Application of direct contact membrane distillation for treating high salinity solutions: Impact of membrane structure and chemistry

Mustafa Al-Furaiji, Nieck Benes, Arian Nijmeijer, Jeffrey R. McCutcheon*

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Abstract

In this work, we examine membranes consisting of different materials, different pore sizes and thicknesses. The objective is to elucidate structural-and chemical-property relationships of direct contact membrane distillation for brine concentration using three different salts (MgCl2, KCl, or NaCl) at near saturation conditions (up to 4 M). All membranes show excellent performance (high water flux and salt rejection above 99.5% for each salt). In general, the thinnest membranes exhibit the highest flux while lower porosity membranes have lower flux. Pore size is shown to have only a modest impact on performance. Solutes will also play an important role in MD water flux.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)31-38
Number of pages8
JournalDesalination and water treatment
Volume136
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2018

Keywords

  • Brine
  • ECTFE membrane
  • Membrane distillation
  • PP membrane
  • PVDF membrane
  • 22/4 OA procedure

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