Current patents of forward osmosis membrane process

Recent Patents on Chemical Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-82

  Liu, Leilei ^a,b   Wang, Meng ^a,b   Wang, Duo ^a,b   Gao, Congjie ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Desalination; Forward osmosis (FO); Pressure retarded osmosis (PRO); Purification; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

FORWARD OSMOSIS; FORWARD OSMOSIS (FO); MEMBRANE PREPARATION; MEMBRANE PROCESS; MEMBRANE-BASED SEPARATION PROCESS;

DESALINATION; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; PURIFICATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WATER FILTRATION;

WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 78651590931     PISSN: 18744788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874478810902010076     Document Type: Article

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