State-of-the-art methods for overcoming temperature polarization in membrane distillation process: A review

A Anvari, AA Yancheshme, KM Kekre… - Journal of membrane …, 2020 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) technology has been mainly used as a treatment method for
saline or contaminated wastewater. Despite the rapid progress in material engineering and …

Review of new approaches for fouling mitigation in membrane separation processes in water treatment applications

M El Batouti, NF Alharby, MM Elewa - Separations, 2021 - mdpi.com
This review investigates antifouling agents used in the process of membrane separation
(MS), in reverse osmosis (RO), ultrafiltration (UF), nanofiltration (NF), microfiltration (MF) …

Recent developments in nanomaterials-modified membranes for improved membrane distillation performance

S Sinha Ray, H Singh Bakshi, R Dangayach, R Singh… - Membranes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Membrane distillation (MD) is a thermally induced membrane separation process that
utilizes vapor pressure variance to permeate the more volatile constituent, typically water as …

Development of hydrophilic PVDF membrane using vapour induced phase separation method for produced water treatment

NI Mat Nawi, HM Chean, N Shamsuddin, MR Bilad… - Membranes, 2020 - mdpi.com
During the production of oil and gas, a large amount of oily wastewater is generated, which
would pollute the environment if discharged without proper treatment. As one of the most …

3D printed fouling-resistant composite membranes

S Mazinani, A Al-Shimmery, YMJ Chew… - ACS applied materials …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Fouling remains a long-standing unsolved problem that hinders the widespread use of
membrane applications in industry. This article reports the use of numerical simulations …

Membrane surface patterning as a fouling mitigation strategy in liquid filtration: A review

NU Barambu, MR Bilad, Y Wibisono, J Jaafar… - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Membrane fouling is seen as the main culprit that hinders the widespread of membrane
application in liquid-based filtration. Therefore, fouling management is key for the successful …

Engineered spacers for fouling mitigation in pressure driven membrane processes: Progress and projection

R Rahmawati, MR Bilad, NIM Nawi, Y Wibisono… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Membrane fouling remains a major obstacle in liquid-based membrane processes, which
restricts widespread applications of membrane-based processes. Approaches for …

[HTML][HTML] Progress in module design for membrane distillation

A Ali, MMA Shirazi, L Nthunya, R Castro-Muñoz… - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
There have been tremendous advances in membrane distillation (MD) since the concept
was introduced in 1961: new membrane designs and process configurations have emerged …

Slug flow-enhanced vacuum membrane distillation for seawater desalination: Flux improvement and anti-fouling effect

C Dong, Y Huang, L Zhang - Separation and Purification Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Vacuum membrane distillation (VMD) is characterized by high permeate flux and low
conductive heat loss among the membrane distillation technologies. However, the …

Superior separation of industrial oil-in-water emulsions utilizing surface patterned isotropic PES membranes

AAR Abdel-Aty, RMG Ahmed, IMA ElSherbiny… - Separation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Developing polymeric membranes for oily wastewater treatment has attracted great interest
over the last few years. However, the low permeance and poor fouling resistance are …