Thermal Performance of Membrane Distillation

doi:10.3390/books978-3-0365-7769-2

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Criscuoli, Alessandra (editor)

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English

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Abstract

Membrane Distillation (MD) is based on the evaporation of a hot feed through a microporous and hydrophobic membrane. Thermal energy is needed to heat the feed up to the desired temperature during the process. Therefore, improvements of the thermal performance of MD are important to apply this technology at large scale. The Special Issue “Thermal Performance of Membrane Distillation” focuses on the recent research efforts made in this direction, covering both the development of new membranes and the optimization of the process.

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https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/101312

Keywords

thermal performance; water recovery factor; direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD); vacuum membrane distillation (VMD); integrated MD units; carbon black; photothermal; direct solar membrane distillation; PVDF; renewable energy; sweeping gas membrane distillation; membrane evaporation; submerged module; NaHCO3; osmotic membrane distillation crystallization; membrane contactor; electrical heating; irradiation heating; flux; energy consumption; water desalination; membrane desalination; solar pond; heat transfer; eductor; condensation; saturation; experiment; mechanism visualization; waste-to-energy; municipal solid waste; flue gas desulphurization; membrane distillation; thermal efficiency; gained output ratio; specific energy consumption; modeling; Nusselt number; thermal conductivity; tortuosity factor