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 …

Wetting phenomena in membrane distillation: Mechanisms, reversal, and prevention

M Rezaei, DM Warsinger, MC Duke, T Matsuura… - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is a rapidly emerging water treatment technology; however,
membrane pore wetting is a primary barrier to widespread industrial use of MD. The primary …

[HTML][HTML] Fouling mitigation strategies for different foulants in membrane distillation

A Alkhatib, MA Ayari, AH Hawari - Chemical Engineering and Processing …, 2021 - Elsevier
Providing clean water to a rapidly growing population is an issue that is currently getting lots
of attention to offer a sustainable solution for water scarcity. Membrane distillation (MD) is …

Fouling and wetting in the membrane distillation driven wastewater reclamation process–A review

MR Choudhury, N Anwar, D Jassby… - Advances in colloid and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Fouling and wetting of membranes are significant concerns that can impede the widespread
application of the membrane distillation (MD) process during high-salinity wastewater …

Wetting prevention in membrane distillation through superhydrophobicity and recharging an air layer on the membrane surface

M Rezaei, DM Warsinger, WM Samhaber - Journal of Membrane Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Although membrane distillation offers distinctive benefits in some certain areas, ie, RO
concentrate treatment, concentrating solutions in the food industry and solar heat utilization …

Experimental characterization and optimization of multi-channel spiral wound air gap membrane distillation modules for seawater desalination

A Ruiz-Aguirre, JA Andrés-Mañas… - Separation and …, 2018 - Elsevier
An experimental characterization of the performance of two multi-channel spiral-wound air-
gap membrane distillation modules at commercial-scale was carried out for seawater …

Optimisation of direct contact membrane distillation to enhance brackish water desalination and study polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane performance

J Bose, S Chowdhury, U Adhikari, J Sikder - Computers & Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study explores the optimisation of operational parameters in direct contact membrane
distillation (DCMD) for brackish water desalination using polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) …

Modeling and optimization of a commercial permeate gap spiral wound membrane distillation module for seawater desalination

A Ruiz-Aguirre, JA Andrés-Mañas… - Desalination, 2017 - Elsevier
In this paper, a commercial spiral wound PGMD module was modeled and optimized for
seawater desalination using Response Surface Methodology (RSM). Permeate flux (P flux) …

Modeling and optimization of pertraction performance of heavy metal ion from aqueous solutions using M2EHPA/D2EHPA: Application of response surface …

A Azarang, A Rahbar-Kelishami, R Norouzbeigi… - … Technology & Innovation, 2019 - Elsevier
Pertraction of copper (II) ions in aqueous solutions by means of emulsion liquid membrane
(ELM) was studied with applying design of experiments, central composition design. The …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling gas separation in flat sheet membrane modules: Impact of flow channel size variation

JR Rivero, LR Nemetz, MM Da Conceicao… - Carbon Capture Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Flat sheet membranes offer many advantages over other membrane configurations,(eg ease
of maintenance and low pressure drops) that make them a strong candidate for post …