Boric acid permeation in forward osmosis membrane processes: Modeling, experiments, and implications

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2323-2330

  Jin, Xue ^a,b   Tang, Chuyang Y ^a,b   Gu, Yangshuo ^a,b   She, Qianhong ^a,b   Qi, Saren ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BORIC ACIDS; CLEAN WATERS; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; CONTAMINANTS TRANSPORT; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FEED SOLUTION; FORWARD OSMOSIS; MEMBRANE ORIENTATION; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; MODELING RESULTS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SEMI-PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; TECHNICAL IMPLICATIONS; THEORETICAL MODELS; WATER DIFFUSION;

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; DESALINATION; INORGANIC ACIDS; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; WATER FILTRATION;

PERMEATION;

BORIC ACID; BORON; WATER;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DESALINATION; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC ACID; OSMOSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERMEABILITY; POLARIZATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; EXPERIMENT; FORWARD OSMOSIS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROTECHNOLOGY; OSMOSIS; POLARIZATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER TREATMENT;

BORIC ACIDS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OSMOSIS; PERMEABILITY; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 79953841884     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es103771a     Document Type: Article

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