Desalination by membrane pervaporation: A review

Y Li, ER Thomas, MH Molina, S Mann, WS Walker… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Pervaporation is a vapor pressure-driven membrane desalination process that can
desalinate water with greater total dissolved solids than conventional reverse osmosis. This …

Ultrafast seawater desalination with covalent organic framework membranes

M Wang, P Zhang, X Liang, J Zhao, Y Liu, Y Cao… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The lack of access to clean water for billions of people represents a fundamental global
sustainability challenge that must be addressed. Seawater desalination using membrane …

Dual-layer membranes with a thin film hydrophilic MOF/PVA nanocomposite for enhanced antiwetting property in membrane distillation

Z Huang, G Yang, J Zhang, S Gray, Z Xie - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) has been considered as a promising separation technology for
desalination due to its ultrahigh rejection towards nonvolatile salts. However, pore wetting is …

Electrically-conductive, Joule-heated pervaporation membranes for desalination: Investigating energy-saving, self-cleaning and anti-swelling trifecta

J Aburabie, S Mohammed, H Nassrullah, R Hashaikeh - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Desalination pervaporation (PV) process can be a promising technique to address global
water-energy challenges. However, the energy-intensive nature of the process, which …

MnOx bound on oxidized multi-walled carbon nanotubes as anode for lithium-ion batteries

X Guo, Z Sun, H Ge, Q Zhao, T Shang, Y Tian… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanocomposites of manganese oxides and carbonaceous materials with strong interfacial
connection hold extraordinary potential as high-performance electrode materials for energy …

Toward fabrication of fouling resistant pervaporation membrane for desalination: Surface modification of TFC membrane via grafting of mPEG-NH2

Z Alipoor, SM Mousavi, E Saljoughi, H Karkhanechi - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
A highly hydrophilic and fouling resistant membrane was developed via surface modification
of a thin film composite membrane (TFC), prepared from polyacrylonitrile/polyvinyl alcohol …

Optimization of mass transfer-enhanced chlorine-resistant crosslinked PVA composite membranes for pervaporation desalination

J Yan, Z Du, Z Yu, B Cao, TT Mar, D Qin, R Zhang - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Pervaporation (PV) is characterised by good hydrophilicity and antifouling properties.
However, it is still unavoidable to need cleaning during long-term operation. Sodium …

Nanostructural engineering of electrospun poly (vinyl alcohol)/carbon nanotube mats into dense films for alcohol dehydration

SK Kang, K Hwang, JW Park, MH Kim… - ACS Sustainable …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Pervaporation is a green process that consumes low energy and does not require solvents
for separation. In this work, interfacial engineering of poly (vinyl alcohol)(PVA)/carbon …

Tailoring physicochemical properties of quaternized polystyrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene membrane for enhanced pervaporation desalination

X Sun, N Li, Z Wang, W Shen, Z Xie, Y Liu, L Jin - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Pervaporation offers unique advantages for desalination of hypersaline water using highly
hydrophilic and selective membrane. Positively charged membrane is superior in repelling …

Graphene quantum dots doped poly (vinyl alcohol) hybrid membranes for Desalination via Pervaporation

Y Wan, L Yao, P Cui - Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Pervaporation desalination by highly hydrophilic materials such as poly (vinyl alcohol)(PVA)
based separation membrane is a burgeoning technology of late years. However, the …