In a continuation of previous work conducted at the Centre on coated membranes we have developed a superhydrophobic membrane for application in membrane distillation. The membrane has been created to give a hierarchical structure with multilevel roughness via depositing TiO2 nanoparticles on microporous PVDF. The TiO2 coated membranes were then fluorosilanized by using a low surface energy material.
The anti-fouling performance of virgin and modified membranes were examined in a direct cont...
Status
Archived
Research Area
Membrane material development
Phone number
+61 2 9385 4328
Email
j.mansouri@unsw.edu.au
- Research team
- Funding body
- Publications
Vicki Chen
Jaleh Mansouri, opens in a new window
Suwan Meng (PhD student)
Yun Ye
ARC Discovery DP130104048
- Meng S; Hsu Y-C; Ye Y; Chen V, 2015, 'Submerged membrane distillation for inland desalination applications', Desalination, vol. 361, pp. 72 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2015.01.038, opens in a new window
- Meng S; Ye Y; Mansouri J; Chen V, 2015, 'Crystallization behavior of salts during membrane distillation with hydrophobic and superhydrophobic capillary membranes', Journal of Membrane Science, vol. 473, pp. 165 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2014.09.024, opens in a new window
- Meng S; Ye Y; Mansouri J; Chen V, 2014, 'Fouling and crystallisation behaviour of superhydrophobic nano-composite PVDF membranes in direct contact membrane distillation', Journal of Membrane Science, vol. 463, pp. 102 - 112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2014.03.027, opens in a new window
- Meng S; Mansouri J; Ye Y; Chen V, 2014, 'Effect of templating agents on the properties and membrane distillation performance of TiO2-coated PVDF membranes', Journal of Membrane Science, vol. 450, pp. 48 - 59, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2013.08.036, opens in a new window