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Table 2 Comparison of the VMD performance of different membranes found in the literature with the current RLDPE-Al2O3 membrane

From: Novel composite membrane based on recycled low-density polyethylene-alumina used for vacuum membrane distillation

Membrane

Feed temperature (°C)

Vacuum pressure (bar)

Permeate flux (kg/m2h)

References

PVDF

27

0.0378

0.692

[31]

Polypropylene

60

0.59

0.25

[29]

ANN model

60

0.59

0.43

[32]

RLDPE-Alumina

60

0.6

0.432

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