Comprehensive review of membrane design and synthesis for membrane distillation

M Qasim, IU Samad, NA Darwish, N Hilal - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Water scarcity is a grand challenge that requires continuous exploration of new desalination
technologies in order to augment the global supply of fresh water. In this context, membrane …

Polymeric membranes for desalination using membrane distillation: A review

J Ravi, MHD Othman, T Matsuura, MR Bilad… - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is a burgeoning membrane technology that has gained immense
interest among membrane scientists worldwide. Despite a slow start, both the theoretical …

Recent advances in nanofibrous membranes: Production and applications in water treatment and desalination

H Saleem, L Trabzon, A Kilic, SJ Zaidi - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
Desalination of seawater is a promising technique that contributes a reliable and abundant
source of clean potable water. This review investigates the current status and forthcoming …

Progress on the fabrication and application of electrospun nanofiber composites

M Toriello, M Afsari, HK Shon, LD Tijing - Membranes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nanofibers are one of the most attractive materials in various applications due to their
unique properties and promising characteristics for the next generation of materials in the …

[HTML][HTML] Engineering antiwetting hydrophobic surfaces for membrane distillation: A review

A Samadi, T Ni, E Fontananova, G Tang, H Shon… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is an emerging membrane separation technology with great
potential for desalination, wastewater treatment and volatile resource recovery. It becomes …

Anti-fouling/wetting electrospun nanofibrous membranes for membrane distillation desalination: A comprehensive review

MO Aijaz, MR Karim, MHD Othman, UA Samad - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
The membrane distillation (MD) process has been identified as one of the most promising
technologies in seawater desalination and wastewater treatment due to its lack of a salinity …

Development of robust and superhydrophobic membranes to mitigate membrane scaling and fouling in membrane distillation

Y Liao, G Zheng, JJ Huang, M Tian, R Wang - Journal of Membrane …, 2020 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) has attracted increasing attention for seawater and brackish
water desalination, wastewater treatment, and concentration of juices and pharmaceutical …

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 …

New insights of nanomaterials usage toward superhydrophobic membranes for water desalination via membrane distillation: A review

E Gontarek-Castro, R Castro-Muñoz… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Membrane distillation (MD) is a promising technology for seawater desalination due to the
ability to process high-salinity waters and the ability to be driven by low-grade or waste heat …

A review of nanoparticle‐enhanced membrane distillation membranes: membrane synthesis and applications in water treatment

LN Nthunya, L Gutierrez, S Derese… - Journal of Chemical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Membrane distillation (MD) is a thermally driven process that uses low‐grade energy to
operate and has been extensively explored as an alternative cost‐effective and efficient …