Research Papers by Zhehao Li

Membrane distillation (MD) is a promising desalination technology for water recovery from high-salinity solutions such as RO brine. Despite its great potential, MD has not been industrially realized because this technique generates a lower flux than reverse osmosis processes and exhibits a lower ther

Membrane wetting and fouling were studied using hollow-fiber polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membranes to concentrate reverse osmosis (RO) brine in a direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) process. The effect of the operating conditions, such as the feed temperature, the flow velocity and the feed