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Andrea Achilli

Associate Professor | Associate Professor, Environmental Science | Member of the Graduate Faculty | Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute

Chemical & Environmental Engr
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$5.6M / $10.5M Funding
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50+ Publications
5+ Courses

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<p>Andrea Achilli main fields of research are membrane processes for desalination and water reuse and energy recovery from water and wastewater. Additional field of his research focuses on process integration, modelling, and optimization and biological processes for water and wastewater treatments. Dr. Achilli is the principal investigator on several research processes on membrane contactor processes and hybrid systems for desalination and water reuse.

Research Area

water treatment, membrane technology, membrane distillation, water reuse, desalination, sustainability, membrane processes, wastewater treatment, reverse osmosis, environmental engineering, energy efficiency, renewable energy, pretreatment

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    Targeted Chemical Cleaning Preserves High Water Flux and Water Quality in Long-Term Pilot-Scale Membrane Distillation for Potable Water Reuse

    2024

    Advancing a Net Zero Urban Water Future in the United States Southwest: Governance and Policy Challenges and Future Needs

    2024
    urban water management, policy challenges, governance, future needs

    Comparative Analysis of Reverse Osmosis and Nanofiltration for the Removal of Dissolved Contaminants in Water Reuse Applications

    2023

    Surrogate modeling of pressure loss mass transfer in membrane channels via coupling of computational fluid dynamics and machine learning

    2023
    membrane technology, computational fluid dynamics, mass transfer, surrogate modeling, machine learning

    Virus rejection and removal in pilot-scale air-gamembrane distillation

    2023
    virus removal, membrane distillation, pilot-scale, air quality, water treatment

    Analysis of backwash settings to maximize net water production in an engineering-scale ultrafiltration system for water reuse

    2023
    water reuse, ultrafiltration

    Productivity, Selectivity, and Energy Consumption of Pilot-Scale Vacuum Assisted Air-GaMembrane Distillation for the Desalination of High-Salinity Streams

    2023

    Pore flow and solute rejection in pilot-scale air-gamembrane distillation

    2023
    membrane distillation, pilot-scale, solute rejection, pore flow, air-gap

    Scale-uof membrane distillation systems using bench-scale data

    2022
    membrane distillation, scale-up, bench-scale data, membrane systems, distillation

    Fouling Characterization and Treatment of Water Reuse Concentrate with Membrane Distillation: Do Organics Really Matter

    2022
    water reuse, membrane distillation, fouling characterization, organics, water treatment

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    • Fluid Mechanics for Environmental Engineers

    • Water Reuse

    • Chemical Engineering Design Principles

    • Environmental and Water Engineering

    • Water Treatment System Design

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