dr.ir. P.A. Sosa Fernandez (Paulina) | University of Twente

My main areas of research are:

Electro-membrane processes, especially electrodialysis
Water desalination
Treatment of aqueous streams with synthetic membranes

Sosa-Fernandez, P. A., Miedema, S. J. , Bruning, H., Leermakers, F. A. M., Post, J. W., & Rijnaarts, H. H. M. (2021). Effects of feed composition on the fouling on cation-exchange membranes desalinating polymer-flooding produced water. Journal of colloid and interface science, 584, 634-646. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2020.10.077

Sosa-Fernandez, P. A., Loc, T. M., Andrés-Torres, M., Tedesco, M., Post, J. W. , Bruning, H., & Rijnaarts, H. H. M. (2021). Energy consumption of an electrodialyzer desalinating aqueous polymer solutions. Desalination, 510, Article 115091. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2021.115091

Sosa-Fernandez, P. A., Post, J. W., Ramdlan, M. S., Leermakers, F. A. M. , Bruning, H., & Rijnaarts, H. H. M. (2020). Improving the performance of polymer-flooding produced water electrodialysis through the application of pulsed electric field. Desalination, 484, Article 114424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2020.114424

Sosa-Fernandez, P. A., Post, J. W., Karemore, A., Bruning, H., & Rijnaarts, H. H. M. (2020). Desalination of Polymer-Flooding Produced Water at Increased Water Recovery and Minimized Energy. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 59(36), 16059-16067. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.0c02088

Sosa-Fernández, P. A., Post, J. W., Nabaala, H. L., Bruning, H., & Rijnaarts, H. (2020). Experimental evaluation of anion exchange membranes for the desalination of (Waste) water produced after polymer-flooding. Membranes, 10(11), 1-22. Article 352. https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes10110352

Sosa-Fernandez, P. A., Post, J. W., Leermakers, F. A. M., Rijnaarts, H. H. M. , & Bruning, H. (2019). Removal of divalent ions from viscous polymer-flooding produced water and seawater via electrodialysis. Journal of membrane science, 589, Article 117251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2019.117251

Sosa-Fernandez, P. A., Miedema, S. J. , Bruning, H., Leermakers, F. A. M., Rijnaarts, H. H. M., & Post, J. W. (2019). Influence of solution composition on fouling of anion exchange membranes desalinating polymer-flooding produced water. Journal of colloid and interface science, 557, 381-394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2019.09.029

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p.a.sosafernandez@utwente.nl

Visiting Address

University of Twente
Faculty of Science and Technology
Horst Complex (building no. 20), room ME312
De Horst 2
7522LW Enschede
The Netherlands

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Mailing Address

University of Twente
Faculty of Science and Technology
Horst Complex ME312
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands

Faculty of Science and Technology (TNW), European Membrane Institute (EMI)

University of Twente Drienerlolaan 5
7522 NB Enschede

+31 (0)53 489 9111
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