An overview on the progress in produced water desalination by membrane-based technology

NM Abounahia, AMA El-Sayed, H Saleem… - Journal of Water Process …, 2023 - Elsevier
The scarcity of clean water sources has become a global concern in the present-day society.
This has driven to the extraction of fresh water from produced water (PW), from the oil and …

Humidification-dehumidification desalination systems driven by thermal-based renewable and low-grade energy sources: A critical review

DU Lawal, NAA Qasem - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Thermal-based renewable and low-grade energy sources to operate humidification-
dehumidification (HDH) desalination systems are critically reviewed. The investigated …

Hybrid multi-stage flash (MSF) and membrane distillation (MD) desalination system for energy saving and brine minimization

DU Lawal, MA Antar, KG Ismaila, A Khalifa, SM Alawad - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
A hybrid multi-stage flash and multi-stage membrane distillation system for freshwater
recovery from the rejected MSF brine is studied. The proposed system reduces …

Localized heating with a photothermal polydopamine coating facilitates a novel membrane distillation process

X Wu, Q Jiang, D Ghim, S Singamaneni… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar-driven membrane distillation using photothermal membranes is of considerable
interest for future water desalination systems. However, the low energy efficiency, complex …

Experimental and theoretical investigations on water desalination using direct contact membrane distillation

A Khalifa, H Ahmad, M Antar, T Laoui, M Khayet - Desalination, 2017 - Elsevier
Direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) is one of the commonly used configurations of
membrane distillation technology for water desalination. In the present study …

Heat and mass transport in modeling membrane distillation configurations: a review

SO Olatunji, LM Camacho - Frontiers in Energy Research, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Identification and mitigation of challenges associated with membrane distillation (MD)
modeling are very crucial to the applicability of MD technology in the industry. Several …

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 …

Effect of operating parameters and membrane characteristics on air gap membrane distillation performance for the treatment of highly saline water

J Xu, YB Singh, GL Amy, N Ghaffour - Journal of Membrane Science, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, ten different commercially available PTFE, PP and PVDF membranes were
tested in desalination of highly saline water by air gap membrane distillation (AGMD) …

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 …

Water and wastewater treatment systems by novel integrated membrane distillation (MD)

P Biniaz, N Torabi Ardekani, MA Makarem… - ChemEngineering, 2019 - mdpi.com
The scarcity of freshwater has been recognized as one of the main challenges people must
overcome in the 21st century. The adoption of an environmentally friendly, cost-effective …