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Membrane distillation for zero liquid discharge during treatment of wastewater from the industry of traditional Chinese medicine: a review

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Zero liquid discharge after treatment of industrial wastewater is a major goal to avoid environmental pollution. For that, membrane distillation appears as an advanced technique to generate pure water and to concentrate recyclable matter. Here, we review membrane distillation with focus on the industry of the traditional Chinese medicine. Membrane distillation has been successfully applied to concentrate fruit juice and herbal bioactive compounds in food and medicine, and to manage brine from gas, oil and desalination industries. Membrane distillation holds many advantages including energy conservation and better rejection of bioactive compounds by comparison with distillation and reverse osmosis. The recent synthesis of superhydrophobic or omniphobic membranes, such as the Janus membrane, allows to decrease wetting and fouling.

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The authors greatly appreciate the financial supports of the Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou (No. 201904010054), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2020M672575), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2019YFC1711300) and the Top Young Talent program of Guangdong Pearl River Talent Plan (No. 2019QN01G109).

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This study was financially supported by the 4 Grants, namely the Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou (No. 201904010054), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2020M672575), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2019YFC1711300) and the Top Young Talent program of Guangdong Pearl River Talent Plan (No. 2019QN01G109).

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  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou Institute of Advanced Technology, Guangzhou, 511458, Guangdong, P.R. China

    Wenwei Zhong, Liwei Guo & Sheng Li

  2. Guangzhou Nansha Information Technology Park Post-Doctoral Scientific Research Station, Guangzhou, 511458, Guangdong, P.R. China

    Wenwei Zhong

  3. UNSW Centre for Transformational Environmental Technologies (CTET), Yixing, 214200, Jiangsu, P.R. China

    Chao Ji & Guangxi Dong

  4. UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales (UNSW), New South Wales 2052, Kensington, Australia

    Chao Ji & Guangxi Dong

  5. National Engineering Center for Modernization of Extraction and Separation Processing of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510240, Guangdong, P.R. China

    Liwei Guo

  6. Qingdao Yonglixing Water Purification Technology Ltd. Company, Miaoling Road #36, Laoshan district, Qingdao, P.R. China

    Sheng Li

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Wenwei Zhong was responsible for the references reviewing, writing the first daft of this manuscript. Liwei Guo contributed on the background investigation of traditional Chinese medicine industry and draft discussion, Chao Ji and Guangxi Dong contributed on the draft preparation and discussion, Sheng Li was responsible for the structure design of this article, draft preparation and discussion, manuscript submission correspondences.

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Zhong, W., Guo, L., Ji, C. et al. Membrane distillation for zero liquid discharge during treatment of wastewater from the industry of traditional Chinese medicine: a review. Environ Chem Lett 19, 2317–2330 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-020-01162-y

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