What is it about?
This chapter elaborates on various available MD technologies, possible materials, configurations, operating parameters, and energy requirements. We have also highlighted future research trends and challenges for MD treatment technology’s sustainable and commercial application.
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Why is it important?
Emerging contaminants (ECs) have huge impacts on all living beings, and conventional treatment processes like coagulation, precipitation, and chlorination have limited capability for removal. So, a tertiary and combined treatment process is required. Alternative treatment technologies include adsorption, chemical treatment, and membrane filtration. However, the associated operating cost, ECs rejection, fouling propensity, and by-product formation are some of the drawbacks. Membrane distillation (MD) is one of the promising membrane technologies for emerging contaminants removal.
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Emerging contaminants (ECs) have huge impacts on all living beings, and conventional treatment processes like coagulation, precipitation, and chlorination have limited capability for removal. So, a tertiary and combined treatment process is required. Alternative treatment technologies include adsorption, chemical treatment, and membrane filtration. However, the associated operating cost, ECs rejection, fouling propensity, and by-product formation are some of the drawbacks. Membrane distillation (MD) is one of the promising membrane technologies for emerging contaminants removal.
Mr. Utkarsh Misra
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
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This page is a summary of: Introduction to Membrane Distillation and Its Application in Emerging Contaminants Removal, December 2021, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-8367-1_18.
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