Emerging desalination technologies: Current status, challenges and future trends

FE Ahmed, A Khalil, N Hilal - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Emerging technologies present many new possibilities for diversifying the desalination
industry, which is currently dominated by thermal desalination, and reverse osmosis. In this …

The advent of thermoplasmonic membrane distillation

S Santoro, AH Avci, A Politano, E Curcio - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Freshwater scarcity is a vital societal challenge related to climate change, population
pressure, and agricultural and industrial demands. Therefore, sustainable desalination …

Comprehensive review of membrane design and synthesis for membrane distillation

M Qasim, IU Samad, NA Darwish, N Hilal - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Water scarcity is a grand challenge that requires continuous exploration of new desalination
technologies in order to augment the global supply of fresh water. In this context, membrane …

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 …

Anti-fouling/wetting electrospun nanofibrous membranes for membrane distillation desalination: A comprehensive review

MO Aijaz, MR Karim, MHD Othman, UA Samad - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
The membrane distillation (MD) process has been identified as one of the most promising
technologies in seawater desalination and wastewater treatment due to its lack of a salinity …

Tailoring pore size and interface of superhydrophobic nanofibrous membrane for robust scaling resistance and flux enhancement in membrane distillation

G Tan, D Xu, Z Zhu, X Zhang, J Li - Journal of Membrane Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Electrospun nanofibrous membrane with ultrafine nanofibers, high porosity, and
interconnected pores has attracted significant attention in high-flux membrane distillation …

Water desalination and ion removal using mixed matrix electrospun nanofibrous membranes: A critical review

H Sanaeepur, AE Amooghin, MMA Shirazi… - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
In this century, water supply requirements for drinking, urban, and industrial applications are
known as one of the most significant challenges facing humanity, so that if a sustainable …

Engineering omniphobic corrugated membranes for scaling mitigation in membrane distillation

X Liao, S Chou, C Gu, X Zhang, M Shi, X You… - Journal of Membrane …, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane scaling is unavoidable when treating highly concentrated and even
supersaturated brine in the continuous membrane distillation (MD) process. Omniphobic …

Recent advances in novel membranes for improved anti-wettability in membrane distillation: A mini review

Y Ye, L Zhao, Z Liu, Z Wang, QJ Niu - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is an emerging water treatment technology that employs a
microporous hydrophobic membrane as a physical barrier against liquid feed and utilizes …

Preparation of superhydrophobic PVDF composite membrane via catechol/polyamine co-deposition and Ag nanoparticles in-situ growth for membrane distillation

Z Wei, Y **, J Li, L Jia, Y Ma, M Chen - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) has gained widespread attention in desalination and wastewater
treatment. However, membrane fouling and membrane wetting seriously hinder its further …