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Kim KC, Lin X, Li C. Structural design of the electrospun nanofibrous membrane for membrane distillation application: a review. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:82632-82659. [PMID: 36219296 PMCID: PMC9552148 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-23066-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Although membrane distillation (MD) is a promising technology for water desalination and industrial wastewater treatment, the MD process is not widely applied in the global water industry due to the lack of a suitable membrane for the MD process. The design and appropriate manufacture are the most important factors for MD membrane optimization. The well-designed porous structure, superhydrophobic surface, and pore-wetting prevention of the membrane are vital properties of the MD membrane. Nowadays, electrospinning that is capable of manufacturing membranes with superhydrophobic or omni phobic properties is considered a promising technology. Electrospun nanofibrous membranes (ENMs) possess the characteristics of cylindrical morphology, re-entrant structure, and easy-shaping for a specific purpose, benefiting the membrane design and modification. Based on that, this review investigates the current state and future progress of the superhydrophobic, multi-layer, and omniphobic ENMs manufactured with various structural designs for seawater desalination and wastewater purification. We expect that this paper will provide some recommendations and guidance for further fabrication research and the configuration design of ENMs in the MD process for seawater desalination and wastewater purification.
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- Kuk Chol Kim
- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
- Metallurgical Faculty, Kim Chaek University of Science and Technology, Kyogu dong 60, Central District, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea
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- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China.
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Tian M, Zhu J, Yuan S, Zhang Y, Van der Bruggen B. A co-casting route enables the formation of skinless, hydrophobic poly(vinylidene fluoride) membranes for DCMD. J Memb Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Zou L, Zhang X, Gusnawan P, Zhang G, Yu J. Crosslinked PVDF based hydrophilic-hydrophobic dual-layer hollow fiber membranes for direct contact membrane distillation desalination: from the seawater to oilfield produced water. J Memb Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Zou L, Gusnawan P, Zhang G, Yu J. Study of the effective thickness of the water-intrudable hydrophilic layer in dual-layer hydrophilic-hydrophobic hollow fiber membranes for direct contact membrane distillation. J Memb Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Jalloul G, Hashem MH, Tehrani‐Bagha AR, Ahmad MN, Abu Tarboush BJ. Unsupported electrospun membrane for water desalination using direct contact membrane distillation. J Appl Polym Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/app.49861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Ghadeer Jalloul
- B. and W. Bassatne Department of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Energy American University of Beirut Beirut Lebanon
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- B. and W. Bassatne Department of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Energy American University of Beirut Beirut Lebanon
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- B. and W. Bassatne Department of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Energy American University of Beirut Beirut Lebanon
- School of Chemical Engineering Aalto University Espoo Finland
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- B. and W. Bassatne Department of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Energy American University of Beirut Beirut Lebanon
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- B. and W. Bassatne Department of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Energy American University of Beirut Beirut Lebanon
- Department of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering Sultan Qaboos University Muscat Oman
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Influence of flocculant polyacrylamide on concentration of titanium white waste acid by direct contact membrane distillation. Chin J Chem Eng 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2020.03.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Zou L, Gusnawan P, Zhang G, Yu J. Novel Janus composite hollow fiber membrane-based direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) process for produced water desalination. J Memb Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2019.117756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Chen Y, Lu KJ, Chung TS. An omniphobic slippery membrane with simultaneous anti-wetting and anti-scaling properties for robust membrane distillation. J Memb Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2019.117572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Arumugham T, Kaleekkal NJ, Rana D, Sathiyanarayanan KI. PFOM fillers embedded PVDF/cellulose dual-layered membranes with hydrophobic-hydrophilic channels for desalination via direct contact membrane distillation process. RSC Adv 2019; 9:41462-41474. [PMID: 35541587 PMCID: PMC9076459 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra08945d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Accepted: 12/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In this research work, novel perfluorooctanoic acid-modified melamine (PFOM) was synthesized as a hydrophobic filler using a facile one-pot synthesis. PFOM incorporating polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) solution was cast on a cellulose sheet to prepare a dual-layered membrane employing the phase-inversion technique for direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) application. The influence of PFOM to tailor the dual-layered membrane performance was then investigated. The long perfluoro chain in PFOM hydrophobic fillers increased the surface roughness of the membranes due to its random overlapping with PVDF backbone, and these membranes exhibited a higher water contact angle value. The increase in pore size and membrane porosity did not significantly influence the liquid entry pressure of water (LEPw). The microporous membranes displayed good mechanical strength for use in the test setup. Pure water permeation was the highest (6.9 kg m-2 h-1) for membrane (M1) with 1 wt% of PFOM when tested with a simulated sea-water solution (3.5% w/v NaCl) in the direct contact distillation mode. These membranes also achieved the theoretical salt-rejection of 99.9%, thus confirming the potential of these membranes to be investigated for large scale membrane distillation (MD) applications like desalination of seawater.
