Membrane distillation (MD) is one of the non-isothermal membrane separation processes
used in various applications such desalination, environmental/waste cleanup, food, etc. It is
known since 1963 and is still being developed at laboratory stage for different purposes and
not fully implemented in industry. An abrupt increase in the number of papers on MD
membrane engineering (ie design, fabrication and testing in MD) is seen since only 6years
ago. The present paper offers a comprehensive MD state-of-the-art review covering a wide …

… The present paper offers a comprehensive MD state-of-the-art review covering a wide
range of commercial membranes, MD membrane engineering, their MD performance,
transport mechanisms, experimental and theoretical modeling of different MD configurations
as well as recent developments in MD. Improved MD membranes with specific morphology,
micro- and nanostructures are highly demanded. … Theoretical modeling and experimental
analysis of direct contact membrane distillation. J Membr Sci 2009; 330: 279–87. [175] …