Water scarcity is a grand challenge that requires continuous exploration of new desalination
technologies in order to augment the global supply of fresh water. In this context, membrane …

Rapid population growth has resulted in imbalance in the supply and demand of fresh water
for human consumption. As the sources of fresh water from surface water and fresh …

Membrane distillation (MD) uses a microporous hydrophobic membrane to separate
dissolved molecules from a liquid stream. Notwithstanding the great potential, membrane …

This article reviews literature on using membranes in heating, ventilation, and air
conditioning (HVAC) applications. Membranes enable the separation of one species from …

Identification and mitigation of challenges associated with membrane distillation (MD)
modeling are very crucial to the applicability of MD technology in the industry. Several …

Hydrophobic nanofibers have attracted great attention in the membrane distillation (MD)
process because of their extremely high specific surface area. In this study, hydrophobic …

The unique capabilities of electrospinning technology are being increasingly utilized in the
fabrication of hydrophobic membranes to improve the membrane distillation (MD) process in …

Membrane distillation (MD) is a promising technology for treating saline water and
wastewater with high rejection factors, which cannot be accomplished by conventional …

In this paper, the transport phenomena in four common membrane distillation (MD)
configurations and three popular modelling approaches are introduced. The mechanism of …

The major challenges for electrospun membranes used in direct contact membrane
distillation (DCMD) process are insufficient pore wetting resistance related with …