Concentration of brine by forward osmosis: Performance and influence of membrane structure

Desalination

Volumn 224, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 143-153

  Tang, Wanling ^a   Ng, How Yong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Brine; Concentration polarization; Forward osmosis; Hydrophilicity; Membrane structure; Water flux

Indexed keywords

BRINES; HYDROPHILICITY; POROSITY; PRECIPITATES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACES;

CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; FORWARD OSMOSIS; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; REVERSE OSMOSIS MEMBRANE; WATER FLUX;

REVERSE OSMOSIS;

BRINES; HYDROPHILICITY; POROSITY; PRECIPITATES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACES;

BRINE; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; POLARIZATION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 38949200991     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2007.04.085     Document Type: Article

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