Membrane cleaning and pretreatments in membrane distillation–a review

A Abdel-Karim, S Leaper, C Skuse, G Zaragoza… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is an emerging thermal-based membrane technology that has
the capacity to treat a wide range of feed waters, including high salinity brines and …

A critical review of membrane wettability in membrane distillation from the perspective of interfacial interactions

H Chang, B Liu, Z Zhang, R Pawar, Z Yan… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
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 …

Principles and applications of direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD): A comprehensive review

BB Ashoor, S Mansour, A Giwa, V Dufour, SW Hasan - Desalination, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper, the current and most recent applications of direct contact membrane distillation
(DCMD) are discussed. Apart from its rapidly increasing use for the desalination of highly …

Fabrication of polymeric membranes for membrane distillation process and application for wastewater treatment: Critical review

F Tibi, A Charfi, J Cho, J Kim - Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2020 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is a thermally driven membrane separation process in which
only vapor molecules can be transferred through hydrophobic membrane. Significant efforts …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Membrane distillation: Progress in the improvement of dedicated membranes for enhanced hydrophobicity and desalination performance

MK Alsebaeai, AL Ahmad - Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD), a second-generation separation technology has been identified
as vital industrial process due to outstanding properties for seawater desalination. In this …

Omniphobic membranes for distillation: Opportunities and challenges

T Ni, J Lin, L Kong, S Zhao - Chinese Chemical Letters, 2021 - Elsevier
As an emerging thermal-driven membrane technology, membrane distillation (MD) has
attracted immense attention for desalination and water purification. The membranes for MD …

Graphene-based membranes for membrane distillation applications: A review

S Seraj, T Mohammadi, MA Tofighy - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD), a growing membrane technology, has received considerable
attention over the past few decades worldwide. It offers the capacity to treat high-salinity …

Hydrophobicity versus pore size: polymer coatings to improve membrane wetting resistance for membrane distillation

AL McGaughey, P Karandikar, M Gupta… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD) was used to coat two porous substrates
(hydrophilic cellulose acetate (CA) and hydrophobic polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)) with a …

A low cost hydrophobic kaolin hollow fiber membrane (h-KHFM) for arsenic removal from aqueous solution via direct contact membrane distillation

SK Hubadillah, MHD Othman, AF Ismail… - Separation and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, a low cost hydrophobic kaolin hollow fiber membranes (h-KHFM) was
successfully prepared by phase inversion/sintering technique followed by a modification via …