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 …

Electrified membranes for water treatment applications

M Sun, X Wang, LR Winter, Y Zhao, W Ma… - Acs Es&T …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Electrified membranes (EMs) have the potential to address inherent limitations of
conventional membrane technologies. Recent studies have demonstrated that EMs exhibit …

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 …

Scaling of reverse osmosis membranes used in water desalination: Phenomena, impact, and control; future directions

A Matin, F Rahman, HZ Shafi, SM Zubair - Desalination, 2019 - Elsevier
Reverse osmosis is becoming popular for the purification of water resources eg sea and
brackish water. However, one of the major limitations in efficient operation are the fouling of …

Slippery for scaling resistance in membrane distillation: A novel porous micropillared superhydrophobic surface

Z Xiao, R Zheng, Y Liu, H He, X Yuan, Y Ji, D Li, H Yin… - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Scaling in membrane distillation (MD) is a key issue in desalination of concentrated saline
water, where the interface property between the membrane and the feed become critical. In …

Fouling and wetting in the membrane distillation driven wastewater reclamation process–A review

MR Choudhury, N Anwar, D Jassby… - Advances in colloid and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Fouling and wetting of membranes are significant concerns that can impede the widespread
application of the membrane distillation (MD) process during high-salinity wastewater …

Applications of electrically conductive membranes in water treatment via membrane distillation: Joule heating, membrane fouling/scaling/wetting mitigation and …

X Liao, YJ Lim, M Khayet, Y Liao, L Yao, Y Zhao… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is a thermally driven separation process that is driven by phase
change. The core of this technology is the hydrophobic microporous membrane that …

The role of nanotechnology in industrial water treatment

D Jassby, TY Cath, H Buisson - Nature nanotechnology, 2018 - nature.com
High-quality water is essential for most industrial processes, and many of these processes
generate large volumes of contaminated wastewater. Nanotechnology has the potential to …