Solar thermal feed preheating techniques integrated with membrane distillation for seawater desalination applications: Recent advances, retrofitting performance …

SA El-Agouz, ME Zayed, AMA Ghazala… - Process Safety and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is a promising technology for seawater desalination, integrating
the advantages of both membrane segregation and thermal distillation. High energy …

Distributed solar desalination by membrane distillation: current status and future perspectives

Q Ma, Z Xu, R Wang - Water research, 2021 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) has been proven promising in solar-driven desalination.
Moreover, its unique characteristics such as simple process, module compactness, high salt …

Stretchable and superhydrophilic polyaniline/halloysite decorated nanofiber composite evaporator for high efficiency seawater desalination

J Han, W Xing, J Yan, J Wen, Y Liu, Y Wang… - Advanced Fiber …, 2022 - Springer
Here, authors report on composition of a stretchable, mechanically durable and
superhydrophilic polyaniline (PANI)/halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) decorated PU nanofiber …

Comprehensive parametric analysis, sizing, and performance evaluation of a tubular direct contact membrane desalination system driven by heat pipe-based solar …

SA El-Agouz, AR Abd Elbar, AM Aboghazala… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Feed seawater heating is one of the crucial bottlenecks in membrane desalination (MD)
systems. The interest of usage solar energy techniques for feed seawater preheating in MD …

Building an operational framework for selective nitrogen recovery via electrochemical stripping

MJ Liu, BS Neo, WA Tarpeh - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Recovering nitrogen from wastewater can simultaneously fulfill the roles of traditional
removal technologies such as nitrification-denitrification and fertilizer production processes …

Direct contact membrane distillation for surface water treatment and phenolic compounds retention: From bench to pilot scale

RL Ramos, VR Moreira, YAR Lebron, MF Martins… - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation has been applied in water treatment for micropollutant retention, such
as phenols. Direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) is the most studied configuration at …

Evaluation of halloysite nanotube–loaded chitosan-based nanocomposite membranes for water desalination by pervaporation

T Ünügül, FU Nigiz - Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2022 - Springer
In this study, halloysite nanotube (HNT)–loaded chitosan-based nanocomposite membranes
were synthesized and used for pervaporative desalination of water. Structural and …

Principles and advancements of air gap membrane distillation

S Kalla, S Upadhyaya, K Singh - Reviews in Chemical Engineering, 2019 - degruyter.com
In recent years, membrane distillation (MD) has evidently emerged as one of the promising
separation processes, with increasing areas of application including but not limited to …

Interception of volatile organic compounds through CNT electrochemistry of electrified membrane surface during membrane distillation

M Lou, X Zhu, X Fang, Y Liu, F Li - Separation and Purification Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
The unimpeded transport of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the membrane distillation
(MD) greatly restricts its application in treating industrial wastewater treatment. Herein, an …

Advances and prospects in graphene oxide membranes for seawater salt ion sieving and rejection

X Wang, YF Mao, X Shen, J Zhao, J Zhou… - Separation and Purification …, 2024 - Elsevier
Seawater salt ion sieving and rejection achieved through membrane separation is inevitable
as the human development to obtain fresh water or pure salt. Recently, graphene oxide (GO) …