Innovations in Membrane Distillation Materials, Modeling and Applications
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2022) | Viewed by 190
Special Issue Editors
Interests: novel engineered systems for resource recovery and reclamation of concentrate streams; technical, economic and environmental life cycle impacts of a hybrid, membrane-based process (pressure retarded osmosis-membrane distillation) for energy generation from low-grade heat; forward osmosis for advanced treatment and recovery of drilling wastewater from hydraulic fracturing; membrane distillation for management of concentrate streams; concentrate management; novel membrane processes for advanced resource recovery from waste streams; environmental life-cycle assessment
Interests: water desalination; membrane distillation, electrodialysis metathesis, and other innovative technologies for water purification applications; novel adsorbent materials; graphene oxide and graphene membranes; sustainable wastewater reuse and wastewater subproducts
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to advance our understanding of membrane distillation membrane structures, modeling of process performances, hybrid systems, and novel applications at the multiscale level (i.e., synthesis, modeling, simulation, bench and pilot scale). Experimental and theoretical results on novel applications, including resource recovery, gas separation, energy utilization, food, textiles, chemical and pharmaceutical industries, and advanced applications in future materials and devices (e.g., biosensors, electrochemical devices), are encouraged. System-level research on life cycle assessment and technoeconomic analysis is also welcome.
Dr. Kerri Hickenbottom
Dr. Lucy Mar Camacho
Dr. Jaichander Swaminathan
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Membranes is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- membrane materials
- membrane synthesis and modification
- membrane characterization method development
- concentration and temperature polarization
- performance prediction and modeling
- pilot-scale system analysis
- system-level modeling
- module design and configuration
- energy utilization and optimization
- transport mechanisms in complex matrices
- elucidation and mitigation of membrane fouling, scaling, and wetting
- membrane cleaning and recovery procedures
