Reverse draw solute permeation in forward osmosis: Modeling and experiments

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 5170-5176

  Phillip, William A ^a   Yong, Jui Shan ^a   Elimelech, Menachem ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; ASYMMETRIC MEMBRANES; CELLULOSE ACETATE MEMBRANE; FEED SOLUTION; FORWARD OSMOSIS; KEY PARAMETERS; MEMBRANE PROCESS; MEMBRANE SUPPORTS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MODEL PREDICTION; REVERSE FLUXES; SOLUBLE SALTS; SOLUTE FLUX; SOLUTE PERMEATION; SOLUTION CONCENTRATION; WATER AND WASTEWATER; WATER FLUX;

DESALINATION; EXPERIMENTS; FORECASTING; MEMBRANES; OSMOSIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION; WATER SUPPLY;

PERMEATION;

CELLULOSE ACETATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; PERMEABILITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SOLUTE; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER TRANSPORT;

ALGORITHMS; CELLULOSE; CHEMISTRY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FILTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OSMOSIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 77954276408     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es100901n     Document Type: Article

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