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An osmotic membrane bioreactor-clarifier system with a deep learning model for simultaneous reduction of salt accumulation and membrane fouling Ghent University
Influence of membrane thickness and process conditions on direct contact membrane distillation at different salinities KU Leuven Ghent University
Membrane distillation is an emerging thermal membrane technology for the separation of salts and other non-volatile inclusions from water streams. The process offers a solution for the treatment of concentrated solutions, which are out of the scope of reverse osmosis. However, only few studies focused on the optimal membrane properties and operational conditions in the high concentration regime. In this paper, membranes with variations in ...
Functionalization of a Hydrophilic Commercial Membrane Using Inorganic-Organic Polymers Coatings for Membrane Distillation KU Leuven
© 2017 by the author. Membrane distillation is a thermal separation technique using a microporous hydrophobic membrane. One of the concernswith respect to the industrialization of the technique is the development of novel membranes. In this paper, a commercially available hydrophilic polyethersulfone membrane with a suitable structure for membrane distillation was modified using available hydrophobic coatings using ORMOCER® technology to obtain ...
How to optimize the membrane properties for membrane distillation - A review KU Leuven
Membrane distillation (MD) uses a microporous hydrophobic membrane to separate dissolved molecules from a liquid stream. Notwithstanding the great potential, membrane distillation is not applied on industrial level yet, because of the lack of specifically developed membranes, modules and techno-economic data at full scale. This review gives a comprehensive overview of the optimal membrane properties and can serve as a guideline for the ...
How to select a membrane distillation configuration? Process conditions and membrane influence unraveled KU Leuven
In membrane distillation, the liquid phase including dissolved components is retained by a hydrophobic membrane, while the microporous structure allows transport of vapor through the membrane. The vapor pressure difference over the membrane is the driving force and is implied using a variety of configurations. This paper directly compares the flux and energy efficiency of a lab scale direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD), air gap membrane ...
Fate of organic micropollutants in reverse electrodialysis : influence of membrane fouling and channel clogging Ghent University
Reverse electrodialysis (RED)-based hybrid processes (e.g., RED-ED/RO) have been proposed for more energyefficient desalination in drinking water production. The use of secondary-treated wastewater as a low-salinity stream in RED raises concerns about enhanced membrane fouling and, especially, potential organic micropollutants (OMPs) contamination of drinking water sources. The influence of membrane fouling and channel clogging on the transport ...