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 …

Application and modification of polysulfone membranes

S Kheirieh, M Asghari, M Afsari - Reviews in Chemical Engineering, 2018 - degruyter.com
Polysulfone (PSf) is a favorite polymer for the production of membrane due to its excellent
physicochemical properties, including thermal stability; good chemical resistance to different …

Effect of membrane wetting on the performance of PVDF and PTFE membranes in the concentration of pomegranate juice through osmotic distillation

WU Rehman, A Muhammad, M Younas, C Wu… - Journal of Membrane …, 2019 - Elsevier
The concentration of pomegranate juice and the corresponding effect of membrane wetting
was studied through the non-thermal Osmotic Distillation technique using flat sheet PVDF …

Effects of embedding functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes and alumina on the direct contact poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) membrane …

MJ Jamed, A Alhathal Alanezi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Flat-sheet membranes were fabricated by incorporating alumina (Al2O3) and functionalized
multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs; MWCNTs-COOH) in PVDF-co-HFP membrane via …

Performance of vacuum poly (propylene) membrane distillation (VMD) for saline water desalination

QF Alsalhy, SS Ibrahim, SR Khaleel - Chemical Engineering and …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, commercial poly (propylene)(PP) hollow fiber membrane was used for
desalination of highly saline water via VMD. The effect of operational conditions, such as …

Evaluation of a real-time visualization system for scaling detection during DCMD, and its correlation with wetting

HW Kim, T Yun, PK Kang, S Hong, S Jeong, S Lee - Desalination, 2019 - Elsevier
A visualization system was designed for a real-time observation of scales during direct
contact membrane distillation (DCMD). The system was composed of a MD module, a …

Boron removal by membrane distillation: A comparison study

A Alkhudhiri, N Bin Darwish, MW Hakami, AK Abdullah… - Membranes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Several Membrane Distillation (MD) technologies have been employed to remove boron
from various concentrations. In this study, Vacuum Membrane Distillation (VMD), Permeate …

Membrane wetting in membrane distillation

MR Rahimpour, MA Esmaeilbeig - Current Trends and Future …, 2019 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation is a desalination method for water. It uses hydrophobic membrane
with temperature gradient to produce highly pure water. So, its wetting behavior is important …

[HTML][HTML] Flat sheet membrane elaboration by TIPS method using palm oil as solvent and its application in membrane distillation

OM Tobo-Niño, CD García-Jiménez… - Ingeniería y …, 2017 - scielo.org.co
Palm oil (PO) was used as new solvent for the elaboration of low density polyethylene
(LDPE) flat sheet membranes via TIPS method. Phase diagram LDPE/PO was determined …

Geothermal membrane distillation in industrial greenhouse applications: Membrane fabrication and characterization

FYC Huang, L Laumbach, R Reprogle… - Environmental …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Membrane distillation is reported for the first time in the literature being used to desalinate
geothermal brackish groundwater for industrial greenhouse applications. Asymmetric hollow …