Gianluca Di Profio

TL;DR: In this paper, an extensive analysis on direct contact membrane distillation performance was developed to estimate the mass flux and the heat efficiency, considering transport phenomena, membrane structural properties and most sensitive process parameters, with the aim to provide optimization guidelines for materials and methods.

TL;DR: Thermoplasmonic effects notably improve the efficiency of vacuum membrane distillation, an economically sustainable tool for high-quality seawater desalination.

TL;DR: In this paper, the performance of a membrane distillation-crystallization (MDC) bench-scale plant operated on brines discharged from a seawater reverse osmosis (RO) unit was investigated.

TL;DR: A critical review of the most significant achievements in RED, focusing on membrane development, stack design, fluid dynamics, process optimization, fouling and potential applications, is presented in this paper, where the main hurdles to market implementation are mainly related to unavailability of high performance, stable and low-cost membrane materials.

TL;DR: In this article, the kinetics of calcium carbonate precipitation (scaling) that occurs in the form of vaterite, when treating seawater by direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) operated at high concentration factors (from 4 to 6).