Transport phenomena and fouling in vacuum enhanced direct contact membrane distillation: Experimental and modelling
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Naidu, GayathriShim, Wang Geun
Jeong, Sanghyun
Choi, Youngkwon
Ghaffour, NorEddine

Vigneswaran, Saravanamuthu
KAUST Department
Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) DivisionEnvironmental Science and Engineering Program
Water Desalination and Reuse Research Center (WDRC)
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2016-08-27Online Publication Date
2016-08-27Print Publication Date
2017-01Permanent link to this record
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The application of vacuum to direct contact membrane distillation (vacuum enhanced direct contact membrane distillation, V-DCMD) removed condensable gasses and reduced partial pressure in the membrane pores, achieving 37.6% higher flux than DCMD at the same feed temperature. Transfer mechanism and temperature distribution profile in V-DCMD were studied. The empirical flux decline (EFD) model represented fouling profiles of V-DCMD. In a continuous V-DCMD operation with moderate temperature (55 degrees C) and permeate pressure (300 mbar) for treating wastewater ROC, a flux of 16.0 +/- 0.3 L/m(2) h and high quality distillate were achieved with water flushing, showing the suitability of V-DCMD for ROC treatment. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Citation
Naidu G, Shim WG, Jeong S, Choi Y, Ghaffour N, et al. (2017) Transport phenomena and fouling in vacuum enhanced direct contact membrane distillation: Experimental and modelling. Separation and Purification Technology 172: 285–295. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2016.08.024.Sponsors
This study was funded by the Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE) (Sustainable process for treatment of WWROC to achieve near zero liquid discharge 4.1.12.11/12).Publisher
Elsevier BVAdditional Links
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1383586616305718ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.seppur.2016.08.024