Mineral scaling induced membrane wetting in membrane distillation for water treatment: Fundamental mechanism and mitigation strategies

H Chang, Y Zhu, L Huang, Z Yan, F Qu, H Liang - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The scaling-induced wetting phenomenon seriously affects the application of membrane
distillation (MD) technology in hypersaline wastewater treatment. Unlike the large amount of …

A tale of two foulants: the coupling of organic fouling and mineral scaling in membrane desalination

T Tong, X Liu, T Li, S Park, B Anger - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Membrane desalination that enables the harvesting of purified water from unconventional
sources such as seawater, brackish groundwater, and wastewater has become …

Robust ceramic-based graphene membrane for challenging water treatment with enhanced fouling and scaling resistance

C Sun, B Lin, X Zheng, Y Dong, M Zhao, CY Tang - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane fouling and scaling are two challenges for efficient treatment of hypersaline
wastewater, greatly hindering separation performance and operation stability of desalination …

Patterned dense Janus membranes with simultaneously robust fouling, wetting and scaling resistance for membrane distillation

C Wang, Z Ma, Y Qiu, C Wang, LF Ren, J Shen, J Shao - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane fouling, wetting and scaling are three prominent challenges that severely hinder
the practical applications of membrane distillation (MD). Herein, polyamide/polyvinylidene …

In-line granular filtration for mitigating gypsum scaling in membrane distillation

Y Zhu, F Qu, D Qu, Z Yan, B Liu, C Liu, H Chang… - Journal of Membrane …, 2025 - Elsevier
Mineral scaling and scaling-induced wetting are major challenges for the widespread
application of membrane distillation (MD) in saline wastewater treatment. For the first time …

Ultra-antiwetting membrane for hypersaline water crystallization in membrane distillation

R Zhao, F Meng, Q Wu, Z Zhong, Y Liu… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Membrane distillation (MD) has great potential in the management of hypersaline water for
zero liquid discharge (ZLD) due to its high salinity tolerance. However, the membrane …

Scaling mitigation in direct contact membrane distillation using air microbubbles

MEA Ali, R Alghanayem, A Varela, M Bellier… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is a promising process for high-salinity waters. However, water
recovery in MD treatments of these feed waters is often limited by their high scaling potential …

Enhanced Anti‐Wetting Methods of Hydrophobic Membrane for Membrane Distillation

H Zhang, X Zhao - Advanced Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing issues of hydrophobic membrane wetting occur in the membrane distillation (MD)
process, stimulating the research on enhanced anti‐wetting methods for membrane …

Developing high-flux dense Janus membrane with robust wetting and scaling resistance: A systematic comparison with Omniphobic membranes

C Wang, Y Qiu, C Zhang, F Li, LF Ren, J Shao - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Membrane wetting, scaling and low flux are challenging obstacles for membrane distillation
(MD). However, the lack of advanced membranes capable of achieving both high flux and …

Impacts of distinct residual aluminum on gypsum scaling in nanofiltration: Identification of key species

J Jia, J Wang, D Lin, J Zhao, H Wang, L Hu, J Yang… - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Membrane scaling severely hinders practical application of nanofiltration (NF) for brackish
water treatment. However, the contributions of residual aluminum (Al), especially various …