Assessment of a pilot system for seawater desalination based on vacuum multi-effect membrane distillation with enhanced heat recovery

An experimental study of solar thermal vacuum membrane distillation desalination

An experimental desalination system coupling a vacuum membrane distillation (VMD) unit and a vacuum tube solar heat collection (SHC) unit was developed and tested. The parametric sensitivity of the VMD unit performance was investigated first using an electric heater as the heat source, and then the whole system was examined using solar heat. It was revealed that hot feed temperatures higher tha...

Desalination by Membrane Distillation

Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Hydrophobic Membrane: Application for Seawater Desalination with Air Gap Membrane Distillation Process

Water Desalination by Membrane Distillation

Water is the most common substance in the world, however, 97% is seawater and only 3% is fresh water. The availability of water for human consumption is decreasing due to increasing the environmental pollution. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), about 2.4 billion people do not have access to basic sanitation facilities, and more than one billion people do not have access to safe ...

Boron removal and desalination from seawater by PVDF flat-sheet membrane through direct contact membrane distillation

a State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 2871, Beijing 100085, China b State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, POPs Research Center, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China c School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Nancha...