Development of hollow fiber membranes for water and salt recovery from highly concentrated brine via direct contact membrane distillation and crystallization

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 421-422, Issue , 2012, Pages 111-123

  Edwie, Felinia ^a   Chung, Tai Shung ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Crystal size distribution; Desalination; Membrane distillation crystallization; Polarizations; Supersaturation

Indexed keywords

BATCH MODES; COOLING PROFILE; CRYSTAL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; DIRECT CONTACT MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; DUAL LAYER; GLOBULAR MORPHOLOGY; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES; HYDROPHOBIC-HYDROPHILIC; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE PORE SIZE; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MEMBRANE WETTING; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; PVDF MEMBRANE; RETENTATE; SINGLE LAYER; WALL THICKNESS;

CRYSTALLIZERS; DESALINATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MORPHOLOGY; POLARIZATION; PORE SIZE; RECOVERY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUPERSATURATION; WATER FILTRATION; WETTING;

MEMBRANES;

POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIRECT CONTACT MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84865962522     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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