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: Recent developments and perspectives

E Drioli, A Ali, F Macedonio - Desalination, 2015 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) has gained significant regard from industrial and academic
perspective in recent years, thus the frequency of publications related to the field has greatly …

Membrane synthesis for membrane distillation: A review

L Eykens, K De Sitter, C Dotremont, L Pinoy… - Separation and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is an emerging thermal separation technique, using a
hydrophobic microporous membrane. Initially, the process used MF membranes with a …

Membrane distillation: A comprehensive review

A Alkhudhiri, N Darwish, N Hilal - Desalination, 2012 - Elsevier
Membrane Distillation (MD) is a thermally-driven separation process, in which only vapour
molecules transfer through a microporous hydrophobic membrane. The driving force in the …

Progress in the production and modification of PVDF membranes

F Liu, NA Hashim, Y Liu, MRM Abed, K Li - Journal of membrane science, 2011 - Elsevier
This article provides a comprehensive overview of recent progress on the production and
modification of poly (vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF) membranes for liquid–liquid or liquid–solid …

Membranes and theoretical modeling of membrane distillation: A review

M Khayet - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2011 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is one of the non-isothermal membrane separation processes
used in various applications such desalination, environmental/waste cleanup, food, etc. It is …

A comprehensive review of vacuum membrane distillation technique

MAER Abu-Zeid, Y Zhang, H Dong, L Zhang, HL Chen… - Desalination, 2015 - Elsevier
The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the vacuum membrane distillation
(VMD) process in regard to its advantages, disadvantages and miscellaneous …

How to optimize the membrane properties for membrane distillation: a review

L Eykens, K De Sitter, C Dotremont… - Industrial & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Membrane distillation (MD) uses a microporous hydrophobic membrane to separate
dissolved molecules from a liquid stream. Notwithstanding the great potential, membrane …

A framework for better understanding membrane distillation separation process

MS El-Bourawi, Z Ding, R Ma, M Khayet - Journal of membrane science, 2006 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is an emerging technology for separations that are traditionally
accomplished by conventional separation processes such as distillation or reverse osmosis …

Recent progress of membrane distillation using electrospun nanofibrous membrane

LD Tijing, JS Choi, S Lee, SH Kim, HK Shon - Journal of Membrane …, 2014 - Elsevier
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 …