Flux enhancement in direct contact membrane distillation by implementing carbon nanotube immobilized PTFE membrane

Madhuleena Bhadra; Sagar Roy; Somenath Mitra

doi:10.1016/j.seppur.2016.01.046

Flux enhancement in direct contact membrane distillation by implementing carbon nanotube immobilized PTFE membrane

Madhuleena Bhadra, Sagar Roy, Somenath Mitra

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Abstract

Carbon nanotube (CNT) enhanced direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) is presented for water desalination. We investigated the immobilization of CNTs on a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) membrane. The presence of CNTs on the hydrophobic membrane favorably altered the water-membrane interactions to promote water vapor transport while preventing salt water penetration into the membrane pores. For a salt concentration of 34,000 mg l^-1 and at 70 °C, the CNT incorporation led to a 54% enhancement in permeate flux, which was as high as 69 kg/m² h.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	136-143
Number of pages	8
Journal	Separation and Purification Technology
Volume	161
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2016.01.046
State	Published - Mar 17 2016

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Analytical Chemistry
Filtration and Separation

Keywords

Carboxylated MWCNTs
DCMD
Flux
Mass transfer coefficient
PTFE

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