Pathways and challenges for efficient solar-thermal desalination

Z Wang, T Horseman, AP Straub, NY Yip, D Li… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Solar-thermal desalination (STD) is a potentially low-cost, sustainable approach for
providing high-quality fresh water in the absence of water and energy infrastructures …

Membrane distillation: Perspectives for sustainable and improved desalination

D González, J Amigo, F Suárez - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is a promising separation technology that can help reducing the
worldwide water-energy stress in a sustainable way. MD uses low-grade thermal energy to …

Performance enhancement of a hybrid multi effect evaporation/membrane distillation system driven by solar energy for desalination

Y Elhenawy, GH Moustafa, AM Attia, AE Mansi… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of novel and energy-efficient desalination technologies has been inspired
by the global water shortage and rising fossil oil prices. The current study aimed to …

Experimental and theoretical investigation on water desalination using air gap membrane distillation

A Khalifa, D Lawal, M Antar, M Khayet - Desalination, 2015 - Elsevier
Membrane Distillation (MD) is a thermally driven membrane separation technique that is
used for water desalination by separating water vapor from feed salty/brackish water using …

Performance improvement of an air gap membrane distillation process with rotating fan

D Lawal, MA Azeem, A Khalifa, W Falath… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
The current paper presents an experimental study on the performance of a novel air gap
membrane distillation (AGMD) desalination system where a fan blade is installed within the …

A review of membrane development in membrane distillation for emulsified industrial or shale gas wastewater treatments with feed containing hybrid impurities

MI Siyal, CK Lee, C Park, AA Khan, JO Kim - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Investigations on membrane materials for membrane distillation (MD) and its applications
have been ongoing since the 1990s. However, a lack of materials that produce robustly …

[HTML][HTML] Progress in module design for membrane distillation

A Ali, MMA Shirazi, L Nthunya, R Castro-Muñoz… - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
There have been tremendous advances in membrane distillation (MD) since the concept
was introduced in 1961: new membrane designs and process configurations have emerged …

Fresh water production by membrane distillation (MD) using marine engine's waste heat

R Bahar, KC Ng - Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 2020 - Elsevier
Ships cruising across the seas have to make sure of ample freshwater supply for the
passengers. In this paper, a desalination technique using Multi-Stage Air Gap Membrane …

Experimental and numerical study of air-gap membrane distillation (AGMD): novel AGMD module for Oxygen-18 stable isotope enrichment

E Karbasi, J Karimi-Sabet… - Chemical Engineering …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this article, a novel module is presented to enhance the performance of air gap membrane
distillation (AGMD) process. Experimental examinations were performed to modify a …

Experimental and theoretical investigation of air gap membrane distillation process for water desalination

QF Alsalhy, SS Ibrahim, FA Hashim - Chemical Engineering Research and …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study features an experimental and theoretical investigation of the performance of air
gap membrane distillation (AGMD) system using flat-sheet poly (vinylidene fluoride-co …