Effect of draw solution concentration and operating conditions on forward osmosis and pressure retarded osmosis performance in a spiral wound module

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 348, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 298-309

  Xu, Yuan ^a   Peng, Xiaoyu ^a   Tang, Chuyang Y ^b,c   Fu, Q Shiang ^d   Nie, Shengzhe ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Forward osmosis (FO); Internal concentration polarization (ICP); Osmotic driving force; Pressure retarded osmosis (PRO); Reverse osmosis (RO)

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; CROSS FLOWS; CROSS-FLOW CONFIGURATION; DRIVING FORCES; ENERGY APPLICATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FEED WATER; FLOW PATH; FORWARD OSMOSIS; LOW MASS; MEMBRANE FLUXES; MEMBRANE ORIENTATION; MEMBRANE PROCESS; OPERATING CONDITION; OSMOTIC DRIVING FORCE; PERMEATE FLOW; PERMEATE FLOW RATES; POROUS MEMBRANES; SOLUTION CONCENTRATION; SOLUTION FLOW RATE; SPIRAL WOUND; SPIRAL-WOUND MODULE; WATER FLUX;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULICS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; POLARIZATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WASTEWATER;

MEMBRANES;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSFLOW FILTRATION; DILUTION; FLOW RATE; FORWARD OSMOSIS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; OSMOSIS; POLARIZATION; PRESSURE RETARDED OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER FLOW;

EID: 72649087949     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2009.11.013     Document Type: Article

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