Pore wetting in membrane distillation: A comprehensive review

H Chamani, J Woloszyn, T Matsuura, D Rana… - Progress in Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is an emerging technology for the desalination of brines. In some
cases, liquid penetrates into the pores of the membrane, causing pore wetting. MD's …

Desalination by membrane pervaporation: A review

Y Li, ER Thomas, MH Molina, S Mann, WS Walker… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Pervaporation is a vapor pressure-driven membrane desalination process that can
desalinate water with greater total dissolved solids than conventional reverse osmosis. This …

Superhydrophobic modification of electrospun nanofibrous Si@ PVDF membranes for desalination application in vacuum membrane distillation

P Yadav, R Farnood, V Kumar - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Superhydrophobic nanofibers have received prominent attention owing to their exceptional
properties and researchers are focused on developing high-performing MD membranes …

Metal oxide and carbon nanomaterial based membranes for reverse osmosis and membrane distillation: A comparative review

AA Khan, HA Maitlo, IA Khan, D Lim, M Zhang… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Commercial membranes typically suffer from fouling and wetting during membrane
distillation (MD). In contrast, reverse osmosis (RO) can be subject to the fouling issue if …

Concentrate circularity: a comparative techno-economic analysis of membrane distillation and conventional inland concentrate management technologies

V Felix, M Hardikar, KL Hickenbottom - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Inland desalination with reverse osmosis (RO) offers a promising alternative to increase
potable water resources. However, large volumes of concentrated brine are generated as a …

Fouling characterization and treatment of water reuse concentrate with membrane distillation: Do organics really matter

LK Presson, V Felix, M Hardikar, A Achilli… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) for the treatment of concentrated brines has been limited in part
by membrane fouling, resulting in subsequent flux decline and membrane wetting. This …

Fabrication, properties, performances, and separation application of polymeric pervaporation membranes: A review

L Wang, Y Wang, L Wu, G Wei - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Membrane separation technologies have attracted great attentions in chemical engineering,
food science, analytical science, and environmental science. Compared to traditional …

Characterization of scalants and strategies for scaling mitigation in membrane distillation of alkaline concentrated circulating cooling water

Y Hu, Y Xu, M Xie, M Huang, G Chen - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Treatment of circulating cooling water via reverse osmosis for water reuse is
attractive. However, the discharge of the concentrated circulating cooling water (CCCW) is …

Chemical and surface engineered superhydrophobic patterned membrane with enhanced wetting and fouling resistance for improved membrane distillation …

HK Lee, SS Ray, DTT Huyen, W Kang… - Journal of Membrane …, 2021 - Elsevier
Application of membrane distillation (MD) is still in its emerging stage due to membrane
wetting and fouling issues. In this study, an anti-wetting and anti-fouling superhydrophobic …

[HTML][HTML] Boron-doped diamond (BDD) electro-oxidation coupled with nanofiltration for secondary wastewater treatment: Antibiotics degradation and biofouling

X Du, Z Mo, Z Li, W Zhang, Y Luo, J Nie, Z Wang… - Environment …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, a boron-doped diamond (BDD) electro-oxidation technology coupled with
nanofiltration membrane (EO-NF) technology was investigated for its effectiveness in …