Enhanced Performance of Membrane Distillation Using Surface Heating Process
Membranes, 2021 Membrane distillation (MD) is a thermally driven desalination process that has excellent application prospects in seawater desalination or hypersaline wastewater treatment, while severe temperature polarization (TP) and the resulting relatively high ...
Fei Han +3 more
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Thermal Performance of Integrated Direct Contact and Vacuum Membrane Distillation Units
Energies, 2021 An integrated membrane distillation (MD) flowsheet, consisting of direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) and vacuum membrane distillation (VMD) units, was proposed and analysed in terms of thermal performance and water recovery factor, for the first
Alessandra Criscuoli
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Membranes, 2021 Membrane distillation is a growing technology that can address the growing problem of water shortage. The implementation of renewable energy and a reduction in the environmental impact of membrane production could improve the sustainability of this ...
Marcello Pagliero +4 more
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Performance of asymmetric hollow fibre membranes in membrane distillation under various configurations and vacuum enhancement [PDF]
, 2010 Hollow fibre membrane distillation (MD) modules have a more compact structure than flat sheet membrane modules, providing potentially greater advantage in commercial applications.
Jianhua Zhang +10 more
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Boron Removal by Membrane Distillation: A Comparison Study
Membranes, 2020 Several Membrane Distillation (MD) technologies have been employed to remove boron from various concentrations. In this study, Vacuum Membrane Distillation (VMD), Permeate Gap Membrane Distillation (PGMD), and Air Gap Membrane Distillation (AGMD) are ...
Abdullah Alkhudhiri +5 more
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Identification of material and physical features of membrane distillation membranes for high performance desalination [PDF]
, 2010 In this paper, the performances of various membranes were assessed in Direct Contact Membrane Distillation (DCMD) under different feed velocities and inlet temperatures.
Ostarcevic, Eddy +7 more
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Hybrid Membrane-Distillation Separation Processes [PDF]
, 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 ...
Jobson, Megan +2 more
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Characterization and evaluation of carbon nanotube Bucky-Paper membranes for direct contact membrane distillation [PDF]
, 2010 Self-supporting carbon nanotube (CNT) Bucky-Papers have unique structural and surface properties which can be utilised in many applications. In this work we characterised pure self-supporting CNT membranes, where CNTs were held together only by Van der ...
Sears, Kallista +8 more
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Solar Vacuum for Sustainable Desalination: Technologies, Performance, and Future Perspectives, A Review [PDF]
SVU-International Journal of Engineering Sciences and ApplicationsSolar vacuum distillation combines solar heating with reduced-pressure evaporation to produce freshwater at temperatures below the atmospheric boiling point, making the technology attractive for utilizing low-grade solar heat and for reducing the ...
Ahmed A. Abdel Samee +2 more
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能源环境保护, 2023 An electrocatalytic hydrophobic membrane was prepared by vacuum filtration method, and a novel electro-Fenton membrane distillation (EF-MD) composite process was developed based on electrocatalytic hydrophobic membrane coupled with gas-sweeping membrane ...
ZHU Sichao +6 more
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