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 …

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 …

Design of omniphobic interfaces for membrane distillation–a review

KJ Lu, Y Chen, TS Chung - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) has a great potential in treating high salinity industrial
wastewater due to its unique characteristics. Nevertheless, the implementation of MD for …

Comprehensive review of membrane design and synthesis for membrane distillation

M Qasim, IU Samad, NA Darwish, N Hilal - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Recent developments in porous ceramic membranes for wastewater treatment and desalination: A review

T Arumugham, NJ Kaleekkal, S Gopal… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of membrane technology has proved vital in providing a sustainable and
affordable supply of clean water to address the ever-increasing demand. Though liquid …

Layered metal oxides loaded ceramic membrane activating peroxymonosulfate for mitigation of NOM membrane fouling

Z Bai, S Gao, H Yu, X Liu, J Tian - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Catalytic membrane can achieve sieving separation and advanced oxidation
simultaneously, which can improve the effluent water quality while reducing membrane …

Omniphobic re-entrant PVDF membrane with ZnO nanoparticles composite for desalination of low surface tension oily seawater

BJ Deka, J Guo, NK Khanzada, AK An - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, an omniphobic membrane was fabricated by electrospraying fluorinated zinc
oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles (NPs) mixed with polyvinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene …

Preparation of omniphobic PVDF membranes with silica nanoparticles for treating coking wastewater using direct contact membrane distillation: Electrostatic …

J Li, S Guo, Z Xu, J Li, Z Pan, Z Du, F Cheng - Journal of membrane …, 2019 - Elsevier
In order to reduce the wetting and fouling propensity of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)
membrane during coking wastewater treatment by membrane distillation, two kinds of …

Phosphorus-doped g-C3N4 integrated photocatalytic membrane reactor for wastewater treatment

C Hu, MS Wang, CH Chen, YR Chen, PH Huang… - Journal of Membrane …, 2019 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic membrane reactors (PMRs) have been widely used in wastewater treatment
over the past few years. In this study, P-doped gC 3 N 4 (PCN), a metal-free, visible light …

Robust dual-layered omniphobic electrospun membrane with anti-wetting and anti-scaling functionalised for membrane distillation application

BJ Deka, J Guo, AK An - Journal of Membrane Science, 2021 - Elsevier
A robust dual-layer superhydrophobic and omniphobic electrospun nanofiber membrane
was developed for membrane distillation application, especially with feed that contains …