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Advanced Application and Fouling Control in Hollow Fibre Direct Contact Membrane Distillation (HF-DCMD)

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In this article, the most advanced applications and the major operating problems of hollow fibre direct contact membrane distillation (HF-DCMD) are discussed. Over the past few years, direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) became one of the most preferred technology not only for high-saline desalination process, but also for the water treatment process. The fundamentals of the DCMD and governing equations (from heat and mass transfer principles) that describe performance parameters are first explained. To increase the desalination performance of DCMD technology, some of the DCMD models were upgraded with the hollow fibre module. The efficiency of the HF-DCMD is explained further in this review. Major problems in the HF-DCMD technologies especially on membrane fouling and operating conditions are also discussed in this article. However, it is expected that HF-DCMD offers promising prospects in the future and potential outlook for better performance.

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Abbreviations

AGMD:

Air gap membrane distillation

COD:

Chemical oxygen demand

DCMD:

Direct contact membrane distillation

FS:

Flat sheet

HF:

Hollow fibre

LEP:

Liquid entry pressure

MBR:

Membrane bioreactor

MF:

Microfiltration

PTFE:

Polytetrafluoroethylene

PVDF:

Polyvinylidene fluoride

RO:

Reverse osmosis

SGMD:

Sweeping gas membrane distillation

TrOCs:

Trace organic contaminants

UF:

Ultrafiltration

VMD:

Vacuum membrane distillation

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The author acknowledges the financial support to Mohamad Razif Bin Mohd Ramli by Universiti Sains Malaysia under the fellowship scheme. The authors would also like to acknowledge the Ministry of Education Malaysia for the Trans-Disciplinary Research Grant Scheme (TRGS), TRGS/1/2018/USM/01/5/1.

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Mohd Ramli, M.R., Mat Radzi, N.H., Mohamad Esham, M.I. et al. Advanced Application and Fouling Control in Hollow Fibre Direct Contact Membrane Distillation (HF-DCMD). Arab J Sci Eng 46, 6439–6456 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-020-05006-3

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