Reinforcing the HFMs provides appropriate mechanical and shear strengths and improves
break at elongation. This comprehensive review paper first discusses the fundamental …

Four types of hollow fiber nanofiltration membranes were fabricated and tested during pilot
scale treatment of surface water taken from Istanbul Ömerli Lake Reservoir. Membrane types …

The exfoliation of the polymer layer from the reinforcement material is the key challenge for
applying braid-reinforced hollow fiber membranes (BR HFMs). In this work, a mixed …

Several efforts to produce mechanically robust polymeric hollow fiber membranes have led
to the use of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) hollow braided tubes, which offer rigidity to …

In this study, performance of braid reinforced hollow fiber membrane containing
polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) embedded with tungsten trioxide (WO 3) nanosheets in a …

To address the issue of low mechanical strength in self-supported hollow fiber membranes,
a research study was conducted to fabricate polysulfone braid-reinforced hollow fiber (PSF …

The homogeneous fiber-reinforced PVDF hollow fiber membrane was prepared successfully
through dry-wet spinning process based on nonsolvent induced phase separation (NIPS) …

Achieving strong interface interaction between the polymer and braid layers is crucial for
sustaining the performance of heterogeneous braid-reinforced hollow fiber membranes (BR …

Hollow fiber membranes have higher surface area and are easy to be applied in systems.
Because of theirs self‐supporting construction, they have limited mechanical durability. By …

In the current study, braid reinforced membranes were fabricated from polyvinylidene
fluoride (PVDF) polymers with two different molecular weights, and the blending of the …