Advances in Membrane Distillation for Water Desalination and Purification Applications

Membrane distillation is a process that utilizes differences in vapor pressure to permeate water through a macro-porous membrane and reject other non-volatile constituents present in the influent water. This review considers the fundamental heat and mass transfer processes in membrane distillation,...

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Main Authors: Juan Gomez, Stephen Gray, Jun-de Li, Mikel Duke, Jianhua Zhang, Ludovic Dumée, Lucy Mar Camacho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-01-01
Series:Water
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/5/1/94