Nanofiber based triple layer hydro-philic/-phobic membrane--a solution for pore wetting in membrane distillation.

ABSTRACT: The innovative design and synthesis of nanofiber based hydro-philic/phobic membranes with a thin hydro-phobic nanofiber layer on the top and a thin hydrophilic nanofiber layer on the bottom of the conventional casted micro-porous layer which opens up a solution for membrane pore wetting and improves the pure water flux in membrane distillation.

SUBMITTER: Prince JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4223684 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature