Design strategy of poly (vinylidene fluoride) membranes for water treatment

D Zou, YM Lee - Progress in Polymer Science, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of facile, benign and energy-efficient water treatment technologies to
produce clean water presents a major societal challenge. Membrane-based separation …

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 …

Wetting, scaling, and fouling in membrane distillation: state-of-the-art insights on fundamental mechanisms and mitigation strategies

T Horseman, Y Yin, KSS Christie, Z Wang… - ACS ES&T …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Membrane distillation (MD) has been garnering increasing attention in research and
development, since it has been proposed as a promising technology for desalinating …

Porous Janus materials with unique asymmetries and functionality

L Yan, X Yang, Y Zhang, Y Wu, Z Cheng, SB Darling… - Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Porous Janus materials have attracted widespread attention due to their asymmetry in
wettability, charge, pore size or structure, thermal/electrical conductivity, and chemical …

Minimal Liquid Discharge (MLD) and Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) strategies for wastewater management and resource recovery–Analysis, challenges and prospects

A Panagopoulos, KJ Haralambous - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Brine is a saline wastewater generated from several industries (eg, desalination, energy and
oil production) and its disposal can have adverse environmental impacts. To address this …

A comprehensive review on state-of-the-art antifouling super (wetting and anti-wetting) membranes for oily wastewater treatment

M Manouchehri - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2024 - Elsevier
One of the most dangerous types of pollution to the environment is oily wastewater, which is
produced from a number of industrial sources and can cause damage to the environment …

A critical review of membrane wettability in membrane distillation from the perspective of interfacial interactions

H Chang, B Liu, Z Zhang, R Pawar, Z Yan… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
Hydrophobic membranes used in membrane distillation (MD) systems are often subject to
wetting during long-term operation. Thus, it is of great importance to fully understand factors …

Recent progress in electrospun nanofibers for the membrane distillation of hypersaline wastewaters

D Xu, Z Zhu, J Li - Advanced Fiber Materials, 2022 - Springer
Membrane distillation (MD) utilizing low-grade thermal energy can be used to effectively
desalinate hypersaline brines with a high freshwater recovery for water reuse. Membrane …

Current advances in membrane technologies for produced water desalination

NA Ahmad, PS Goh, LT Yogarathinam, AK Zulhairun… - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
The limited clean water resource has urged the need to extract fresh water from non-
conventional sources. Produced water (PW) is a potential source of fresh water, particularly …

Recent advances and future prospects in direct solar desalination systems using membrane distillation technology

A Bamasag, E Almatrafi, T Alqahtani, P Phelan… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Water desalination has become one of the viable solutions for water shortages in regions
with limited natural resources. In the last two decades, more attention has been paid to …