Water, Energy, Food and Environment
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Water, Energy, Food and Environment


Volume
& Issue

Volume 1, Issue 2


Published
on

May 1, 2020


Pages

25-35


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Article

Fabrication of Tri-bore Hollow Fiber (TBF) Membrane Module for Vacuum Membrane Distillation

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Authors

Elham El-Zanati* Affiliation:
Chemical Engineering and Pilot Plant Department, Engineering Research Division, National Research Centre, 33El-Bohouth St. (Former El Tahrir St.), Dokki, Giza, Egypt
, Maaly Khedr Affiliation:
Chemical Engineering and Pilot Plant Department, Engineering Research Division, National Research Centre, 33El-Bohouth St. (Former El Tahrir St.), Dokki, Giza, Egypt
, Eman Farag Affiliation:
Chemical Engineering and Pilot Plant Department, Engineering Research Division, National Research Centre, 33El-Bohouth St. (Former El Tahrir St.), Dokki, Giza, Egypt.
and Esraa Taha Affiliation:
Chemical Engineering and Pilot Plant Department, Engineering Research Division, National Research Centre, 33El-Bohouth St. (Former El Tahrir St.), Dokki, Giza, Egypt.


Abstract

Highly constrained by the requirements of high porosity and micropore sizes, during long term operations, the traditional single -bore hollow fiber membranes have several problems; among them, the easy breakage and performance instability. In this work, Tri Bore Hollow Fiber (TBHF) membrane with triangle outer geometry was designed and successfully fabricated via the specially designed spinneret and optimized spinning conditions. TBF module is also prepared and manufactured in the easiest way possible. Besides, the TBF membranes exhibited superior stability in terms of vapor permeation flux and salt rejection during the MD experiment with robust operational conditions.


Keywords

Tri- bore, Hollow Fiber, TBHF module, desalination, Membrane Distillation


Citation

El-Zanati, E., Khedr, M., Farag, E., & Taha, E. (2020). Fabrication of tri-bore hollow fiber (TBF) membrane module for vacuum membrane distillation. Water, Energy, Food and Environment, 1(2), 25–35. https://doi.org/10.18576/wefej/010203

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