Direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD): Experimental study on the commercial PTFE membrane and modeling

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 371, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 90-98

  Hwang, Ho Jung ^a   He, Ke ^a   Gray, Stephen ^b   Zhang, Jianhua ^b   Moon, Il Shik ^a  

^a Sunchon National University   (South Korea)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Direct contact membrane distillation; Heat and mass transfer; Module geometry; Vapor pressure difference

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES; COUNTER-CURRENT FLOW; DIRECT CONTACT MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; EFFECTIVE POROSITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW MODES; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; LINEAR VELOCITY; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; MEMBRANE PROPERTIES; MODULE DESIGN; MODULE GEOMETRY; MOMENTUM BALANCES; NACL CONCENTRATION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPERATING PARAMETERS; PERMEATE FLUX; PERMEATION FLUXES; PORE DIAMETERS; POROUS HYDROPHOBIC MEMBRANES; PTFE MEMBRANES; SIMULATED RESULTS; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2-D) MODEL; VAPOR PRESSURE DIFFERENCE;

CONTACT ANGLE; DISTILLATION; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MASS TRANSFER; PORE SIZE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VAPORS;

MEMBRANES;

POLITEF; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT CONTACT MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION; ENERGY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW RATE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79952241597     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.01.020     Document Type: Article

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