Systematic Material Optimization for Membrane Distillation Resource Recovery through Materials Informatics, Life Cycle Assessment, and Industrial Scalability.

Saketh Merugu, Keval Bharatbhai Suthar, Anju Gupta

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Article in ACS ES&T engineering, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Saketh MeruguDepartment of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, The University of Toledo, 2801 West Bancroft Street, Toledo, Ohio 43606, United States.

Keval Bharatbhai SutharDepartment of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, The University of Toledo, 2801 West Bancroft Street, Toledo, Ohio 43606, United States.

Anju GuptaDepartment of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, The University of Toledo, 2801 West Bancroft Street, Toledo, Ohio 43606, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5378-9496

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Abstract

Material selection for membrane distillation (MD) remains dominated by empirical trial-and-error. This study presents the first application of Ansys Granta materials informatics to thermally driven membrane separation, integrating database-driven screening, direct contact MD (DCMD) experimental validation, and life cycle assessment (LCA) to identify optimal membrane materials across diverse circular water economy contexts. Twenty-two candidates spanning polymers, biopolymers, and ceramics were evaluated against thermal and mechanical performance, vapor transport efficiency, and chemical compatibility across five aggressive feed environments. LCA at a representative 10,000 m

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Ansyscircular water economydesalinationresource recoverysustainability

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PMID42131714

DOI10.1021/acsestengg.6c00062

PMCPMC13162256

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