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 …

Modelling approaches in membrane distillation: A critical review

I Hitsov, T Maere, K De Sitter, C Dotremont… - Separation and …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Membrane distillation is a technique aimed at separating non-volatile components such as
salts from aqueous feed streams. Mathematical modelling of a complex process like …

[HTML][HTML] Progress in module design for membrane distillation

A Ali, MMA Shirazi, L Nthunya, R Castro-Muñoz… - Desalination, 2024‏ - Elsevier
There have been tremendous advances in membrane distillation (MD) since the concept
was introduced in 1961: new membrane designs and process configurations have emerged …

Pilot trial of membrane distillation driven by low grade waste heat: Membrane fouling and energy assessment

N Dow, S Gray, J Zhang, E Ostarcevic, A Liubinas… - Desalination, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) supplied with waste heat was demonstrated for
water recovery from saline demineralisation regeneration waste. The pilot plant was located …

[HTML][HTML] Textile dye wastewater treatment by direct contact membrane distillation: Membrane performance and detailed fouling analysis

L Fortunato, H Elcik, B Blankert, N Ghaffour… - Journal of Membrane …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The treatment of textile dye solution is considered one of the most challenging wastewater
treatments, representing a major concern for the ecosystem. This study investigates the …

[کتاب][B] Desalination: water from water

J Kucera - 2014‏ - books.google.com
This is the first volume to cover desalination in such depth and detail, offering engineers,
technicians, and operators full coverage of the applications, economics, and expectations of …

Optimization of operating conditions for a continuous membrane distillation crystallization process with zero salty water discharge

G Chen, Y Lu, WB Krantz, R Wang, AG Fane - Journal of membrane …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
The concentrated salt solution from reverse osmosis (RO) or other desalination plants is a
critical environmental problem that can impact water quality and thereby have economic and …

Analysis of temperature and concentration polarizations for performance improvement in direct contact membrane distillation

Z Kuang, R Long, Z Liu, W Liu - International journal of heat and mass …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Regarding numerical simulation of the direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) based
on computational fluid dynamics, the variation of mass flowrate and concentration along the …

Experimental and theoretical analyses of temperature polarization effect in vacuum membrane distillation

AS Alsaadi, L Francis, GL Amy, N Ghaffour - Journal of Membrane Science, 2014‏ - Elsevier
This paper discusses the effect of temperature polarization in Vacuum Membrane Distillation
(VMD). The main motivation for using VMD in this work is that this module configuration is …

Enhanced flux and electrochemical cleaning of silicate scaling on carbon nanotube-coated membrane distillation membranes treating geothermal brines

L Tang, A Iddya, X Zhu, AV Dudchenko… - … applied materials & …, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
The desalination of inland brackish groundwater offers the opportunity to provide potable
drinking water to residents and industrial cooling water to industries located in arid regions …