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- Thanigaivelan Arumugham
- Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) Vellore Tamil Nadu India
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- Membrane Separation Group, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC) Kerala India
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Industrial Membrane Research Institute, University of Ottawa 161 Louis Pasteur St. Ottawa Ontario K1N 6N5 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) Vellore Tamil Nadu India
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Yao M, Ren J, Akther N, Woo YC, Tijing LD, Kim SH, Shon HK. Improving membrane distillation performance: Morphology optimization of hollow fiber membranes with selected non-solvent in dope solution. CHEMOSPHERE 2019; 230:117-126. [PMID: 31102865 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.05.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2019] [Revised: 05/03/2019] [Accepted: 05/06/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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This study aimed at improving membrane distillation (MD) performance by mixing various non-solvents (NSs) in polymer dope solutions. The effect of each NS on the inner structure and surface morphology of hollow fiber (HF) membrane was investigated. Membrane morphology is manipulated by controlling liquid-liquid (L-L) and solid-liquid (S-L) demixing time, which is a function of the viscosity and water affinity of dope solutions. Consequently, the addition of NSs altered membrane morphology by affecting the diffusion rate during NS induced phase separation (NIPS) process. The performance results showed that the dope solution composed of 11/71.2/17.8 wt% polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)/triethyl phosphate (TEP)/toluene produced the most promising HF membrane for MD. The optimal membrane demonstrated a unique bicontinuous structure with increased porosity and mean pore size. The addition of toluene as NS in dope solutions enhanced crystallization process, which increased the Young's modulus of membrane but slightly decreased its maximum tensile strength at break. The optimal PVDF HF membrane demonstrated a steady flux of 18.9 LMH at 60 °C/20 °C of feed/permeate temperatures and a salt rejection of 99.99% when tested for 72 h. The results suggest that incorporation of toluene as a NS into PVDF dope solutions can increase permeation performance in MD by enhancing the morphology of HF membranes.
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- Minwei Yao
- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), P. O. Box 123, 15 Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), P. O. Box 123, 15 Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), P. O. Box 123, 15 Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Department of Land, Water, and Environment Research, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT), 283 Goyang-Daero, Ilsanseo-Gu, Goyang-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, 10223, Republic of Korea
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- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), P. O. Box 123, 15 Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Civil Engineering Department, Kyungnam University, Wolyoung-dong, Changwon, 631-701, Republic of Korea
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- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), P. O. Box 123, 15 Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia.
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Hollow fiber (HF) membrane fabrication: A review on the effects of solution spinning conditions on morphology and performance. J IND ENG CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2018.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Wu P, Jiang LY, Hu B. Fabrication of novel PVDF/P(VDF-co-HFP) blend hollow fiber membranes for DCMD. J Memb Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2018.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Optimization and modification of PVDF dual-layer hollow fiber membrane for direct contact membrane distillation; application of response surface methodology and morphology study. KOREAN J CHEM ENG 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s11814-018-0038-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Liu Y, Xiao T, Bao C, Fu Y, Yang X. Fabrication of novel Janus membrane by nonsolvent thermally induced phase separation (NTIPS) for enhanced performance in membrane distillation. J Memb Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2018.05.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Rezaei M, Warsinger DM, Lienhard V JH, Duke MC, Matsuura T, Samhaber WM. Wetting phenomena in membrane distillation: Mechanisms, reversal, and prevention. WATER RESEARCH 2018; 139:329-352. [PMID: 29660622 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.03.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 247] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2017] [Revised: 03/01/2018] [Accepted: 03/25/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Membrane distillation (MD) is a rapidly emerging water treatment technology; however, membrane pore wetting is a primary barrier to widespread industrial use of MD. The primary causes of membrane wetting are exceedance of liquid entry pressure and membrane fouling. Developments in membrane design and the use of pretreatment have provided significant advancement toward wetting prevention in membrane distillation, but further progress is needed. In this study, a broad review is carried out on wetting incidence in membrane distillation processes. Based on this perspective, the study describes the wetting mechanisms, wetting causes, and wetting detection methods, as well as hydrophobicity measurements of MD membranes. This review discusses current understanding and areas for future investigation on the influence of operating conditions, MD configuration, and membrane non-wettability characteristics on wetting phenomena. Additionally, the review highlights mathematical wetting models and several approaches to wetting control, such as membrane fabrication and modification, as well as techniques for membrane restoration in MD. The literature shows that inorganic scaling and organic fouling are the main causes of membrane wetting. The regeneration of wetting MD membranes is found to be challenging and the obtained results are usually not favorable. Several pretreatment processes are found to inhibit membrane wetting by removing the wetting agents from the feed solution. Various advanced membrane designs are considered to bring membrane surface non-wettability to the states of superhydrophobicity and superomniphobicity; however, these methods commonly demand complex fabrication processes or high-specialized equipment. Recharging air in the feed to maintain protective air layers on the membrane surface has proven to be very effective to prevent wetting, but such techniques are immature and in need of significant research on design, optimization, and pilot-scale studies.
