Transport analysis of an air gap membrane distillation (AGMD) process

• Main Authors: Hawlader, Mohammad Nurul Alam, Bahar, Rubina, Kim, Choon Ng, Loh , Jian Wei Stanley
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Desalination Publications 2012
• Subjects: T173.2 Technological change
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/26683/1/Transport_analysis_of_an_air_gap_membrane_distillation.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/26683/; http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19443994.2012.683260#preview
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Membrane distillation (MD) desalination is an emerging technology for fresh water production. This process incorporates phase change and transport of vapour through a hydrophobic membrane caused by vapour pressure across the membrane. The results from experimental studies and the one-dimensional...