Publications | Achilli Research & Teaching Lab

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2021

M. Hardikar, L.A. Ikner, V. Felix, L.K. Presson, A.B. Rabe*, K.L. Hickenbottom, A. Achilli, “Membrane distillation provides a dual barrier for coronavirus and bacteriophage removal”, Environmental Science & Technology Letters 8 (2021) 713-718.

(a) MD bench-scale test with RO concentrate as the feed solution, ultrapure water as the distillate, and a control volume RO concentrate spiked with HCoV-229E at 25 °C. The detection limit for the virus concentration was 1 MPN/50 mL (dashed line) in the distillate and 50 MPN/50 mL (dashed bar) in the feed solution. The feed temperature was gradually increased everyhour from 25 to 60 °C to observe the effect of temperature on the virus concentration. The corresponding distillate temperature increased from 7 to 25 °C, and the water flux increased from 5 to 20 L/m2 h throughout the test. No permeation of HCoV-229E to the distillate was detected, and no virus was detected in the feed solution once the temperature reached 50 °C. (b) Samples of RO concentrate spiked with HCoV-229E were placed in water baths at constant temperatures and showed 2-log10reduction in virus concentration at 40 °C after 5 hours and were below the detection limit (indicated by arrows) at 50 °C after the first hour.

Z.M. Binger, G. O’Toole, A. Achilli, “Evidence of solution-diffusion-with-defects in an engineering-scale pressure retarded osmosis system”, Journal of Membrane Science, 625 (2021) 119135.

2020

C. Crosson, A. Achilli, A.A. Zuniga-Teran, E.A. Mack, T. Albrecht, P. Shrestha, D.L. Boccelli, T.Y. Cath, G.T. Daigger, J. Duan, K.E. Lansey, T. Meixner, S. Pincetl, C.A. Scott, “Net Zero Urban Water from Concept to Applications: Integrating Natural, Built and Social Systems for Responsive and Adaptive Solutions”, Environmental Science and Technology Water, ACS ES&T Water 1 (3) (2020) 518-529.
M. AzadiAghdam, A. Achilli, S.A. Snyder, J. Farrell, "Increasing water recovery during reclamation of treated municipal wastewater using bipolar membrane electrodialysis and fluidized bed crystallization", Journal of Water Process Engineering, 38 (2020) 101555.
Z.M Binger and A. Achilli, "Forward osmosis and pressure retarded osmosis process modeling for integration with seawater reverse osmosis desalination", Desalination, 491 (2020) 114583.
M. Hardikar, I. Marquez, A. Achilli, “Membrane Distillation and High Salinity: Analysis and Implications”, Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 6 (2020) 1538-1552.

M. AzadiAghdam, M. Park, I. Lopez Prieto, A. Achilli, S.A. Snyder, J. Farrell, “Pretreatment for Water Reuse using Fluidized Bed Crystallization”, Journal of Water Process Engineering, 35 (2020) 101226.
W. Xin, Z.M. Binger, A. Achilli, K.T. Sanders, A.E. Childress, "A modeling framework to evaluate blending of seawater and treated wastewater streams for synergistic desalination and potable reuse", Water Research, 170 (2020) p115282.

