Pore wetting in membrane distillation: A comprehensive review

H Chamani, J Woloszyn, T Matsuura, D Rana… - Progress in Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is an emerging technology for the desalination of brines. In some
cases, liquid penetrates into the pores of the membrane, causing pore wetting. MD's …

Membrane distillation at the water-energy nexus: limits, opportunities, and challenges

A Deshmukh, C Boo, V Karanikola, S Lin… - Energy & …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Energy-efficient desalination and water treatment technologies play a critical role in
augmenting freshwater resources without placing an excessive strain on limited energy …

Progress in electrospun polymeric nanofibrous membranes for water treatment: Fabrication, modification and applications

Y Liao, CH Loh, M Tian, R Wang, AG Fane - Progress in Polymer Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Research on membrane technologies has grown exponentially to treat wastewater, recycle
polluted water and provide more freshwater. Electrospun nanofibrous membranes (ENMs) …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive review summarizing the effect of electrospinning parameters and potential applications of nanofibers in biomedical and biotechnology

A Haider, S Haider, IK Kang - Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology is a budding technology that has been identified as a vital scientific and
commercial venture with global economic benefits. With the increasing knowledge of …

A review of polymeric nanocomposite membranes for water purification

M Bassyouni, MH Abdel-Aziz, MS Zoromba… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nanocomposites are now commonly employed to augment the standard polymeric
membrane materials that are used in water treatment processes. A number of different …

Recent progress on electrospun nanofibrous polymer membranes for water and air purification: A review

MA Abdulhamid, K Muzamil - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Developing new polymer membranes with excellent thermal, mechanical, and chemical
stability has shown great potential for various environmental remediation applications such …

Functionalized electrospun nanofiber membranes for water treatment: A review

H Chen, M Huang, Y Liu, L Meng, M Ma - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Electrospun nanofiber membranes (ENMs) have high porosity, high specific surface area
and unique interconnected structure. It has huge advantages and potential in the treatment …

Membrane synthesis for membrane distillation: A review

L Eykens, K De Sitter, C Dotremont, L Pinoy… - Separation and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is an emerging thermal separation technique, using a
hydrophobic microporous membrane. Initially, the process used MF membranes with a …

A review on electrospinning for membrane fabrication: Challenges and applications

FE Ahmed, BS Lalia, R Hashaikeh - Desalination, 2015 - Elsevier
Fibrous structures with nanoscale diameters offer a multitude of fascinating features, such as
excellent mechanical behavior and large surface area to volume ratio, making them …

Application and modification of poly (vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF) membranes–a review

G Kang, Y Cao - Journal of membrane science, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Poly (vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF) membranes have been extensively applied to
scientific research and industrial process due to its outstanding properties such as high …