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- Mohammad Rezaei
- Institute of Process Engineering, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenberger Strasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria.
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8286, USA; Rohsenow Kendall Heat Transfer Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge MA 02139-4307, USA
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- Rohsenow Kendall Heat Transfer Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge MA 02139-4307, USA
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- Institute for Sustainability and Innovation, College of Engineering and Science, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria 8001, Australia
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Institute of Process Engineering, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenberger Strasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria
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Leaper S, Abdel-Karim A, Faki B, Luque-Alled JM, Alberto M, Vijayaraghavan A, Holmes SM, Szekely G, Badawy MI, Shokri N, Gorgojo P. Flux-enhanced PVDF mixed matrix membranes incorporating APTS-functionalized graphene oxide for membrane distillation. J Memb Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2018.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Lu KJ, Zuo J, Chang J, Kuan HN, Chung TS. Omniphobic Hollow-Fiber Membranes for Vacuum Membrane Distillation. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2018; 52:4472-4480. [PMID: 29561139 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b00766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Management of produced water from shale gas production is a global challenge. Vacuum membrane distillation (VMD) is considered a promising solution because of its various advantages. However, low-surface-tension species in produced water can easily deposit on the membrane surface and cause severe fouling or wetting problems. To solve the problems, an omniphobic polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) hollow-fiber membrane has been developed via silica nanoparticle deposition followed by a Teflon AF 2400 coating in this study. The resultant membrane shows good repellency toward various liquids with different surface tensions and chemistries, including water, ethylene glycol (EG), cooking oil, and ethanol. It also exhibits stable performance in 7 h VMD tests with a feed solution containing up to 0.6 mM of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). In addition, the effects of surface energy and surface morphology as well as nanoparticle size on membrane omniphobicity have been systematically investigated. This work may provide valuable guidance to molecularly design omniphobic VMD membranes for produced water treatment.
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- Kang Jia Lu
- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering , National University of Singapore , 4 Engineering Drive 4 , Singapore 117585
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- Singapore Institute of Technology , 10 Dover Drive , Singapore 138683
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering , National University of Singapore , 4 Engineering Drive 4 , Singapore 117585
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering , National University of Singapore , 4 Engineering Drive 4 , Singapore 117585
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering , National University of Singapore , 4 Engineering Drive 4 , Singapore 117585
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Xia QC, Wang J, Wang X, Chen BZ, Guo JL, Jia TZ, Sun SP. A hydrophilicity gradient control mechanism for fabricating delamination-free dual-layer membranes. J Memb Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2017.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Fabrication and characterization of dual-layer hollow-fiber ultrafiltration membranes. JOURNAL OF POLYMER RESEARCH 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s10965-017-1271-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Yang HC, Zhong W, Hou J, Chen V, Xu ZK. Janus hollow fiber membrane with a mussel-inspired coating on the lumen surface for direct contact membrane distillation. J Memb Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.09.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Zuo J, Chung TS. In-situcross-linked PVDF membranes with enhanced mechanical durability for vacuum membrane distillation. AIChE J 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.15316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Jian Zuo
- Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering; National University of Singapore; 4 Engineering Drive 4 Singapore 117585 Singapore
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- Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering; National University of Singapore; 4 Engineering Drive 4 Singapore 117585 Singapore
- Water Desalination & Reuse (WDR) Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; Thuwal 23955-6900 Saudi Arabia
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Shirazian S, Alibabaei M. Using neural networks coupled with particle swarm optimization technique for mathematical modeling of air gap membrane distillation (AGMD) systems for desalination process. Neural Comput Appl 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s00521-016-2184-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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