Membrane Distillation for the Treatment of Brackish, Seawater and Brines Effluents
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2017)
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Interests: membrane science and related technologies (materials for membrane formation; membrane engineering; membrane processes); renewable energy (solar energy applications, photo-thermal membranes, blue energy); transport phenomena; machine learning and optimization
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Dear Colleagues,
As probably you know, it was 53 years ago when the first Membrane Distillation (MD) patent was filed (B.R. Bodell, USA Patent Serial No. 285,032 (1963)), and 49 years ago when the first MD paper was published (M.E. Findley, Ind. & Eng. Chem. Process Des. Dev. 6 (1967) 226-237). Since then, tremendous progress has been made on all aspects of MD science and technology, going from membrane and module engineering, theoretical approaches and simulation to industrial implementation.
In general, this Special Issue is oriented to the recent progresses made so far on MD process oriented to the treatment of brackish, seawater and brines effluents. It is focued on all MD configurations, as well as to its related membrane technologies that include different types of MD membranes, membrane engineering, membrane characterization, MD modules and MD integration with other membrane separation processes (Forward osmosis, Reverse osmosis; Microfiltration; Ultrafiltration; Nanofiltration; etc.) for the treatment of salines waters (brackish, seawater and brines). It will cover both experimental and theoretical studies, as well as simulation and optimization, in all related fields of MD desalination.
Considering your contribution in this interesting research field, I would like to cordially invite you to submit a paper to this Special Issue through the webpage of the Journal (S.I. Membrane Distillation). https://www.mdpi.com/journal/membranes/special_issues/membr_distill_treat
Research articles as well as reviews are invited. If you have a question about whether or not your work would be suitable for this Special Issue, I encourage you to contact me by email ([email protected] ).
The planned publication date of this special issue is September 2017 and the manuscript shall be submitted online before the 28 February 2017. Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere. All manuscripts are refereed through a peer-review process. I look forward to receiving your submissions, with best regards
Prof. Dr. Mohamed Khayet
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Membrane distillation
- direct contact membrane distillation
- air gap membrane distillation
- vacuum membrane distillation
- liquid gap membrane distillation
- sweeping gas membrane distillation
- osmotic membrane distillation
- membrane
- module
- membrane preparation
- membrane modification
- membrane characterization
- composite membrane
- hybrid system
- forward osmosis and MD
- reverse osmosis and MD
- ultrafiltration and MD
- nanofiltration and MD
- desalination
- brackish water
- seawater
- brine
- theoretical model
- simulation
- temperature polarization
- concentration polarization
- thermal efficiency
- energy consumption
- pilot plant
- optimization
- response surface methodology
- artificial neural network
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