Development of a novel corrugated polyvinylidene difluoride membrane via improved imprinting technique for membrane distillation

• Main Authors: Mat Nawi, Normi Izati, Bilad, Muhammad Roil, Zolkhiflee, Nurazrina, Nordin, Nik Abdul Hadi, Lau, Woei Jye, Narkkun, Thanitporn, Faungnawakij, Kajornsak, Arahman, Nasrul, Indra Mahlia, Teuku Meurah
• Format: Article
• Published: MDPI AG 2019
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/87476/; http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym11050865
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Membrane distillation (MD) is an attractive technology for desalination, mainly because its performance that is almost independent of feed solute concentration as opposed to the reverse osmosis process. However, its widespread application is still limited by the low water flux, low wetting resistanc...