The last decade has seen a worldwide increase in the use of alternative energy sources,
especially renewable energy (RE), including its application in desalination. In the past many …

Hydrophobic membranes used in membrane distillation (MD) systems are often subject to
wetting during long-term operation. Thus, it is of great importance to fully understand factors …

Due to their large specific surface area and numerous diffusion channels, hollow fibers are
widely used in wastewater treatment. In this study, we successfully synthesized a chitosan …

Pervaporation is a vapor pressure-driven membrane desalination process that can
desalinate water with greater total dissolved solids than conventional reverse osmosis. This …

Membrane distillation (MD) is a promising hybrid thermal-membrane separation technology
that can efficiently produce freshwater from seawater or contaminated wastewater. However …

Nanofibers are one of the most attractive materials in various applications due to their
unique properties and promising characteristics for the next generation of materials in the …

The scaling-induced wetting phenomenon seriously affects the application of membrane
distillation (MD) technology in hypersaline wastewater treatment. Unlike the large amount of …

Oilfield produced water (OPW) is one of the most important by-products, resulting from oil
and gas exploration. The water contains a complex mixture of organic and inorganic …

Membrane distillation (MD) is an emerging water treatment technology that employs a
microporous hydrophobic membrane as a physical barrier against liquid feed and utilizes …

The urgent need for sustainable solutions to address freshwater scarcity has encouraged
significant research interest in green thin film membrane-based materials (GTFM) for …