Surface engineering for anti-wetting and antibacterial membrane for enhanced and fouling resistant membrane distillation performance

SS Ray, R Dangayach, YN Kwon - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
With the emergence of membrane fouling as a prominent issue in long-term MD
performance, it has become imperative to manufacture superhydrophobic membranes with …

New hybrid concentrated photovoltaic/membrane distillation unit for simultaneous freshwater and electricity production

M Rabie, AYM Ali, EM Abo-Zahhad, MF Elkady… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Traditional photovoltaic-thermal desalination systems often rely on electricity to power
pumps which can reduce the amount of electricity available for other practices. The current …

Triple-layer nanocomposite membrane prepared by electrospinning based on modified PES with carbon nanotubes for membrane distillation applications

MR Elmarghany, A H. El-Shazly, S Rajabzadeh… - Membranes, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this work, a novel triple-layer nanocomposite membrane prepared with polyethersulfone
(PES)/carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as the primary bulk material and poly (vinylidene fluoride …

Numerical investigation of fabricated mwcnts/polystyrene nanofibrous membrane for dcmd

A Elrasheedy, M Rabie, A El-Shazly, M Bassyouni… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
The effect of compositing multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) with polystyrene (PS) to
fabricate nanofibrous membrane by electrospinning technique and comparing the direct …

[PDF][PDF] PES/PVDF blend membrane and its composite with graphene nanoplates: Preparation, characterization, and water desalination via membrane distillation

MS Salem, AH El-Shazly, N Nady… - Desalin. Water …, 2019 - researchgate.net
One of the major obstacles that hinder commercialization of membrane distillation (MD) for
separation applications, especially for water desalination, is the limited adequate low-cost …

Membrane Distillation for Sustainable Water Desalination: A Review of Principles, Materials, and Applications

R Kakkar, DP Kaur, S Raj - Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2025 - Springer
In response to the growing global water scarcity, research into sustainable desalination
technologies has gained significant momentum. Membrane distillation (MD) has emerged as …

Investigation of different membrane porosities on the permeate flux of direct contact membrane distillation

A Elrasheedy, M Rabie, AH El Shazly… - Key Engineering …, 2021 - Trans Tech Publ
In the present study the surface morphology of electrospun fibers at different polystyrene
(PS) solution concentration was studied by SEM imaging to determine the best PS solution …

Performance evaluation and kinetic analysis of photocatalytic membrane reactor in wastewater treatment

Z Zeitoun, AH El-Shazly, S Nosier, MR Elmarghany… - Membranes, 2020 - mdpi.com
The objectives of the current study are to assess and compare the performance of a
developed photocatalytic membrane reactor (PMR) in treating industrial waste (eg, organic …

Nanomaterials incorporated electrospun membranes for membrane distillation

NJ Kaleekkal, S Gopal - Applications of Multifunctional Nanomaterials, 2023 - Elsevier
This chapter focuses on a nonisothermal membrane separation process, Membrane
Distillation (MD), in which heat and mass transport cooccurs across a microporous …

Synthesis of novel PVDF-co-PTFE membranes for ethanol–water separation using vacuum membrane distillation

PK Burnwal, SP Chaurasia… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Vacuum membrane distillation (VMD) is an intriguing technique that has the potential to
separate ethanol from an ethanol–water mixture. The goal of this work was to synthesize …