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 …

A review of water sublimation cooling and water evaporation cooling in complex space environments

K Chang, YY Wang, YZ Li - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
With the lunar base, crewed Mars exploration and other future exploration plans proposed,
the thermal control system of spacecraft will face challenges such as significantly higher …

Polydopamine/hydroxyapatite nanowire-based bilayered membrane for photothermal-driven membrane distillation

S Cao, X Wu, Y Zhu, R Gupta, A Tan, Z Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
In develo** countries and resource-limited regions, where no power infrastructure or
waste heat from industrial plants is available, photothermal-driven membrane distillation …

A pore-size tunable superhydrophobic membrane for high-flux membrane distillation

SK Hong, H Kim, H Lee, G Lim, SJ Cho - Journal of membrane science, 2022 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) has recently attracted attention as a promising solution to the
freshwater crisis. We report a pore-size tunable superhydrophobic membrane for application …

Noninvasive real-time monitoring of wetting progression in membrane distillation using impedance spectroscopy

PW Wong, VMW Yim, J Guo, BS Chan… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Membrane distillation (MD) is a promising technology for the treatment of high salinity
wastewater using a hydrophobic membrane; however, the occurrence of wetting due to …

Endowing poly (vinylidene fluoride) membrane surface with photothermal and omniphobic properties through a single-step, electrospinning-based technique to …

M Asadolahi, H Fashandi - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Nowadays, global shortage of both water and energy makes it vital to develop innovative
technologies such as photothermal membrane distillation (PMD) that harvests solar energy …

Membrane scaling in Vacuum Membrane Distillation-Part 1: In-situ observation of crystal growth and membrane wetting

F Kiefer, A Präbst, KS Rodewald… - Journal of Membrane …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presents an experimental approach to investigating scale formation in Vacuum
Membrane Distillation using in-situ optical crystal growth tracking and synchronized …

Performance of proton exchange membrane fuel cell integrated with direct contact membrane distillation for electricity and fresh water productions

W Zhu, Y Ge, X Zhu, J Han - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper develops a new hybrid system composed of direct contact membrane distillation
(DCMD) and proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC), which generates fresh water …

Simulation of vacuum membrane desalination within an enhanced design of compact solar water heaters

H Ahmadi, BM Ziapour, H Ghaebi… - Applied Thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Vacuum Membrane Distillation stands out as a solar desalination method utilizing
membrane pressure differentials to evaporate seawater and collect it as fresh water. On the …

CFD-based genetic programming model for liquid entry pressure estimation of hydrophobic membranes

H Chamani, P Yazgan-Birgi, T Matsuura, D Rana… - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
Wetting phenomenon inside the pore is a significant obstacle hindering membrane
distillation (MD) from being fully industrialized. Herein, a new equation is provided for the …