State-of-the-art methods for overcoming temperature polarization in membrane distillation process: A review

A Anvari, AA Yancheshme, KM Kekre… - Journal of membrane …, 2020 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) technology has been mainly used as a treatment method for
saline or contaminated wastewater. Despite the rapid progress in material engineering and …

Conducting thermal energy to the membrane/water interface for the enhanced desalination of hypersaline brines using membrane distillation

J Wang, Y Liu, U Rao, M Dudley, ND Ebrahimi… - Journal of Membrane …, 2021 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is a membrane-based thermal desalination process capable of
treating hypersaline brines. Standard MD systems rely on preheating the feed to drive the …

Electrothermally driven membrane distillation for low-energy consumption and wetting mitigation

K Li, Y Zhang, Z Wang, L Liu, H Liu… - Environmental science & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Membrane distillation (MD) is a promising alternative approach for desalination, especially
for high-salinity brines. Its application has been limited by its high operational cost because …

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: A comprehensive review

A Alkhudhiri, N Darwish, N Hilal - Desalination, 2012 - Elsevier
Membrane Distillation (MD) is a thermally-driven separation process, in which only vapour
molecules transfer through a microporous hydrophobic membrane. The driving force in the …

Membrane distillation—Principles, applications, configurations, design, and implementation

A Alkhudhiri, N Hilal - Emerging technologies for sustainable desalination …, 2018 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is a promising technology for treating saline water and
wastewater with high rejection factors, which cannot be accomplished by conventional …

Membrane distillation: recent configurations, membrane surface engineering, and applications

S Parani, OS Oluwafemi - Membranes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Membrane distillation (MD) is a developing membrane separation technology for water
treatment that involves a vapor transport driven by the vapor pressure gradient across the …

Critical review on membrane designs for enhanced flux performance in membrane distillation

ZS Tai, MHD Othman, KN Koo, J Jaafar - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is a hybrid of thermal and membrane processes that utilizes a
hydrophobic membrane to separate volatile solutes from feed solution at fairly high …

Energy efficiency of direct contact membrane distillation

R Ullah, M Khraisheh, RJ Esteves, JT McLeskey Jr… - Desalination, 2018 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is a promising technology due to its ability to function using low
temperature differences and low-quality heat sources, thus allowing it to operate on solar or …

Membrane distillation at the water-energy nexus: limits, opportunities, and challenges

A Deshmukh, C Boo, V Karanikola, S Lin… - Energy & …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Energy-efficient desalination and water treatment technologies play a critical role in
augmenting freshwater resources without placing an excessive strain on limited energy …