Hydrophobic ceramic membrane for membrane distillation: a mini review on preparation, characterization, and applications

• Main Authors: Hubadillah, Siti Khadijah, Zhong, Sheng Tai, Othman, Mohd. Hafiz Dzarfan, Harun, Zawati, Jamalludin, Mohd. Riduan, A. Rahman, Mukhlis, Jaafar, Juhana, Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier B.V. 2019
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/87922/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2019.02.014
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Membrane distillation (MD) is one of the emerging separation technologies with extremely high separation factor, especially in desalination application. MD utilizes the hydrophobic membrane which only allows the passage of vapor through the membrane pores. Recent years have witnessed great progress...