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 …

Recent progress in electrospun nanofibers for the membrane distillation of hypersaline wastewaters

D Xu, Z Zhu, J Li - Advanced Fiber Materials, 2022 - Springer
Membrane distillation (MD) utilizing low-grade thermal energy can be used to effectively
desalinate hypersaline brines with a high freshwater recovery for water reuse. Membrane …

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 …

Tailoring pore size and interface of superhydrophobic nanofibrous membrane for robust scaling resistance and flux enhancement in membrane distillation

G Tan, D Xu, Z Zhu, X Zhang, J Li - Journal of Membrane Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Electrospun nanofibrous membrane with ultrafine nanofibers, high porosity, and
interconnected pores has attracted significant attention in high-flux membrane distillation …

Membrane distillation for wastewater treatment: Current trends, challenges and prospects of dense membrane distillation

H Julian, N Nurgirisia, G Qiu, YP Ting… - Journal of Water Process …, 2022 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) has excellent potential for wastewater treatment, and studies on
this subject have increased recently. The unique features of MD to pass only volatile …

[HTML][HTML] Progresses of advanced anti-fouling membrane and membrane processes for high salinity wastewater treatment

S Du, P Zhao, L Wang, G He, X Jiang - Results in Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane fouling during the high salinity wastewater treatment is a critical bottleneck
restricting the sustainable application of membrane technologies. Developing advanced anti …

Multi-effect distillation brine treatment by membrane distillation: Effect of antiscalant and antifoaming agents on membrane performance and scaling control

H Elcik, L Fortunato, A Alpatova, S Soukane, J Orfi… - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
One of the main advantages of the membrane distillation (MD) process is its ability to treat
highly saline feed waters such as thermal desalination brines at moderate temperatures …

Materials for energy conversion in membrane distillation localized heating: Review, analysis and future perspectives of a paradigm shift

S Soukane, HS Son, M Mustakeem, M Obaid… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite its ability to treat high salinity feeds and its integration readiness with renewable
energy, membrane distillation (MD) is still facing many challenges. Intrinsically, the process …

Membrane innovations to tackle challenges related to flux, energy efficiency and wetting in membrane distillation: A state-of-the-art review

ZS Tai, MHD Othman, KN Koo, WNFW Mustapa… - Sustainable Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) has received increasing attention as an alternative membrane-
based separation technology for conventional water treatment technologies due to several …

ZnO Nanowires@ PVDF nanofiber membrane with superhydrophobicity for enhanced anti-wetting and anti-scaling properties in membrane distillation

T Pan, J Liu, N Deng, Z Li, L Wang, Z Xia, J Fan… - Journal of Membrane …, 2021 - Elsevier
The anti-wetting and anti-scaling abilities of membrane are two critical properties for the
membrane distillation. In this work, a superhydrophobic hybrid composite nanofiber …