A review of membrane wettability for the treatment of saline water deploying membrane distillation

Yao, M; Tijing, LD; Naidu, G; Kim, SH; Matsuyama, H; Fane, AG; Shon, HK

A review of membrane wettability for the treatment of saline water deploying membrane distillation

Yao, M Tijing, LD

Naidu, G Kim, SH Matsuyama, H Fane, AG Shon, HK

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Citation:: Desalination, 2020, 479
Issue Date:: 2020-04-01

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dc.contributor.author	Yao, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Tijing, LD https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9398-6355	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Naidu, G	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Kim, SH	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Matsuyama, H	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Fane, AG	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Shon, HK https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3777-7169	en_US
dc.date.issued	2020-04-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Desalination, 2020, 479	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0011-9164	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/139053
dc.description.abstract	© 2020 Elsevier B.V. Membrane distillation (MD) is an alternative membrane technology that offers the capacity to treat highly saline water including industrial wastewater, seawater, brine water from other processes, and oil-gas field produced water. However, conventional hydrophobic membranes suffer fast wetting and severe fouling especially when low surface tension chemicals exist in saline water, which compromises the performance of MD. Recent advances in material science and nanomaterials research have led to the incorporation of special wetting properties on membrane surfaces. Membranes with special wettability can achieve high resistance against membrane fouling and wetting, as well as overcome the trade-off between membrane permeability and selectivity. This review summarizes the progress and recent development of studies on MD membranes with special wettability. Firstly, the fundamental concepts pertaining to membrane surface wettability including insights of their benefits and potential issues are highlighted in this review. Secondly, fabrication methods and applications of membranes utilizing various special wettability are discussed in detail, along with their challenges. Finally, this review concludes the advantages of membranes with special wettability and demonstrates potential solutions to the above-mentioned challenges for future research in high saline wastewater treatment.	en_US
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT140101208
dc.relation.ispartof	Desalination	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.desal.2020.114312	en_US
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess
dc.subject.classification	Chemical Engineering	en_US
dc.title	A review of membrane wettability for the treatment of saline water deploying membrane distillation	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	479	en_US
utslib.for	03 Chemical Sciences	en_US
utslib.for	09 Engineering	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CTWW - Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater Treatment
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utslib.copyright.embargo	2022-04-01T00:00:00+1100
pubs.publication-status	Accepted	en_US
pubs.volume	479	en_US

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© 2020 Elsevier B.V. Membrane distillation (MD) is an alternative membrane technology that offers the capacity to treat highly saline water including industrial wastewater, seawater, brine water from other processes, and oil-gas field produced water. However, conventional hydrophobic membranes suffer fast wetting and severe fouling especially when low surface tension chemicals exist in saline water, which compromises the performance of MD. Recent advances in material science and nanomaterials research have led to the incorporation of special wetting properties on membrane surfaces. Membranes with special wettability can achieve high resistance against membrane fouling and wetting, as well as overcome the trade-off between membrane permeability and selectivity. This review summarizes the progress and recent development of studies on MD membranes with special wettability. Firstly, the fundamental concepts pertaining to membrane surface wettability including insights of their benefits and potential issues are highlighted in this review. Secondly, fabrication methods and applications of membranes utilizing various special wettability are discussed in detail, along with their challenges. Finally, this review concludes the advantages of membranes with special wettability and demonstrates potential solutions to the above-mentioned challenges for future research in high saline wastewater treatment.

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