Blended fertilizers as draw solutions for fertilizer-drawn forward osmosis desalination

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 4567-4575

  Phuntsho, Sherub ^a   Shon, Ho Kyong ^a   Majeed, Tahir ^a   El Saliby, Ibrahim ^a   Vigneswaran, Saravanamuthu ^a   Kandasamy, Jaya ^a   Hong, Seungkwan ^b   Lee, Sangyoup ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTIGATIONS; FORWARD OSMOSIS; NUTRIENT COMPOSITION; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT LOSS; PERFORMANCE RATIO; REVERSE DIFFUSION; WATER FLUX;

BLENDING; DESALINATION; NUTRIENTS; OSMOSIS; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; UREA; WATER FILTRATION;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; UREA; WATER;

DESALINATION; DIFFUSION; FERTILIZER; NUTRIENT LOSS; OSMOSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; UREA; WATER FLOW;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESALINATION; DIFFUSION; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; OSMOSIS; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SALINITY; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84859860494     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es300002w     Document Type: Article

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