Membrane distillation: A comprehensive review

Abdullah Alkhudhiri; Naif Darwish; Nidal Hilal

doi:10.1016/j.desal.2011.08.027

Membrane distillation: A comprehensive review

Abdullah Alkhudhiri, Naif Darwish, Nidal Hilal

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Abstract

Membrane Distillation (MD) is a thermally-driven separation process, in which only vapour molecules transfer through a microporous hydrophobic membrane. The driving force in the MD process is the vapour pressure difference induced by the temperature difference across the hydrophobic membrane. This process has various applications, such as desalination, wastewater treatment and in the food industry.This review addresses membrane characteristics, membrane-related heat and mass transfer concepts, fouling and the effects of operating condition. State of the art research results in these different areas will be presented and discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2-18
Number of pages	17
Journal	Desalination
Volume	287
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2011.08.027
State	Published - Nov 15 2012

Keywords

AGMD
Desalination
Membrane
Membrane distillation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Chemistry
General Chemical Engineering
General Materials Science
Water Science and Technology
Mechanical Engineering

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