Membrane cleaning and pretreatments in membrane distillation–a review

A Abdel-Karim, S Leaper, C Skuse, G Zaragoza… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is an emerging thermal-based membrane technology that has
the capacity to treat a wide range of feed waters, including high salinity brines and …

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 …

[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 …

Slippery for scaling resistance in membrane distillation: A novel porous micropillared superhydrophobic surface

Z Xiao, R Zheng, Y Liu, H He, X Yuan, Y Ji, D Li, H Yin… - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Scaling in membrane distillation (MD) is a key issue in desalination of concentrated saline
water, where the interface property between the membrane and the feed become critical. In …

Membrane fouling and cleaning strategies in microfiltration/ultrafiltration and dynamic membrane

T Xiao, Z Zhu, L Li, J Shi, Z Li, X Zuo - Separation and Purification …, 2023 - Elsevier
Dynamic membrane (DM) technology has attracted much attention due to low operating
pressure and easy fouling layer removal in wastewater treatment, but correlationship …

Mineral scaling induced membrane wetting in membrane distillation for water treatment: Fundamental mechanism and mitigation strategies

H Chang, Y Zhu, L Huang, Z Yan, F Qu, H Liang - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The scaling-induced wetting phenomenon seriously affects the application of membrane
distillation (MD) technology in hypersaline wastewater treatment. Unlike the large amount of …

Membrane distillation for wastewater treatment: Current trends, challenges and prospects of dense membrane distillation

H Julian, N Nurgirisia, G Qiu, YP Ting… - Journal of Water Process …, 2022 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) has excellent potential for wastewater treatment, and studies on
this subject have increased recently. The unique features of MD to pass only volatile …

Membrane distillation crystallization for brine mining and zero liquid discharge: opportunities, challenges, and recent progress

Y Choi, G Naidu, LD Nghiem, S Lee… - … : Water Research & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Membrane distillation crystallization (MDC) is an emerging alternative for sustainable
management of challenging hypersaline solutions such as seawater brine, produced water …

[HTML][HTML] Membrane crystallization for process intensification and control: a review

X Jiang, Y Shao, L Sheng, P Li, G He - Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Crystallization is a fundamental separation technology used for the production of particulate
solids. Accurate nucleation and growth process control are vitally important but difficult. A …

Anisotropic gypsum scaling of corrugated polyvinylidene fluoride hydrophobic membrane in direct contact membrane distillation

J Hu, HB Harandi, Y Chen, L Zhang, H Yin, T He - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) technology has gained a lot of attention for treatment of
geothermal brine, high salinity waste streams. However, mineral scaling remains a major …