scholarly journals Carbon nanotube based composite membranes for water desalination by membrane distillation

2010 ◽  
Vol 17 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 72-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ludovic Dumée ◽  
Kallista Sears ◽  
Jü rg Schü tz ◽  
Niall Finn ◽  
Mikel Duke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotube ◽  
Composite Membranes ◽  
Membrane Distillation ◽  
Water Desalination

Water Desalination Using Carbon-Nanotube-Enhanced Membrane Distillation

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken Gethard ◽  
Ornthida Sae-Khow ◽  
Somenath Mitra
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotube ◽  
Membrane Distillation ◽  
Water Desalination

Anti-oil-fouling hydrophobic-superoleophobic composite membranes for robust membrane distillation performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 696 ◽  
pp. 133883 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Tang ◽  
Deyin Hou ◽  
Chunli Ding ◽  
Kunpeng Wang ◽  
Dewu Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Composite Membranes ◽  
Membrane Distillation ◽  
Oil Fouling

Metal in situ surface functionalization of polymer-grafted-carbon nanotube composite membranes for fast efficient nanofiltration

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 583-592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faizal Soyekwo ◽  
Qiugen Zhang ◽  
Runsheng Gao ◽  
Yan Qu ◽  
Ruixue Lv ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Carbon Nanotube ◽  
Metal Ions ◽  
Surface Functionalization ◽  
Heavy Metal Ions ◽  
Composite Membranes ◽  
Carbon Nanotube Composite

Metal in situ surface functionalized PEI-g-MWCNT membranes are facilely prepared for nanofiltration of heavy metal ions in solution with high fluxes.

scholarly journals Capillary Polypropylene Membranes for Membrane Distillation

Fibers ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marek Gryta
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Process ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Membrane Distillation ◽  
Water Desalination ◽  
Porous Membranes ◽  
Surface Porosity ◽  
Permeate Flux ◽  
Thermally Induced

Only nonwetted porous membranes can be used in membrane distillation. The possibility of application in this process the capillary polypropylene membranes manufactured by thermally-induced phase separation was studied. The performance of a few types of membranes available commercially was presented. The resistance of the membranes to wetting was tested in the continuous process of water desalination. These studies were carried out for 1000 h without module cleaning. The presence of scaling layer on the membranes surface was confirmed by Scanning Electron Microscope observations. Both the permeate flux and distillate conductivity were almost not varied after the studied period of time, what indicates that the used membranes maintained their nonwettability, and the negative influence of scaling was limited. The role of surface porosity on the pore wetting and influence of membrane wettability on the quality of the distillate obtained were discussed.

scholarly journals Performance Investigation of O-Ring Vacuum Membrane Distillation Module for Water Desalination

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adnan Alhathal Alanezi ◽  
H. Abdallah ◽  
E. El-Zanati ◽  
Adnan Ahmad ◽  
Adel O. Sharif
Keyword(s):  
Flow Rate ◽  
Membrane Distillation ◽  
Membrane Module ◽  
Water Desalination ◽  
Feed Flow Rate ◽  
Permeate Flux ◽  
Vacuum Degree ◽  
Flat Sheet ◽  
Vacuum Membrane Distillation ◽  
Feed Temperature

A new O-ring flat sheet membrane module design was used to investigate the performance of Vacuum Membrane Distillation (VMD) for water desalination using two commercial polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) flat sheet hydrophobic membranes. The design of the membrane module proved its applicability for achieving a high heat transfer coefficient of the order of 103 (W/m2 K) and a high Reynolds number (Re). VMD experiments were conducted to measure the heat and mass transfer coefficients within the membrane module. The effects of the process parameters, such as the feed temperature, feed flow rate, vacuum degree, and feed concentration, on the permeate flux have been investigated. The feed temperature, feed flow rate, and vacuum degree play an important role in enhancing the performance of the VMD process; therefore, optimizing all of these parameters is the best way to achieve a high permeate flux. The PTFE membrane showed better performance than the PVDF membrane in VMD desalination. The obtained water flux is relatively high compared to that reported in the literature, reaching 43.8 and 52.6 (kg/m2 h) for PVDF and PTFE, respectively. The salt rejection of NaCl was higher than 99% for both membranes.

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