; Climate change; Distillation; Documents; Electrodialysis; Energy consumption; Environmental science; forward osmosis; Heavy metals; membrane distillation; Membrane separation; Membranes; Metals; Mining; Osmosis; Pollutants; Pollution; Purification; Sewage; Technology; Technology assessment; Wastewater pollution; Wastewater treatment; Water quality; Water shortages; Water treatment; Denmark; Chile; China; heavy metals; wastewater treatment; membrane distillation; forward osmosis; electrodialysis; pollution; bibliometric analysis; research trends

A bibliometric analysis, using the Scopus database as a source, was carried out in order to study the scientific documents published up to 2021 regarding the use of electrodialysis, membrane distillation, and forward osmosis for the removal of heavy metals from wastewater. A total of 362 documents t...