Advancements in nanoenabled membrane distillation for a sustainable water‐energy‐environment nexus

MU Farid, JA Kharraz, J Sun, MW Boey… - Advanced …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of nano innovations in membrane distillation (MD) has garnered increasing
scientific interest. This enables the exploration of state‐of‐the‐art nano‐enabled MD …

Nanobubbles in water and wastewater treatment systems: Small bubbles making big difference

M Jia, MU Farid, JA Kharraz, NM Kumar, SS Chopra… - Water Research, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Since the discovery of nanobubbles (NBs) in 1994, NBs have been attracting growing
attention for their fascinating properties and have been studied for application in various …

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 …

Membrane distillation driven by solar energy: a review

SM Shalaby, AE Kabeel, HF Abosheiasha… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is considered a promising technology that is expected to
compete with reverse osmosis (RO) for water desalination. The superiority of MD is mainly …

Fabrication of cellulose nanocrystals-incorporated dense Janus membranes for enhanced desalination and oily saline wastewater treatment via membrane distillation

B Ozbey-Unal, C Balcik, S Yuan… - Journal of Membrane …, 2025‏ - Elsevier
Conventional hydrophobic membranes used in membrane distillation (MD) face significant
challenges, such as severe membrane fouling and wetting, when treating surfactant …

Robust superhydrophobic Poly (vinylidene fluoride) membranes with spherulitic surface morphology against wetting and scaling in membrane distillation

M Han, G Liu, C Fang, L Zhu - Journal of Membrane Science, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) offers a theoretically complete interception of salts, presenting a
promising desalination pathway for freshwater supply. However, conventional hydrophobic …

Thermodynamic analysis of a parabolic trough power plant integrating supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle and direct contact membrane distillation

HA Zaharil, H Yang - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024‏ - Elsevier
This research advances current efforts to develop 3rd gen concentrated solar power (CSP)
systems, addressing current research and practical implementation gaps. It focuses on key …

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) …

[HTML][HTML] Omniphobic membranes in membrane distillation for desalination applications: A mini-review

NS Prasanna, N Choudhary, N Singh… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Membrane processes are extensively used to provide purified water from various saline
water bodies. Membrane distillation (MD), one such membrane process, is mainly used for …

Technological advancements in water heating approaches for membrane distillation desalination process: From bulk to localized heating

MU Farid, JA Kharraz, S Sharma, RJ Khan… - Desalination, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Feedwater heating represents a pivotal and energy-intensive step in membrane distillation
(MD), contributing significantly to the total energy costs. Thus, elevating the thermal …