Omniphobic surface modification of silica sand ceramic hollow fiber membrane for desalination via direct contact membrane distillation

• Main Authors: Alftessi, Saber Abdulhamid, Othman, Mohd. Hafiz Dzarfan, Adam, Mohd. Ridhwan, Mohamed Farag, Twibi, Mustafa, Azeman, Takeshi, Matsuura, Jaafar, Juhana, A. Rahman, Mukhlis, Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier B.V. 2022
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/103495/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2022.115705

Omniphobic silica sand ceramic hollow fiber membrane (SCHFM) was successfully fabricated for the reduction of the wetting and fouling in direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD). Surface functionalization of the laboratory spun SCHFM was performed following a series of steps 1) deposition of sphe...