Solar Seawater Distillation by Flexible and Fully Passive Multistage Membrane Distillation

Desalination by Membrane Distillation

Multistage vacuum membrane distillation (MSVMD) systems for high salinity applications

Multistage membrane distillation (MD) systems can have significantly higher efficiencies than their single stage counterparts. However, multistage MD system design has received limited attention. In this paper, the performance of a multistage vacuum membrane distillation (MSVMD) which is thermodynamically similar to a multi-stage flash distillation (MSF) is evaluated for desalination, brine con...

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 ...

Distillation Startup of Fully Thermally Coupled Distillation Columns: Theoretical Examinations

The fully thermally coupled distillation column offers an alternative to conventional distillation towers, with the possibility of savings in both energy and capital costs. This innovative and promising alternative provides the opportunity to separate a multicomponent mixture into fractions with high purities merely in one column. A lack of knowledge still exists when dealing with the startup o...

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...