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Lianfa Song is affiliated with Texas Tech University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and environmental science, with a particular emphasis on membrane technologies and water treatment processes. The scientist has contributed to various subfields including water science and technology, biomedical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, pollution, and mechanical engineering.

The scientist has produced scholarly work centered around several key topics:

  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
  • Membrane Separation and Gas Transport
  • Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
  • Advancements in Battery Materials

Lianfa Song has authored and co-authored papers published in a range of academic venues. These frequently include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Desalination
  • Separations
  • Science Advances
  • Environmental Science Water Research & Technology

Recent publications highlight research on water transport mechanisms and membrane performance under different conditions. Notable works include:

  • "Water transport in reverse osmosis membranes is governed by pore flow, not a solution-diffusion mechanism" (2023, Science Advances)
  • "Effects of NaClO shock on MBR performance under continuous operating conditions" (2020, Environmental Science Water Research & Technology)
  • "True driving force and characteristics of water transport in osmotic membranes" (2021, Desalination)
  • "Optimization of seawater desalination processes with the ideal reverse osmosis equation" (2024, Desalination)
  • "Accurate Determination of Electrical Potential on Ion Exchange Membranes in Reverse Electrodialysis" (2021, Separations)

The scientist collaborates frequently with a core group of co-authors, including Yuqi Sun, Qingyang Guo, Shuang Liang, Mohammad Heiranian, and Menachem Elimelech.

Best Publications

  • Flux decline in crossflow microfiltration and ultrafiltration: mechanisms and modeling of membrane fouling

    Lianfa Song

  • Theory of concentration polarization in crossflow filtration

    Lianfa Song;Menachem Elimelech

  • Soluble microbial products in membrane bioreactor operation: Behaviors, characteristics, and fouling potential.

    Shuang Liang;Cui Liu;Lianfa Song

  • Kinetics of Colloid Deposition onto Heterogeneously Charged Surfaces in Porous Media

    Lianfa. Song;Philip R. Johnson;Menachem. Elimelech

  • Water transport in reverse osmosis membranes is governed by pore flow, not a solution-diffusion mechanism

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  • Morphological visualization, componential characterization and microbiological identification of membrane fouling in membrane bioreactors (MBRs)

    Fangang Meng;Baoqiang Liao;Shuang Liang;Fenglin Yang

  • Particle Deposition onto a Permeable Surface in Laminar Flow

    Lianfa Song;Menachem Elimelech

  • Dynamics of colloid deposition in porous media: Modeling the role of retained particles

    Lianfa Song;Menachem Elimelech

  • New insights into the rapid formation of initial membrane fouling after in-situ cleaning in a membrane bioreactor

    Ming Sun;Linlin Yan;Lanhe Zhang;Lianfa Song

  • Fate of NaClO and membrane foulants during in-situ cleaning of membrane bioreactors: Combined effect on thermodynamic properties of sludge

    Haifeng Zhang;Haifeng Zhang;Ming Sun;Lianfa Song;Jingbo Guo

  • The development of membrane fouling in full-scale RO processes

    Kai Loon Chen;Lianfa Song;Say Leong Ong;Wun Jern Ng

  • A new model for the calculation of the limiting flux in ultrafiltration

    Lianfa Song

  • Effect of pH and ionic strength on boron removal by RO membranes

    Maung Htun Oo;Lianfa Song

  • A numerical study on concentration polarization and system performance of spiral wound RO membrane modules

    Wenwen Zhou;Lianfa Song;Tay Kwee Guan

  • Flux decline in crossflow microfiltration and ultrafiltration: experimental verification of fouling dynamics

    Liyuang Wang;Lianfa Song

  • Energy analysis and efficiency assessment of reverse osmosis desalination process

    Cui Liu;Kenneth Rainwater;Lianfa Song

  • Fouling behavior and foulant characteristics of reverse osmosis membranes for treated secondary effluent reclamation

    Yan Zhao;Lianfa Song;Say Leong Ong

  • Numerical study on permeate flux enhancement by spacers in a crossflow reverse osmosis channel

    Shengwei Ma;Lianfa Song

  • Mechanisms and Parameters Affecting Flux Decline in Cross-Flow Microfiltration and Ultrafiltration of Colloids

    Miaomiao Zhang;Lianfa Song

  • Performance limitation of the full-scale reverse osmosis process

    Lianfa Song;J.Y. Hu;S.L. Ong;W.J. Ng

  • Fouling of RO membranes by effluent organic matter (EfOM): Relating major components of EfOM to their characteristic fouling behaviors

    Yan Zhao;Lianfa Song;Say Leong Ong

  • Quantifying the effect of ionic strength on colloidal fouling potential in membrane filtration

    Gurdev Singh;Lianfa Song

Frequent Co-Authors

Say Leong Ong
Say Leong Ong National University of Singapore
Jiangyong Hu
Jiangyong Hu National University of Singapore
Menachem Elimelech
Menachem Elimelech Rice University
Shuang Liang
Shuang Liang Shandong University
Yaoyu Feng
Yaoyu Feng South China Agricultural University
Zhengang Liu
Zhengang Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Fangang Meng
Fangang Meng Sun Yat-sen University
Bao-Qiang Liao
Bao-Qiang Liao Lakehead University
Wen-Tso Liu
Wen-Tso Liu University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Seungkwan Hong
Seungkwan Hong Korea University

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