Fouling in Membrane Distillation, Osmotic Distillation and Osmotic Membrane Distillation [PDF]
Applied Sciences, 2017 Various membrane separation processes are being used for seawater desalination and treatment of wastewaters in order to deal with the worldwide water shortage problem. Different types of membranes of distinct morphologies, structures and physico-chemical
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Plasmonic Phenomena in Membrane Distillation
Membranes, 2023 Water scarcity raises important concerns with respect to human sustainability and the preservation of important ecosystem functions. To satisfy water requirements, seawater desalination represents one of the most sustainable solutions. In recent decades,
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New Materials and Phenomena in Membrane Distillation
Chemistry, 2023 In recent decades, membrane-based processes have been extensively applied to a wide range of industrial processes, including gas separation, food industry, drug purification, and wastewater treatment.
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Hybrid Membrane-Distillation Separation Processes [PDF]
Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2014 A novel synthesis approach is developed to evaluate and optimise various hybrid membrane-distillation schemes. The problem is formulated as an optimisation problem, where the objective is to minimise the total operating cost of the separation scheme ...
A. Etoumi, M. Jobson, M. Emtir
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A super liquid-repellent hierarchical porous membrane for enhanced membrane distillation [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2023 Membrane distillation (MD) is an emerging desalination technology that exploits phase change to separate water vapor from saline based on low-grade energy.
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Experimental Investigation of Temperature Polarization near Membrane Surface During Air Gap Membrane Distillation Processes [PDF]
MembranesTemperature polarization is a critical factor influencing the performance of membrane distillation. The presence of temperature polarization causes the temperature of the fluid near the membrane surface to be different from that in the bulk region ...
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Bead-Containing Superhydrophobic Nanofiber Membrane for Membrane Distillation [PDF]
MembranesThis study introduces an innovative approach to enhancing membrane distillation (MD) performance by developing bead-containing superhydrophobic sulfonated polyethersulfone (SPES) nanofibers with S-MWCNTs.
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Membrane Distillation–Crystallization for Sustainable Carbon Utilization and Storage [PDF]
Environ Sci Technol, 2023 Kofi S. S. Christie +5 more
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Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Membrane Distillation for Different Salt Solutions in Nanopores [PDF]
MoleculesNanoporous membranes offer significant advantages in direct contact membrane distillation applications due to their high flux and strong resistance to wetting.
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Finned Tubular Air Gap Membrane Distillation
Membranes, 2023 Finned tubular air gap membrane distillation is a new membrane distillation method, and its functional performance, characterization parameters, finned tube structures, and other studies have clear academic and practical application value. Therefore, the
Zhiqiang Wu, Fei Guo
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