Performance improvement of PVDF hollow fiber-based membrane distillation process

• Main Authors: Yang, Xing, Wang, Rong, Shi, Lei, Fane, Anthony Gordon, Debowski, Marcin
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/98144; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/13244
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The performance of membrane distillation depends on both membrane and module characteristics. This paper describes strategies to improve the performance of hollow fiber membrane modules used in direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD). Three different types of hydrophobic polyvinylidene fluori...