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Schofield, A.G. Fane, C.J.D. Fell, Gas and vapour transport through microporous membranes. II. Membrane distillation, J. Membr. Sci. 53 (1990) 173–1850376-738810.1016/j.memsci.2008.05.018https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/51019© 2008 Elsevier B.V. The authors wish to thank CICYT (Spain), Projects PB-98-07-88 and BFM2003-07197, for the financial support accorded to this work.Direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) experiments using distilled water are reported. Influence on the process of feed and permeate flow rates through the cell has been investigated in a wide flow range, from 2 to 8l/min. Two main effects have been studied, its effect on the heat transfer coefficient and on the effective membrane thickness. An empiric dependence of the membrane thickness with linear velocity through the cell has been included in the equation for mass flux through the membrane obtained from the "Dusty-Gas" model with satisfactory results.engjournal articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2008.05.018http://www.sciencedirect.com/restricted access536Direct Contact Membrane DistillationFlow Rate through the CellHeat TransferNusselt Number"Dusty-Gas" ModelTermodinámica2213 Termodinámica