Understanding oily wastewater treatment via membrane distillation

• Main Authors: Han, Le, Tan, Yong Zen, Netke, Tanmay, Fane, Anthony Gordon, Chew, Jia Wei
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Membrane distillation; Surfactant
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83084; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44038
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Membrane distillation (MD) is an emerging green technology, but very few reports are available on its use for treating oily feeds, despite produced water representing a significant source of oily wastewater. Accordingly, this study was targeted at understanding the primary impediments of oily water...