A review of membrane wettability for the treatment of saline water deploying membrane distillation

M Yao, LD Tijing, G Naidu, SH Kim, H Matsuyama… - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is an alternative membrane technology that offers the capacity to
treat highly saline water including industrial wastewater, seawater, brine water from other …

Recent progress in the membrane distillation and impact of track-etched membranes

AB Yeszhanov, IV Korolkov, SS Dosmagambetova… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Membrane distillation (MD) is a rapidly developing field of research and finds applications in
desalination of water, purification from nonvolatile substances, and concentration of various …

Design and performance a novel hybrid membrane distillation/humidification–dehumidification system

Y Elhenawy, K Fouad, M Bassyouni, T Majozi - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Water shortage is a burden on governments with the significant increase in population and
industrial activities. There is an urgent need to devise innovative systems for providing …

Hybrid multi-stage flash (MSF) and membrane distillation (MD) desalination system for energy saving and brine minimization

DU Lawal, MA Antar, KG Ismaila, A Khalifa, SM Alawad - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
A hybrid multi-stage flash and multi-stage membrane distillation system for freshwater
recovery from the rejected MSF brine is studied. The proposed system reduces …

Thermo-economical and environmental analyses of a Direct Contact Membrane Distillation (DCMD) performance

V Okati, AJ Moghadam, M Farzaneh-Gord… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
As a promising desalination technology, membrane distillation is expected to be developed
continuously due to its wide application and low sensitivity to salt concentration in the feed …

Heat recovery of multistage circulated permeate gap membrane distillation for energy-efficient water production

AH Al Hariri, AE Khalifa - Separation and Purification Technology, 2025 - Elsevier
Addressing the challenges of energy efficiency in the desalination industry, this study
proposed an energy-efficient water desalination system, focusing on the novel innovative …

Techno-economic analysis of solar-powered membrane distillation system with circulated permeate gap

AH Al Hariri, AE Khalifa, SM Alawad - Solar Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigates a novel integration of a circulated permeate gap membrane
distillation (C-PGMD) module with flat plate solar collectors. The investigation is performed …

Artificial neural network and differential evolution optimization of a circulated permeate gap membrane distillation unit

AH Al Hariri, AE Khalifa, M Talha, Y Awda… - Separation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study integrated an artificial neural network (ANN) model with a differential evolution
(DE) optimization algorithm for cost optimization of a novel multi-stage permeate gap …

Optimization and design analysis of multistage water gap membrane distillation for cost-effective desalination

SM Alawad, DU Lawal, AE Khalifa, IH Aljundi, MA Antar… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
This study presents an analysis of a detailed theoretical model and optimization of a novel
large-scale multistage water gap membrane distillation (WGMD) unit with an internal gap …

Unifying Efficiency Metrics for Solar Evaporation and Thermal Desalination

H Fattahi Juybari, HB Parmar, M Rezaei… - ACS Energy …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Worsening water crises and climate change drive the need for solar evaporation and
thermal desalination. Yet, diverse performance metrics, siloed communities, and a research …