Desalination

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A review of membrane wettability for the treatment of saline water deploying membrane distillation

Minwei Yao ¹

Leonard Tijing ¹

Gayathri Naidu ¹

Seung Hyun Kim ²

Hideto Matsuyama ³

A. G. Fane ⁴

Se Ho Shon ¹

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Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, P. O. Box 123, 15 Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia |

Civil Engineering Department, Kyungnam University, 7 Kyungnamdaehak-ro, Masanhappo-gu, Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do 51767, Republic of Korea |

Research Center for Membrane and Film Technology, Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Kobe University, Rokkodaicho 1-1, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan. |

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Singapore Membrane Technology Centre, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, 637141, Singapore |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2020-04-01

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SJR: 1.721

CiteScore: 14.3

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ISSN: 00119164, 18734464

DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2020.114312

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Abstract

Membrane distillation (MD) is an alternative membrane technology that offers the capacity to treat highly saline water including industrial wastewater, seawater, brine water from other processes, and oil-gas field produced water. However, conventional hydrophobic membranes suffer fast wetting and severe fouling especially when low surface tension chemicals exist in saline water, which compromises the performance of MD. Recent advances in material science and nanomaterials research have led to the incorporation of special wetting properties on membrane surfaces. Membranes with special wettability can achieve high resistance against membrane fouling and wetting, as well as overcome the trade-off between membrane permeability and selectivity. This review summarizes the progress and recent development of studies on MD membranes with special wettability. Firstly, the fundamental concepts pertaining to membrane surface wettability including insights of their benefits and potential issues are highlighted in this review. Secondly, fabrication methods and applications of membranes utilizing various special wettability are discussed in detail, along with their challenges. Finally, this review concludes the advantages of membranes with special wettability and demonstrates potential solutions to the above-mentioned challenges for future research in high saline wastewater treatment.

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Yao M. et al. A review of membrane wettability for the treatment of saline water deploying membrane distillation // Desalination. 2020. Vol. 479. p. 114312.

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TY - JOUR

DO - 10.1016/j.desal.2020.114312

UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2020.114312

TI - A review of membrane wettability for the treatment of saline water deploying membrane distillation

T2 - Desalination

AU - Yao, Minwei

AU - Tijing, Leonard

AU - Naidu, Gayathri

AU - Kim, Seung Hyun

AU - Matsuyama, Hideto

AU - Fane, A. G.

AU - Shon, Se Ho

PY - 2020

DA - 2020/04/01

PB - Elsevier

SP - 114312

VL - 479

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@article{2020_Yao,

author = {Minwei Yao and Leonard Tijing and Gayathri Naidu and Seung Hyun Kim and Hideto Matsuyama and A. G. Fane and Se Ho Shon},

title = {A review of membrane wettability for the treatment of saline water deploying membrane distillation},

journal = {Desalination},

year = {2020},

volume = {479},

publisher = {Elsevier},

month = {apr},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2020.114312},

pages = {114312},

doi = {10.1016/j.desal.2020.114312}

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Publisher

Elsevier

Journal

Desalination

scimago Q1

wos Q1

SJR

1.721

CiteScore

14.3

Impact factor

9.8

ISSN

00119164 (Print)

18734464