Impact of a biofouling layer on the vapor pressure driving force and performance of a membrane distillation process

• Main Authors: Goh, Shuwen, Zhang, Qiaoyun, Zhang, Jinsong, McDougald, Diane, Krantz, William B., Liu, Yu, Fane, Anthony Gordon
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96815; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/11631
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The heat and mass transfer resistances of fouling layers can cause a significant flux decline in a membrane distillation (MD) process. In addition, the hydrophilicity and microporous nature of a fouling layer can affect the driving force and correspondingly the flux in MD via curvature effects on th...