Recent advances in membrane distillation hybrids for energy-efficient process configurations: Technology categorization, operational parameters identification, and …

SM Shalaby, ME Zayed, FA Hammad… - Process Safety and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) hybrids have the potential to integrate heat recovery
mechanisms, enhancing freshwater productivity and minimizing specific energy …

Anti-fouling and anti-wetting membranes for membrane distillation

S Kalla, KPS Piash, O Sanyal - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Membrane Distillation (MD) is a thermally driven membrane separation process and shows
promising water recovery from diverse wastewater sources. While reverse osmosis (RO) …

An efficient and economic evacuated U-tube solar collector powered air gap membrane distillation hybrid system for seawater desalination

C Lai, H Zhang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar-powered membrane distillation is a promising desalination technology that can
provide accessible and reliable freshwater for coastal and island households. However …

Detailed numerical analysis of air gap membrane distillation performance using different membrane materials and porosity

K Ali, HA Arafat, MIH Ali - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
The motivation of this computational research is to comprehensively analyze the
performance of the air gap membrane distillation (AGMD) process by varying the membrane …

Novel hexa-fluorinated intrinsically porous polyimide membranes for the desalination of high saline water by air-gap membrane distillation

TO Obidara, MA Azeem, DU Lawal, MA Alfaraj… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Hexa-fluorinated porous membranes were prepared from 4, 4′-(hexafluoroisopropylidene)
diphtalic anhydride (6FDA)-2, 3, 5, 6-tetramethyl-m-phenylenediamine (TMPD)(6FDA …

Artificial neural network and differential evolution optimization of a circulated permeate gap membrane distillation unit

AH Al Hariri, AE Khalifa, M Talha, Y Awda… - Separation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study integrated an artificial neural network (ANN) model with a differential evolution
(DE) optimization algorithm for cost optimization of a novel multi-stage permeate gap …

Performance analyses on a novel evacuated U-tube solar collector powered direct contact membrane distillation hybrid system for seawater desalination

C Lai, H Zhu, H Zhang, Z Hu - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Short lifespan and low thermal efficiency are two key hindering factors for the development
of solar desalination system. Herein, a novel hybrid system model of a direct contact …

Analysis of water gap membrane distillation process with an internal gap circulation propeller

SM Alawad, DU Lawal, AE Khalifa, IH Aljundi, MA Antar… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
A novel propeller-aided water gap membrane distillation (P-WGMD) system has been
investigated through detailed mathematical modeling, and its performance was compared …

[HTML][HTML] Energy and cost analysis of a multiple channel direct contact membrane distillation module: Case study

K Ali, MIH Ali - Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents a novel numerical investigation model for the Multiple Channels Direct
Contact Membrane Distillation (MCDCMD) process. The Multiple-Channel direct contact …

Single and multi-objective optimization of swee** gas membrane distillation with double-stage bubble column dehumidifier

M Kotb, MA Abido, A Khalifa - Separation and Purification Technology, 2025 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the integration of the Swee** Gas Membrane Distillation (SGMD)
module with two stages of the Bubble Column Dehumidifier (BCD). The initial stage of the …