Design and fabrication of superhydrophobic membranes by electrospinning for direct contact membrane distillation

• Main Author: Liao, Yuan
• Other Authors: Anthony Gordon Fane
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering::Water treatment; DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Composite materials; DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Nanostructured materials; DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Non-metallic materials; DRNTU::Engineering::Nanotechnology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/62225
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Fast global population growth, serious environmental pollution and rapid economic developments have resulted in water scarcity around the world. Membrane distillation (MD) processes were considered as an attractive technology to treat waste water, recycle polluted water and provide more freshwater r...