Hydrophobic mullite ceramic hollow fibre membrane (Hy-MHFM) for seawater desalination via direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD)

• Main Authors: Twibi, Mohamed Farag, Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan, Othman, Siti Khadijah, Hubadillah, Alftessi, Saber Abdulhamid, Mohd Ridhwan, Adam, Ahmad Fauzi, Ismail, Mukhlis, A.Rahman, Juhana, Jaafar, Raji, Yusuf Olabode, Mohd Haiqal, Abd Aziz, Mohd Nazri, Mohd Sokri, Huda, Abdullah, Rosmawati, Naim
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2021
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/32437/1/Hydrophobic%20mullite%20ceramic%20hollow%20fibre%20membrane%20.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/32437/2/Hydrophobic%20mullite%20ceramic%20hollow%20fibre%20membrane_FULL.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/32437/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2021.06.024; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2021.06.024

A low-cost hydrophobic mullite hollow fibre membrane (Hy-MHFM) fabricated via phase inversion/sintering technique followed by fluoroalkyl silane (FAS) grafting is presented in this study. The prepared CHFMs were characterized before and after the grafting step using different characterization techni...