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Internal Feed Preheating Necessary for Energy-Efficient Modular Multi-Effect Membrane Distillation
Multi-effect membrane distillation (MEMD) systems achieve a high product recovery ratio by effectively utilizing the heat of …
Rishabh Srivastava, Ankush Kumar Jaiswal, Arjun Jayakumar, Jaichander Swaminathan
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Internal Feed Preheating Necessary for Energy-Efficient Modular Multi-Effect Membrane Distillation
Energy Savings by Implementing a Serpentine Flow Path in Electrodialysis
Electrodialysis (ED) can achieve a high product recovery and operate with low energy consumption for brackish water desalination. …
Chirag G. Patel, Jaichander Swaminathan
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Reverse Osmosis Membrane and Module Improvement Roadmap for Maximum Impact
Advancements in Reverse osmosis (RO) membrane modules towards lowering specific cost of pure water can be quantified in terms of two …
Mrugesh Joshi, Jaichander Swaminathan
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Reverse Osmosis Membrane and Module Improvement Roadmap for Maximum Impact
Superhydrophobic Composite Asymmetric Electrospun Membrane for Sustainable Vacuum Assisted Air Gap Membrane Distillation
Membrane distillation (MD) relies on superhydrophobic membranes that must achieve the competing goals of high liquid entry pressure …
Hamid Fattahi Juybari, Mohammad Karimi, Rishabh Srivastava, Jaichander Swaminathan, David M. Warsinger
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Superhydrophobic Composite Asymmetric Electrospun Membrane for Sustainable Vacuum Assisted Air Gap Membrane Distillation
Replacing Chloride Anions in Dyeing Enables Cheaper Effluent Concentration and Recycling
Reverse osmosis followed by distillation is commonly used to recycle fresh water and concentrated brine in the textile dyeing industry …
Priyanshu Ranjan Gupta, Saravana Perumal Shanmukham, Chirag G. Patel, John H. Lienhard, Jaichander Swaminathan
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Desalination Using Pressure or Electric Field? A Fundamental Comparison of RO and Electrodialysis
Reverse osmosis (RO) is the dominant desalination technology today since it is the most economical. Electrodialysis (ED) is a competing …
Chirag G. Patel, Digvijaysinh Barad, Jaichander Swaminathan
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Desalination Using Pressure or Electric Field? A Fundamental Comparison of RO and Electrodialysis
Improved Air Gap Distillation Desalination through Induced Film Condensation
Distillation across an air gap is implemented in several novel small-scale desalination technologies such as air gap distillation and …
Anuj Sivan Varier, Mrugesh Joshi, Jaichander Swaminathan
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Improved Air Gap Distillation Desalination through Induced Film Condensation
Solar Energy Storage as Salt for Cooling?
An endothermic solvation reaction coupled with a solar-thermal crystallizer has been proposed as a renewable-energy-driven cooling …
Jaichander Swaminathan
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Comparative assessment of the effects of 3D printed feed spacers on process performance in MD systems
In this study, process enhancements achieved by the use of 3D printed feed spacers based on triply periodic minimal surfaces (TPMS) …
Navya Thomas, Jaichander Swaminathan, Guillermo Zaragoza, Rashid K. {Abu Al-Rub}, John Lienhard, Hassan A. Arafat
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Comparative assessment of the effects of 3D printed feed spacers on process performance in MD systems
Metrics Matter: Accurately Defining Energy Efficiency in Desalination
Energy cost contributes a large portion of the overall cost of desalinated water. Improving the energy efficiency of desalination …
Andrew T. Bouma, Jaichander Swaminathan, John Lienhard
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