Metallic spacers to enhance membrane distillation

• Main Authors: Tan, Yong Zen, Ang, Edison Huixiang, Chew, Jia Wei
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Chemical engineering; Direct Contact Membrane Distillation (DCMD); Photothermal
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/141034
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Despite membrane distillation (MD) being well acknowledged as a green technology due to the capability to treat water using waste heat, the efficient use of this heat remains one of the biggest challenge for MD to be cost-effective. In this study, we harnessed the high thermal conductivity of metall...