2009 - 2019

K.E. Rodman*, A.A. Cervania*, V. Budig-Markin*, O.W. Rogers*, J.M. Martinez*, J. King*, P. Hassett*, J. Burns*, M.S. Gonzales*, A. Folkerts*, P. Duin*, C.F. Schermesser*, A.S. Virgil*, M. Aldrete*, A. Lagasca*, A. Infanzon- Marin*, J.R. Aitchison*, D. White*, B.C. Boutros*, S. Ortega*, B. Davis*, V.N. Tran*, and A. Achilli, “Coastal California wastewater effluent as a resource for seawater desalination brine commingling”, Water, 10 (2018) 322.
N.R. Armstrong, R.C. Shallcross, K. Ogden, S.A. Snyder, A. Achilli, E.L. Armstrong, “Challenges and opportunities at the nexus of energy, water, and food”, MRS Energy and Sustainability, 5 (2018).
D.M. Warsinger, S. Chakraborty, E.W. Tow, M.H. Plumlee, S. Loutatidou, C. Bellona, L. Karimi, A.M. Mikelonis, A. Achilli, et al., “A review of polymeric membranes and processes for potable water reuse”, Progress in Polymer Science, 81 (2018) 209-237.
C.P. Morrow, N.M. Furtaw, J.R. Murphy, A. Achilli, E. A. Marchand, S.R. Hiibel, A.E. Childress, “Integrating an aerobic/anoxic osmotic membrane bioreactor with membrane distillation for potable reuse”, Desalination, 432 (2018) 46–54.
G. O’Toole, L. Jones*, C. Coutinho, C. Hayes, M. Napoles, A. Achilli, “River-to-sea pressure retarded osmosis: resource utilization in a full-scale facility”, Desalination, 389 (2016) 39-51.
R.D. Gustafson*, J.R. Murphy*, A. Achilli, “A stepwise model of direct contact membrane distillation for application to large-scale systems: experimental results and model predictions”, Desalination, 378 (2016) 14-27.
A. Achilli and R.W. Holloway, “Aerobic membrane bioreactor”, in: Encyclopedia of Membranes, E. Drioli and L. Giorno Editors, Springer, 2016.
A. Achilli and K.L. Hickenbottom, “Pressure retarded osmosis: applications”, in: Sustainable Energy from Salinity Gradients, A. Cipollina and G.M. Micale Editors, Woodhead Publishing – Elsevier, 2016
R.W. Holloway, A. Achilli, T.Y. Cath, “The osmotic membrane bioreactor: a critical review”, Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology 1 (2015) 581-605.
G. Rao, S.R. Hiibel, A. Achilli, A.E. Childress, “Factors attributing to flux improvement in vacuum-enhanced direct contact membrane distillation (VEDCMD)”, Desalination, 367 (2015) 197-205.
A. Achilli, J.L. Prante, N.T. Hancock, E.B. Maxwell, A.E. Childress, “Experimental results from RO-PRO: a next generation system for low-energy desalination”, Environmental Science and Technology, 48 (2014) 6437-6443.
J.L. Prante, J.A. Ruskowitz, A.E. Childress, A. Achilli, “RO-PRO desalination: an integrated low-energy approach to seawater desalination”, Applied Energy, 120 (2014) 104-114.
A. Achilli, T.Y. Cath, A.E. Childress, “Osmotically assisted desalination method and system”, patent # US 8,801,934 B2, August 12, 2014, Assignee: University of Nevada, Reno.
T.Y. Cath, M. Elimelech, J.R. McCutcheon, R.L. McGinnis, A. Achilli, et al., “Standard methodology for evaluating membrane performance in osmotically driven membrane processes”, Desalination, 312 (2013) 31-38.
A.E. Childress and A. Achilli, “Pressure-retarded osmosis”, in: Encyclopedia of Membrane Science and Technology, E.M.V. Hoek and V.V. Tarabara Editors, Wiley, 2013.
K.S. Bowden, A. Achilli, A.E. Childress, “Organic ionic draw salt solutions for osmotic membrane bioreactors”, Bioresource Technology, 122 (2012) 207-216.
A. Achilli, E.A. Marchand, A.E. Childress, “A performance evaluation of three membrane bioreactor systems: aerobic, anaerobic, and attached-growth”, Water Science and Technology, 63 (2011) 2999-3005.
A. Achilli, T.Y. Cath, A.E. Childress, “Selection of inorganic-based draw solutions for forward osmosis applications”, Journal of Membrane Science, 364 (2010) 233-241.
A. Achilli and A.E. Childress, “Pressure retarded osmosis: from the vision of Sidney Loeb to the first prototype installation – Review”, Desalination, 261 (2010) 205-211.
A. Achilli, T.Y. Cath, A.E. Childress, “Power generation with pressure retarded osmosis: an experimental and theoretical investigation”, Journal of Membrane Science, 343 (2009) 42-52.
A. Achilli, T.Y. Cath, E.A. Marchand, A.E. Childress, “The forward osmosis membrane bioreactor: a low fouling alternative to MBR processes”, Desalination, 239 (2009) 10-21.

*Undergraduate student