Water desalination by air-gap membrane distillation using meltblown polypropylene nanofiber membrane

• Main Authors: Rosalam Sarbatly, Chiam, Chel Ken, S Widyaparamitha, YW Chang, CA Lee
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/18486/1/Water%20desalination%20by%20airgap.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/18486/7/Water%20desalination%20by%20air-gap%20membrane%20distillation%20using.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/18486/; https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/36/1/012032

This paper presents a study of air gap membrane distillation (AGMD) using meltblown polypropylene (PP) nanofiber membrane to produce fresh water via desalination process. PP nanofiber membranes with the effective area 0.17 m2 are tested with NaCl solutions (0.5 – 4.0 wt.%) and seawater as the feed s...