Membrane distillation : principles and applications /

Modern membrane engineering is critical to the development of process-intensification strategies and to the stimulation of industrial growth. Membrane Distillation (MD) is a broad reference that covers specific information on membranes available and methods for MD membrane preparation and characteri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Khayet, Mohamed Souhaimi
Other Authors: Matsuura, Takeshi, 1936-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, ©2011.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction to Membrane Distillation (MD)
  • 2. Membranes used in MD and MD design
  • 3. Formation of flat sheet phase inversion MD membranes
  • 4. Formation of Hollow fiber MD membranes
  • 5. Thermally-induced phase separation (TIPS) mechanism study for MD membrane formation
  • 6. Membrane modification for MD membrane formation
  • 7. Formation of nanofiber MD membranes
  • 8. MD membrane characterization
  • 9. MD membrane modules
  • 10. Direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD)
  • 11. Sweeping gas membrane distillation (SGMD)
  • 12. Vacuum membrane distillation (VMD)
  • 13. Air gap membrane distillation (AGMD)
  • 14. Temperature polarization, concentration polarization and membrane fouling in MD
  • 15. Membrane Distillation hybrid systems
  • 16. Economics and membrane process designs
  • 17. Future directions in membrane distillation.