A review of oily wastewater treatment using ultrafiltration membrane: A parametric study to enhance the membrane performance

T Ahmad, C Guria, A Mandal - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
The industries like petroleum refining, petrochemicals, metallurgical, oil & gas, etc., generate
a substantial volume of oily wastewater, and it is recognized as a potential threat to the …

Crystalline polymorphism in poly (vinylidenefluoride) membranes

Z Cui, NT Hassankiadeh, Y Zhuang, E Drioli… - Progress in Polymer …, 2015 - Elsevier
PVDF is widely employed in membrane processes. Its crystals have five different
polymorphs, α, β, γ, δ, and ɛ forms. In the past decades, research has been focused on the …

Novel PVDF hollow fiber membranes for vacuum and direct contact membrane distillation applications

E Drioli, A Ali, S Simone, F Macedonio, SA Al-Jlil… - Separation and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Microporous, hydrophobic hollow fiber membranes were prepared from polyvinylidene
fluoride (PVDF) under different processing conditions and by changing the composition of …

Physicochemical characterization of cellulose nanocrystal and nanoporous self-assembled CNC membrane derived from Ceiba pentandra

MA Mohamed, WNW Salleh, J Jaafar, AF Ismail… - Carbohydrate …, 2017 - Elsevier
This research involves the rare utilisation of the kapok fibre (Ceiba pentandra) as a raw
material for the fabrication of cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) and self-assembled CNC …

Preparation and characterization of PPO/PS porous membrane for desalination via direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD)

R Rahimnia, M Pakizeh - Journal of Membrane Science, 2023 - Elsevier
The non-solvent induced phase separation (NIPS) method was used to prepare novel
polyphenylene oxide and polystyrene blend (PPO/PS) flat-sheet porous membranes. The …

Novel hexa-fluorinated intrinsically porous polyimide membranes for the desalination of high saline water by air-gap membrane distillation

TO Obidara, MA Azeem, DU Lawal, MA Alfaraj… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Hexa-fluorinated porous membranes were prepared from 4, 4′-(hexafluoroisopropylidene)
diphtalic anhydride (6FDA)-2, 3, 5, 6-tetramethyl-m-phenylenediamine (TMPD)(6FDA …

Hydrophobic asymmetric ultrafiltration PVDF membranes: an alternative separator for VFB with excellent stability

W Wei, H Zhang, X Li, H Zhang, Y Li… - Physical Chemistry …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) ultrafiltration membranes were investigated for the first time
in vanadium redox flow battery (VFB) applications. Surprisingly, PVDF ultrafiltration …

Wetting of photoplasmonic PVDF/silver membranes in photothermal membrane distillation: Identification of wetting mechanisms and comparison of wetting dynamics

T Eljaddi, C Cabassud - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Photothermal membrane distillation (PMD) is a promising configuration of membrane
distillation (MD), which can overcome the temperature polarization problem and allows …

Preparation and characterization of hydrophobic P (VDF-HFP) flat sheet membranes using Tamisolve® NxG solvent for the treatment of saline water by direct contact …

S Saïdi, F Macedonio, F Russo, C Hannachi… - Separation and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The replacement of the toxic solvents with non-toxic equivalents attracts a great attention in
membrane preparation and application processes. The purpose of this work is to study the …

TamiSolve® NxG as novel solvent for polymeric membrane preparation

T Marino, F Russo, A Criscuoli, A Figoli - Journal of Membrane Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Poly (vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene) P (VDF-HFP) porous membranes with a pore
size ranging in the ultra-and micro-filtration range were successfully prepared for the first …