Superhydrophobic condenser surfaces for air gap membrane distillation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 492, Issue , 2015, Pages 578-587

  Warsinger, David E M ^a   Swaminathan, Jaichander ^a   Maswadeh, Laith A ^a   Lienhard, John H ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Desalination; Heat transfer enhancement; Jumping droplets; Membrane distillation; Superhydrophobic surface

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; DROPS; FLOODS; HEAT TRANSFER; MEMBRANES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WETTING;

AIR GAP MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; CONDENSATION SURFACE; ENHANCED CONDENSATION; FILMWISE CONDENSATION; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; NANOSTRUCTURED COPPER; SUPER-HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES;

HYDROPHOBICITY;

COPPER OXIDE; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

AIR GAP MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; ARTICLE; COLD; CONDUCTANCE; CONTACT ANGLE; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84937010852     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.05.067     Document Type: Article

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