Modeling salt accumulation in osmotic membrane bioreactors: Implications for FO membrane selection and system operation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 366, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 314-324

  Xiao, Dezhong ^a   Tang, Chuyang Y ^a,b   Zhang, Jinsong ^b   Lay, Winson C L ^a,b   Wang, Rong ^a,b   Fane, Anthony G ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Forward osmosis (FO); Osmotic membrane bioreactor (OMBR); Salt accumulation; Solute reverse diffusion; Volumetric concentration factor

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION MODEL; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; FORWARD OSMOSIS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE ORIENTATION; MEMBRANE PROPERTIES; MEMBRANE SELECTIVITY; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; ORGANIC MATTER; OSMOTIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR (OMBR); OSMOTIC PRESSURE; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; REVERSE DIFFUSION; SALT CONCENTRATION; SALT PERMEABILITY; SELECTIVE MEMBRANES; SLUDGE RETENTION TIME; SOLUTION CONCENTRATION; SYSTEM OPERATION; VOLUMETRIC CONCENTRATIONS; WATER FLUX; WATER PERMEABILITY;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANES; OSMOSIS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; WASTEWATER;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

ORGANIC MATTER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; FORWARD OSMOSIS; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SOLUTE; WASTE WATER; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 78649444934     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.10.023     Document Type: Article

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