Water, salt, and ethanol diffusion through membranes for water recovery by forward (direct) osmosis processes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 325, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 467-478

  McCormick, Peter ^a   Pellegrino, John ^a   Mantovani, Filippo ^b   Sarti, Giulio ^b  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Desalination; Direct osmosis; Ethanol; Ion exchange membranes; PVA

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; CROSSLINKING; DEWATERING; ETHANOL; GELATION; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MEMBRANES; OSMOSIS; PERVAPORATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WATER ANALYSIS;

DESALINATION; DIRECT OSMOSIS; ION-EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; PVA;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

ALCOHOL; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANION EXCHANGE; ARTICLE; CATION EXCHANGE; DIFFUSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OSMOSIS; PERVAPORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 53449089381     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.08.011     Document Type: Article

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