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The Study of Wetting in Direct Contact Membrane Distillation

직접접촉식 막증발법에서의 막 젖음 현상에 관한 연구

  • Shin, Yonghyun (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kookmin Univ.) ;
  • Koo, Jaewuk (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kookmin Univ.) ;
  • Han, Jihee (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kookmin Univ.) ;
  • Lee, Sangho (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kookmin Univ.)
  • 신용현 (국민대학교 건설시스템공학과) ;
  • 구재욱 (국민대학교 건설시스템공학과) ;
  • 한지희 (국민대학교 건설시스템공학과) ;
  • 이상호 (국민대학교 건설시스템공학과)
  • Received : 2013.12.05
  • Accepted : 2013.12.26
  • Published : 2014.04.01
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Abstract

Membrane distillation (MD) is a thermal driven separation process in which separation a hydrophobic membrane is a barrier for the liquid phase, letting the vapor phase pass through the membrane pores. Therefore, a porous and hydrophobic membrane should be used in membrane distillation. MD cannot work if water penetrates into the pores of the membrane (membrane wetting). Accordingly, it is necessary to prevent wetting of MD membranes and to remove water inside the pores of the wetted membranes if possible. In this context, our study aimed to develop methods to recover wetted membranes in MD processes. Poly-vinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membranes were used in this study. A laboratory-scale direct contact MD (DCMD) system was used to examine the effect of operating parameters on wetting. For dewetting the wetted membranes, specific techniques including the use of high temperature air were applied. The performances of the membranes before and after dewetting were compared in terms of flux, salt rejection and liquid entry pressure(LEP). The surface morphology of dewetted membrane was confirmed by scanning electron microscope (SEM).

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