Harvesting blue energy based on salinity and temperature gradient: challenges, solutions, and opportunities

M Rastgar, K Moradi, C Burroughs, A Hemmati… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Greenhouse gas emissions associated with power generation from fossil fuel combustion
account for 25% of global emissions and, thus, contribute greatly to climate change …

Current advances in membrane technologies for saline wastewater treatment: A comprehensive review

NNR Ahmad, WL Ang, CP Leo, AW Mohammad… - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
The saline wastewater from various sources including agriculture and industrial activities,
appears to have high salt concentration, organic content and other pollutants which can …

A review on photothermal material and its usage in the development of photothermal membrane for sustainable clean water production

NS Fuzil, NH Othman, NH Alias, F Marpani… - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Tapping into solar energy seems to be a viable and sustainable solution for the ongoing
global challenges of water scarcity and clean energy shortage. However, the natural …

Alternative heating techniques in membrane distillation: A review

FE Ahmed, BS Lalia, R Hashaikeh, N Hilal - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) lags behind other desalination processes such as reverse
osmosis due to relatively high energy consumption. Heating in membrane distillation forms a …

Membrane distillation technology for molecular separation: a review on the fouling, wetting and transport phenomena

S Yang, SA Jasim, D Bokov, S Chupradit… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is a thermally-driven membrane-based separation technique,
which has shown great potential of use for molecular separation in different processes like …

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 …

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 …

Progress of photothermal membrane distillation for decentralized desalination: A review

AG Razaqpur, Y Wang, X Liao, Y Liao, R Wang - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The conventional membrane distillation (MD) process is accompanied by large energy
consumption, low thermal efficiency and inevitable requirements of centralized …

Advances in membrane distillation module configurations

L Francis, FE Ahmed, N Hilal - Membranes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Membrane Distillation (MD) is a membrane-based, temperature-driven water reclamation
process. While research emphasis has been largely on membrane design, upscaling of MD …

Applications of electrically conductive membranes in water treatment via membrane distillation: Joule heating, membrane fouling/scaling/wetting mitigation and …

X Liao, YJ Lim, M Khayet, Y Liao, L Yao, Y Zhao… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is a thermally driven separation process that is driven by phase
change. The core of this technology is the hydrophobic microporous membrane that …