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Membrane distillation
About: Membrane distillation is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 4212 publications have been published within this topic receiving 115561 citations.
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TL;DR: In this article, a review of membrane characteristics, membrane-related heat and mass transfer concepts, fouling and the effects of operating condition is presented, as well as state-of-the-art research results in these different areas are discussed.
1,973 citations
TL;DR: An overview of recent progress on the application and modification of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membranes can be found in this article, where two major problems of PVDF membranes in applications, namely membrane fouling and membrane wetting, are comprehensively reviewed.
1,233 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of polymeric membrane fabrication techniques for pressure driven membrane processes and membrane distillation is discussed, the fabrication technique, properties of the fabricated membranes and performance in water desalination are related.
790 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of different fouling mechanisms in the membrane distillation process, their possible mitigation and control techniques, and characterization strategies that can be of help in understanding and minimizing the fouling problem.
764 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a review on the preparation and application of electrospun nanofiber membranes as the barrier layer for water treatment, with emphasis on the reinforcement and post-treatment of electro-spun polymer membranes.
742 citations