Contaminant rejection in the presence of humic acid by membrane distillation for surface water treatment

• Main Authors: Han, Le, Xiao, Tong, Tan, Yong Zen, Fane, Anthony Gordon, Chew, Jia Wei
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Direct contact membrane distillation; Contaminant
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83081; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44042
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Membrane distillation (MD) is a promising means for high-purity separations like that needed for potable water. The benefits of MD have not been realized for the treatment of surface or ground water, whereby the presence of both humic acid and calcium are detrimental to other membrane-based processe...