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ArticleMembranes2020

Boron Removal by Membrane Distillation: A Comparison Study.

Abdullah Alkhudhiri, Nawaf Bin Darwish, Mohammed Wali Hakami, AbdelKader Abdullah, Ahmed Alsadun, Hosam Abu Homod

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Article in Membranes, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Abdullah AlkhudhiriNational Center for Desalination & Water Treatment Technology, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-4367-0058
Nawaf Bin DarwishNational Center for Desalination & Water Treatment Technology, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2228-7546
Mohammed Wali HakamiChemical Engineering Technology Department, Jubail Industrial College, Jubail Industrial City 31961, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-9936-7969
AbdelKader AbdullahCollege of Engineering, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 655, AlKharj 11942, Saudi Arabia.
Ahmed AlsadunNational Center for Desalination & Water Treatment Technology, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.
Hosam Abu HomodNational Center for Desalination & Water Treatment Technology, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology · SAJubail Industrial College · SAPrince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University · SA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Several Membrane Distillation (MD) technologies have been employed to remove boron from various concentrations. In this study, Vacuum Membrane Distillation (VMD), Permeate Gap Membrane Distillation (PGMD), and Air Gap Membrane Distillation (AGMD) are examined to evaluate their effectiveness when combined with several boron concentrations (1.5, 7 and 30 ppm) and operating parameters (circulation rate from 0.9 L/min to 5 L/min, feed temperature from 40 to 70 °C, and pH from 3-11). Those concentrations of boron are selected on the basis of the concentration of boron in the permeate side of the single-pass reverse osmosis (RO) system, Arabian Gulf, and contaminated brackish water. Moreover, synthetic seawater is treated to assess MD technologies' effectiveness. A high removal efficiency of boron is accomplished by MD. AGMD, PGMD, and VMD are promising methods for the desalination industry. AGMD shows excellent boron removal, which was above 99% with a wide ranging concentration. In addition, VMD demonstrates good permeate flux compared to the other MD technologies, which were about 5.8 kg/m

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air gap membrane distillationboronmembrane distillationpermeate gap membrane distillationsynthetic seawatervacuum membrane distillation

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PMID32998231
PMCPMC7600657
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